Dick Wessel: Dick Wessel. Actor: Riverboat. Rough-and-tumble American actor Dick Wessel had a fierce-looking scowl on a bulldog of a mug. That, coupled with a thick build and imposing stance, earned him appearances in countless Warner Bros. comedies and hard-boiled crime dramas throughout the late 1930s and 1940s. Although he made hundreds of films, he had few chances to show off, appearing uncredited in over half of them and in minor, fleeting...
Known For: Riverboat (Carney Kohler), Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (Cueball), Gasoline Alley (Pudge McKay), Unknown Island (Sanderson - 1st Mate(as Richard Wessel))