His most noted films include Return of the Seven (1966; with Yul Brynner), Red Sun (1971; with Charles Bronson), and Papillon (1973; with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman).
[citation needed] He got into the film industry as an assistant director and providing stories at Monogram Studios.
[citation needed] In the late 1940s he moved to Universal, where he produced the early starring vehicles for Audie Murphy.
He made The Mississippi Gambler (1953) with Tyrone Power and the two men got along so well they decided to form a company together, Copa Productions.
[citation needed] Richmond moved to MGM where he made Bachelor in Paradise (1961) and It Happened at the World's Fair (1963).