FILM
Death Cruise (1974) with Polly Bergen, Kate Jackson, Celeste Holm, Tom Bosley, and Cesare Danova
The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974) with Karen Valentine, Tom Bosley, Farrah Fawcett, Dave Madden, and Louise Sorel
Make Like a Thief (1964)
The Tenderfoot (1964) with Brian Keith, Brandon De Wilde, and James Whitmore
Follow the Boys (1963) with Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, Janis Paige, Russ Tamblyn, Ron Randell, and Roger Perry
Tokyo After Dark (1959) with Michi Kobi
House on Haunted Hill (1959) with Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Carolyn Craig, and Elisha Cook Jr.
He Laughed Last (1956) with Frankie Laine, Anthony Dexter, and Jesse White
Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956) with David Brian, Neville Brand, Lisa Davis, and Morris Ankrum
Cult of the Cobra (1955) with Faith Domergue, Marshall Thompson, Kathleen Hughes, William Reynolds, Jack Kelly, and David Janssen
Playgirl (1954) with Shelley Winters, Barry Sullivan, Colleen Miller, Gregg Palmer, Kent Taylor, and and Mara Corday
Saskatchewan (1954) with Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters, J. Carrol Naish, and Hugh O'Brian
All American (1953) with Tony Curtis, Lori Nelson, Mamie Van Doren, Gregg Palmer, Stuart Whitman, and Frank Gifford
All I Desire (1953) with Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Marcia Henderson, Lori Nelson, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Billy Gray
Back at the Front (1952) with Tom Ewell, Harvey Lembeck, Mari Blanchard, Gregg Palmer, and Russell Johnson
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951) with Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, and Ray Collins
Air Cadet (1951) with Stephen McNally, Gail Russell, Alex Nicol, Charles Drake, Rock Hudson, Peggie Castle, James Best, and Parley Baer
Kansas Raiders (1950) with Audie Murphy, Brian Donlevy, Marguerite Chapman, Scott Brady, Tony Curtis, Richard Arlen, James Best, Dewey Martin, and Richard Egan
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950) with Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Charles McGraw, Jim Backus, and Hal March
The Life of Riley (1949) with William Bendix and Rosemary DeCamp
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) with Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, and Meg Randall
Criss Cross (1949) with Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, and Alan Napier
Tap Roots (1948) with Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Boris Karloff, Julie London, and Ward Bond
The Egg and I (1947) with Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Louise Allbritton, and Percy Kilbride
The Dark Mirror (1946) with Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, and Thomas Mitchell
The Stranger (1946) with Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, and Orson Welles
Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) with Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, George Brent, and Natalie Wood
TELEVISION SERIES
Thicker Than Water, 1973 TV series. Long portrayed Ernie Paine
Nanny and the Professor, 1970-1971 ABC TV series. Long portrayed Professor Harold Everett
The Big Valley, 1965-1969 ABC TV series. Long portrayed Jarrod Barkley. Also starring in this series were Barbara Stanwyck, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, and Linda Evans
77 Sunset Strip, 1958-1964 ABC TV series. Long portrayed Rex Randolph during the 1960-1961 season
Bourbon Street Beat, 1959-1960 ABC TV series. Long portrayed Rex Randolph. Also starring in this series was Van Williams
Maverick, 1957-1962 ABC TV series. Long portrayed Gentleman Jack Darby during the 1958-1959 season. Also starring in this series was Peter Breck, Jack Kelly, and James Garner
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Born in Chicago on December 17, 1927, handsome actor Richard Long was spotted by a talent agent for films while he was in a play as a senior at Hollywood High School. As a result,
he nabbed two important film roles fresh out of high school. His first roles came in a pair of RKO film noir thrillers directed by Orson Welles: Tomorrow Is
Forever (1946; with Claudette Colbert and Orson Welles) and The Stranger (1946; with Edward G. Robinson and Orson Welles). Long's strong performances
did not go unnoticed; Universal-International signed the youth in late 1946. The studio quickly cast him as the eldest son of Ma and Pa Kettle in the comedy The
Egg and I (1947; with Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, and Marjorie Main). Long acted in four of the nine films in the Ma
and Pa Kettle series, later moving on to more adult roles. A two-year stint in the Army ended in 1953, after which he resumed his film career. In 1954, he married
actress Suzan Ball, who was very ill at the time of their marriage; Ball died the following year from cancer. In 1957, he married another beautiful actress, scream
queen Mara Corday. Corday filed for a divorce on at least two separate occasions early on in their marriage, but the couple reconciled
after Long suffered a heart attack in April 1961. Although their relationship was a tumultuous one, they remained married for the rest of his life.
Universal and Long parted ways in 1955, and his film career began to sputter. From the mid 1950s through the mid 1960s, Long acted in just six more films,
including William Castle's House on Haunted Hill (1959; with Vincent Price and
Carol Ohmart), Follow the Boys (1963; with Connie Francis and Paula Prentiss), and Make Like a Thief (1964),
which was his last theatrically released film. Although his film career had gone south, Long made a name for himself in television beginning in the late 1950s,
starring in the series Maverick, Bourbon Street Beat, 77 Sunset Strip, The Big Valley, and Nanny and the Professor. 
