American movie actor Richard Carlson (April 29, 1912- November 21, 1977) was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota. In the 1930s Carlson appeared on the Broadway stage after studying and teaching drama in Minnesota. His first film role was in 1938 (David O. Selznick's The Young in Heart). He worked as a freelance actor, appearing in many different film studio works, beginning in 1939 when he moved to California. Before the war, he appeared mostly in comedies and dramas.
Like many actors, Carlson served in World War II, interrupting his acting career. After returning he found it difficult to win new roles, and his future in Hollywood remained in doubt until 1948. In that year, Carlson was cast in two low-budget film noir releases, Behind Locked Doors and The Amazing Mr. X. Despite this, real success in Hollywood eluded him until 1950, when he co-starred with Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger in the highly successful jungle adventure film King Solomon's Mines, shot on location in Africa.
Carlson slowly began to rebuild his career, finding work in the newly emergent science fiction and horror 'B' films of the 1950s. He appeared in a number of horror and science fiction films, starring a bevy of Hollywood's most beautiful co-stars, including three 3-D films: The Maze (1953) and the classics It Came from Outer Space (1953) with Barbara Rush, The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) with Julia Adams, and The Magnetic Monster (1954). His success in the genre led him to the director's chair for the 1954 sci-fi film Riders to the Stars, in which he also starred.
The 1950s proved a busy time for Carlson. He continued to direct, this time in television and documentary films. He also was the star of the television series I Led Three Lives from 1953-1956. He was featured in The Helen Morgan Story (1957), and Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans remember Carlson from the 1960 horror film Tormented. His last film was the Elvis Presley/Mary Tyler Moore film, Change of Habit (1969). His last acting role was in a television episode of Cannon in 1973.
For his contribution to the television industry, Richard Carlson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6333 Hollywood Blvd. Probably most remembered by elementary students from the late 1950's and 1960's was his part in the Bell Telephone Science films. He played a television writer and assisted Dr. Research (Dr. Frank C. Baxter) in three popular science films, all directed by Frank Capra, The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (1957), Hemo the Magnificent (1957), and The Unchained Goddess (1958). These films motivated many baby boomers to go into the sciences.
Carlson died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1977. He was buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery, in West Los Angeles.
Richard Carlson Ph.D. (16 May 1961 - 13 December 2006) was an author, psychotherapist, and motivational speaker, who rose to fame with the success of his best-selling book Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s all Small Stuff (1997).
Carlson was born and raised in Piedmont, California.
He met and married Kristine Anderson (Kris Carlson) in 1981 while he was a student at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
Carlson published his first book in 1985, but became famous when his Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s all Small Stuff became a best seller. "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" topped the bestseller lists for two years. People magazine named Richard Carlson as one of that publication's "Most Intriguing People in the World." He was popular on the talk-show circuit.qn4176/is_20061215/ai_n16903942" target="_blank">http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20061215/ai_n16903942
Carlson was born and raised in the Bay Area. He grew up in Piedmont, received his bachelor's degree from Pepperdine University and his doctorate in psychology from Sierra University, before opening a private psychotherapy practice.
He wrote many follow-up books to this success, including Slowing Down to the Speed of Life (co-authored with _Joe Bailey) in 1997, one co-authored by his wife, Don't Sweat The Small Stuff in Love (2000), and What About the Big Stuff (2002).
Carlson died of a pulmonary embolism during a flight from San Francisco to New York, while on a promotion tour for his book Don’t Get Scrooged: How to Thrive in a World Full of Obnoxious, Incompetent, Arrogant and Downright Mean-Spirited People (2006).
Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6333 Hollywood Blvd.
Served in WWII. After the war, it was hard for him to find a job.
His early ambition was to be a playwright, but his first paying job was as an English Instructor at the University of Minnesota.
He was active in television becoming nationally famous for "I Led 3 Lives" (1953), which was about an FBI agent infiltrating Communist cells in the United States.
