Birth Name: Richard Dobbs Speight, Jr.
Place of Birth: Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 4, 1970
Ethnicity: English, German, 1/8 Ashkenazi Jewish
Richard Speight, Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.
Richard is the son of Barbara (Friedlob) and Richard Dobbs Speight, Sr.
Richard’s father is mostly of English and German descent. Richard’s mother also has English and German, along with some Polish Jewish and German Jewish, ancestry.
Richard’s paternal grandparents were Walter Peterson Speight (the son of Walter Peterson Speight and Annie Malena/Marena James). Walter was the son of William Wesley Speight and Rebecca Hoffler. Annie was the daughter of William Cornelius James and Anna Elizabeth Briton.
Richard’s paternal grandmother was Kate Leocadia Perry.
Richard’s maternal grandmother was Bessie Jo Moore (the daughter of John Wesley Moore and Anna Belle Fuller).
Richard’s maternal grandfather was George Friedlob (the son of Samuel “Sam” Julius Friedlob and Rosa/Rose Vivian Derry).
Richard’s great-grandfather Samuel was born in Tennessee, the son of Jewish parents, Julius Friedlob, who was born in Poland, and of Babette/Bettie Felsenthal, who was born in Bavaria, Germany.
Richard’s great-grandmother Rosa was the daughter of Richard William Derry, who was born in England, and of Eliza Jane “Molly” Hall.
Sources: Obituary of Richard’s uncle (father’s brother), Walter Peterson Speight, Jr. – http://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Richard’s paternal great-grandfather, Walter Peterson Speight – http://www.findagrave.com
Genealogies of Richard’s maternal grandfather, George Friedlob (through George’s brother, Sam Julius Friedlob, Jr.) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy and obituary of Richard’s maternal grandfather, George Friedlob – http://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy and obituary of Richard’s maternal grandmother, Bessie Jo Moore – http://www.findagrave.com
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