Richard Lewis Wesson[citation needed] (November 19, 1922 – April 25, 1996) was a prolific character actor, comedian, comedy writer, and producer.

Making his film debut in Destination Moon (1950),[1] Wesson signed a contract with Warner Bros., leaving the studio in 1953.

[2] Wesson played comic relief in all his films, frequently as an infantry soldier, as in Force of Arms (1951), and in the Old West with The Man Behind the Gun (1952) and The Charge at Feather River (1953).

Wesson moved to television, appearing as Jackie Cooper's ex-United States Marine Corps sidekick Rollo, on The People's Choice[3]: 822-823  and as Frank Crenshaw in The Bob Cummings Show.

[citation needed] He portrayed Jack Reardon on the 1974 CBS situation comedy Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers.