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Kenneth Alan "Ken" Richmond (10 July 1926 – 3 August 2006) was an English heavyweight wrestler.

Kenneth Richmond

Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
	1952 Helsinki	Heavyweight
Representing  England
British Empire (and Commonwealth) Games
	1954 Vancouver	Heavyweight
	1950 Auckland	Heavyweight

Richmond was born in London. His father abandoned the family when Richmond was 3. Before he got into freestyle wrestling, he was a whale ship crewman.

At 6'5" and 265 lbs, he won a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympics, as well as a bronze medal at the 1950 British Empire Games, and a gold medal at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. He stayed fit enough into his later years to win medals for rollerblading and windsurfing in his 60s.^{[citation needed]}

Though he appeared as the wrestler Nikolas in Jules Dassin's film noir, Night and the City (1950),[1] Richmond was perhaps most recognisable as the shirtless gongman banging the enormous gong preceding the opening credits for films produced or distributed by the Rank Organisation. He was the fourth - and last - actor to take the job. According to the BBC, he had revealed to friends that the gong seen in the Rank Organisation's opening never rang, as it was a papier-mâché stage prop and he never actually struck it with any force, joking "If you hit that gong, you would have gone straight through."[2]

He was a Jehovah's Witness for most of his life, being jailed as a conscientious objector during World War II. In later life, he was a volunteer minister for the organisation.[2] He died at age 80 in his home in Christchurch. (Richmond’s wife, Valentina, died in 1996).^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950	Night and the City	Nikolas of Athens
1954	Mad About Men	Zampa	Uncredited
1956	The Iron Petticoat	Igor - Group 9 Operative	Uncredited, (final film role)

References

Bibliography

• London Daily Mirror, 12 August 2006
• BBC Radio 4 Last Word, 18 August 2006
• Hevesi, Dennis (14 August 2006). "MOVIES: Ken Richmond, 80, Gong-Striker Familiar to Filmgoers, Dies". The New York Times.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ken Richmond". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
• Ken Richmond at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Kenneth Richmond

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[fr] Kenneth Richmond

Kenneth Richmond (né le 10 juillet 1926 et mort le 2 août 2006) est un lutteur britannique spécialiste de la lutte libre. Il participe aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1952 dans la catégorie des poids lourds (+87 kg). Il y remporte la médaille de bronze[1].

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[it] Kenneth Richmond

Kenneth "Ken" Alan Richmond (Londra, 10 luglio 1926 – Christchurch, 3 agosto 2006) è stato un lottatore britannico, specializzato nella lotta libera.

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[ru] Ричмонд, Кеннет

Кеннет Алан «Кен» Ричмонд (англ. Kenneth Alan "Ken" Richmond; 10 июля 1926 (1926-07-10), Кенсингтон, Лондон, Великобритания — 2 августа 2006, Крайстчерч, Дорсет, Великобритания) — британский борец вольного и греко-римского стилей, бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр, победитель Игр Британской империи и Содружества наций[2].

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