Richard Thorpe (February 24, 1896 - May 1, 1991) was an American film director.

Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, he began his entertainment career performing in vaudeville and on the theatre stage. In 1921 he began in motion pictures as an actor and directed his first silent film in 1923. He went on to direct more than one hundred and eighty films.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Richard Thorpe has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6101 Hollywood Blvd.

Richard thorpe retired from the film business after his 1967 film. He passed away in Palm Springs, California in 1991.

Partial flmography (director):

• The Fatal Photo (1923)
• Rarin' to Go (1924)
• Gold and Grit (1925)
• Deuce High (1926)
• Ride 'em High (1927)
• Desperate Courage (1928)
• The Fatal Warning (1929)
• The Utah Kid (1930)
• The Lady From Nowhere (1931)
• Slightly Married (1932)
• Notorious But Nice (1933)
• Green Eyes (1934)
• Strange Wives (1935)
• Tarzan Escapes (1936)
• Dangerous Number (1937)
• The Crowd Roars (1938)
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939),
• Wyoming (1940)
• Barnacle Bill (1941)
• Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
• Above Suspicion (1943)
• Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
• The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
• This Time for Keeps (1947)
• On an Island with You (1948)
• Malaya (1949)
• Black Hand (1950)
• Vengeance Valley (1951)
• Carbine Williams (1952)
• The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
• Athena (1954)
• The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955)
• Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)
• Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
• The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
• The Tartars (1961)
• The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
• Follow the Boys (1963)
• The Golden Head (1964)
• The Truth About Spring (1964)
• That Funny Feeling (1965)
• The Last Challenge (1967)