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Richard Talmadge

Born 3 December 1892 in Camburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Germany, as Sylvester Alphonse Metz.
Died 25 January 1981 in Carmel, California, USA, of cancer.

Brother of actor and stunt man Otto Metzetti and actor and stunt man Victor Metzetti.

Married Madeleine Francis Allen, 1917.
Married writer Suzanne Avery, 13 July 1961; until Richard’s death, 25 January 1981.

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