Kalla Pasha
American actor
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Kalla Pasha (born as Joseph T. Rickard; March 5, 1879 – June 10, 1933) was an American professional wrestler, vaudeville comedian, and film actor active during the silent era.
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| Born | Joseph T. Rickard March 5, 1879 |
| Died | June 10, 1933 (aged 54) |
| Occupations | Wrestler, vaudevillian, screen actor |
| Years active | 1919–1931 |
Biography
Kalla Pasha was the stage name of Joseph T. Rickard, a native of Detroit.[1] He was the professional wrestler Hamid Kalla Pasha, whom the press called "The Crazy Turk"[2] before performing on vaudeville and appearing in 74 films between 1919 and 1931. Rickard's success with Mack Sennett enabled him to be a free-spender, claiming later he would often go about town with a 150 thousand dollars strapped around his waist.[3]
The money did not last though, and not long afterward he was arrested for striking a man over the head with a milk bottle during a dust-up involving five cents. As a result, Rickard was sent to Mendocino State Hospital for psychiatric care, where he would die a little over a year later from heart disease.[4][3][5][6]
Selected filmography
- The Wicked Darling (1919)
- Love, Honor and Behave (1920)
- Down on the Farm (1920)
- Married Life (1920)
- A Small Town Idol (1921)
- The Dictator (1922)
- Ruggles of Red Gap (1923)
- Thirty Days (1922)
- Breaking Into Society (1923)
- A Million to Burn (1923)
- The Cat's Meow (1924)
- His Supreme Moment (1925)
- Heads Up (1925)
- Silken Shackles (1926)
- Don Juan's Three Nights (1926)
- When a Man Loves (1927)
- The Devil Dancer (1927)
- The Dove (1927)
- Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928)
- West of Zanzibar (1928)
- Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
- The Show of Shows (1929)
- I Surrender Dear (1931)
- One More Chance (1931)
