Richard Rust on AllMovie

American leading man Richard Rust was signed to a Columbia contract in 1958, along with such other Hollywood aspirants as Michael Callan and Yvonne Craig. Rust appeared in such Columbias as The Legend of Tom Dooley (1959), This Rebel Breed (1960), Comanche Station (1960), Homicidal (1961), and Underworld USA (1961). In 1962, he was cast as lawyer Edmond O'Brien's "leg man" Hank Tabor in the weekly TV legal series Sam Benedict. Active in films into the 1970s, Richard Rust returned after a long absence to play a featured role in 1988's Colors.