Richard Beymer

Birthday: 20 February 1938, Avoca, Iowa, USA

Birth Name: George Richard Beymer Jr.

Height: 188 cm

Born in Avoca, Iowa and moved with his parents to Hollywood, California in the late 1940s, Richard Beymer acted in various films while attending North Hollywood High School. He enjoys making his own films and has a film used in a PBS series on the civil rights movement.

[on his attitude towards Natalie Wood on the set of West Side Story (1961) and at a later date]: "I ...Show more »

[on his attitude towards Natalie Wood on the set of West Side Story (1961) and at a later date]: "I think there was a residue of animosity toward Natalie because of that test for Rebel [Without a Cause], and it contributed to our situation. But a few years later we caught sight of each other at a nightclub on Sunset Strip. Natalie waved, came over to my table, and we talked for a few moments. She was incredibly sweet, left me thinking what a lovely person she was, and I felt genuinely attracted to her." Show less «

[on seeing West Side Story (1961) for the first time]: "I was sort of caught up in my own web of ill...Show more »

[on seeing West Side Story (1961) for the first time]: "I was sort of caught up in my own web of illusion." Show less «