1. Richard Kollmar's great-great-grandfather was Daniel D Tompkins, the fourth governor of New York and the sixth vice president of the United States.
13 Facts About Richard Kollmar
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From 1945 to 1950, Richard Kollmar portrayed Boston Blackie on the radio program of the same name, a Ziv-produced syndicated series which mostly ran on Mutual Broadcasting System stations.
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In January 1953, the Richard Kollmar family moved from their Park Avenue apartment to a five-story townhouse on Manhattan's East 68th Street, and their radio series began originating from there.
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In 1948, Richard Kollmar made his first and only film appearance in the low-budget crime drama Close-Up, directed by Jack Donohue.
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In June 1949, Richard Kollmar began hosting the live television variety series Broadway Spotlight.
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Richard Kollmar produced and directed the fantasy musical Dream with Music that premiered on May 19,1944.
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In 1958, Richard Kollmar produced The Body Beautiful, a musical about prize fighters starring Steve Forrest, singers Lonnie Sattin and Barbara McNair, Mindy Carson and Jack Warden.
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Kilgallen died on November 8,1965, and a year and a few months later, Richard Kollmar opened an art gallery called "the Pastiche" on East 53rd Street in midtown Manhattan.
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The Sunday edition of the New York Daily News gave it prominent attention, including photos of Richard Kollmar posing with artwork, on February 12,1967.
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Those who attended her funeral included fashion designer Anne Fogarty, whom Richard Kollmar married in June 1967.
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In 1969 or 1970, Richard Kollmar disowned Kerry, who was then age 15 or 16.
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On January 7,1971, Richard Kollmar died at the Manhattan townhouse where he lived with his second wife, Anne Fogarty.
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Richard Kollmar's funeral was held on January 9 at St Vincent Ferrer Church in Manhattan, where he had married his first wife in 1940.