Richard Egan (July 29, 1921 – July 20, 1987) was an American actor. In some films he is credited as Richard Eagan.Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Egan graduated from St. Ignatius College Preparatory. He won a public speaking competition in 1938 that helped fire his interest in performing. He was supported by his brother who was a priest. Egan was interested in drama and studied it while doing a BA at the University of San Francisco. He left in 1943 and served in the United States Army as a judo and knife fighting instructor during World War II. He served a year in the Philippines and was discharged with the rank of captain. "The war had given me time to think," he later said, "and to decide what I really wanted to do. I think I had always been an actor in my mind, but now I was going to be one in public, too. Right out in front of everybody. "He earned a master's degree in theater history at Stanford University and taught public speaking at Northwestern University. While at Northwestern he appeared in thirty campus stage productions. He was also spotted by a Warner Bros talent scout, Solly Bioano, who encouraged him to try Hollywood. Egan had a series of unsuccessful screen tests. He eventually got a bit role in the 1949 Hollywood film The Story of Molly X, at Universal. He had a small roles in The Good Humor Man (1950), at Columbia; The Damned Don't Cry (1950) (as Joan Crawford's husband) and Return of the Frontiersman (1950), at Warners; and The Killer That Stalked New York (1950), at Columbia. Egan met his wife, the former Patricia Hardy, in 1956. The couple married in June 1958 and remained together for almost 30 years until his death. They had five children, including son Rich Egan, the founder of Vagrant Records, daughter Maureen Egan, a writer and director, as well as Patricia, Kathleen, and Colleen. Egan was respected within the acting community for having helped a number of young actors get their first break in the film industry. One of these young actors was Ryan O'Neal. He worked out at the same gym as Egan, who got him credited work in four episodes of Empire. Richard Egan died in Santa Monica, California, on July 20, 1987, of prostate cancer, nine days before his 66th birthday. He is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California

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