Richard Ney
Richard Ney (born November 12, 1916 in New York City , New York , USA, † July 18, 2004 in Pasadena , California , USA) was an American actor .
Life
Career
His 1942 debut film Mrs. Miniver was also his greatest success as an actor.
A few films followed, but where he can mostly be seen in supporting roles. The artist also played in numerous TV productions.
In 1967, the actor retired into private life to start a successful career as an investment consultant and book author. First he joined a stockbroker association in Beverly Hills and started publishing a newsletter, The Ney Report , which also had J. Paul Getty among its subscribers. Ney subsequently wrote three very critical books on Wall Street that describe how the market is being manipulated by market makers to the detriment of the average investor. The first of these, The Wall Street Jungle , was on the New York Times bestseller list in 1970. This was followed by The Wall Street Gang (1974) and Making It in the Market (1975). Ney back then: "Behind a facade of pompous demeanor and noble inclinations, there is more perfidious theft per square meter on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than on any other place in the world."
Private
Ney was the son of Maximillian Ney and Rebie M. Flood. His grandfather was Rev. Theodore L. Flood. He fell in love with his movie mother Greer Garson on the set of Mrs. Miniver . A year later he married the actress, who was eleven years his senior. After the divorce in 1947, he entered into the marriage covenant two more times.
He "had" a stepdaughter named Marcia McMartin in 1949, daughter of Ney's second wife Pauline Settle from her marriage to millionaire Duncan Roy McMartin Settle.
Ney died of heart failure in 2004.
Filmography (selection)
- 1942: Mrs. Miniver
- 1942: The War Against Mrs. Hadley
- 1947: The Late George Apley
- 1947: Ivy
- 1948: Johanna von Orleans (Joan of Arc)
- 1949: Lady Wintermeres Fächer (The Fan)
- 1949: The Lovable Cheat
- 1951: Storm over Alaska
- 1952: Babes in Baghdad
- 1958/1961: Peter Gunn (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1960: Mitternachtsspitzen (Midnight Lace)
- 1961: The Loretta Young Show ( Letter to Loretta ; TV series, 1 episode)
- 1962: Buried Alive (Premature Burial)
- 1967: Ghostbreakers (TV movie)
Web links
- Richard Ney in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ney, Richard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1916 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York , USA |
DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 2004 |
Place of death | Pasadena , California , USA |