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Richard Todd
Richard Todd

Richard Todd

ActingBorn June 11, 1919Died December 3, 2009 (age 90)Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd (11 June 1919 – 3 December 2009) was an Irish actor known for his leading man roles of the 1950s. He received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, and an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance as Corporal Lachlan MacLachlan in the 1949 film The Hasty Heart. His other notable roles include Jonathan Cooper in Stage Fright (1950), Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters (1955), Sir Walter Raleigh in The Virgin Queen (1955), and Major John Howard in The Longest Day (1962). He was previously a Captain in the British Army during the Second World War, fighting in the D-Day landings as a member of the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Todd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2003
The Royal

as Hugh Hirst

TV
1997
Midsomer Murders

as Charles Edmonton

TV
1992
Beautiful Lies

as H.G. Wells

Movie
1992
Virtual Murder

as Judge Rawcliffe

TV
1992
Heartbeat

as Harold Beecham

TV
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1988Movie
1985
Jenny's War

as Gen. Benjamin Cutler

Movie
1985
Jenny's War

as Gen. Benjamin Cutler

TV
1985TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Alec Scofield

TV
1983Movie
1982Movie
1979
Home Before Midnight

as Geoffrey Steele

Movie
1978
The Big Sleep

as Commander Barker

Movie
1977Movie
1976
Um Homem e o Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1975Movie
1974
The Next Scream You Hear

as George Tulliver

Movie
1974
Boy Dominic

as Capt. Richard Bulman

TV
1973
Thriller

as George Tulliver

TV
1972
Asylum

as Walter

Movie
1970
Dorian Gray

as Basil Hallward

Movie
1968
Subterfuge

as Col. Victor Redmayne

Movie
1967
The Love-Ins

as Dr. Jonathan Barnett

Movie
1965
Operation Crossbow

as Wing Cmdr. Kendall

Movie
1965
Coast of Skeletons

as Harry Sanders

Movie
1964
Theatre 625

as Edmund Gurney

TV
1963
Death Drums Along the River

as Inspector Harry Sanders

Movie
1963
Doctor Who

as Sanders

TV
1963
The Very Edge

as Geoffrey Lawrence

Movie
1962
The Longest Day

as Maj. John Howard

Movie
1962
The Boys

as Victor Webster

Movie
1961
The Hellions

as Sam Hargis

Movie
1961
Don't Bother to Knock

as Bill Ferguson

Movie
1961Movie
1960
Never Let Go

as John Cummings

Movie
1959Movie
1959
Danger Within

as Lieutenant Colonel David Baird

Movie
1958
Intent to Kill

as Dr. Bob McLaurin

Movie
1958Movie
1958
Chase a Crooked Shadow

as Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.

Movie
1957
Saint Joan

as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans

Movie
1957
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

as Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans

Movie
1956
D-Day the Sixth of June

as Lt. Col. John Wynter

Movie
1956
Marie-Antoinette Queen of France

as Comte Axel von Fersen

Movie
1955
The Virgin Queen

as Sir Walter Raleigh

Movie
1955
The Dam Busters

as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.

Movie
1955
A Man Called Peter

as The Rev. Peter Marshall

Movie
1954
The Secrets of the Bed

as Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")

Movie
1953
Wuthering Heights

as Heathcliff

Movie
1953
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

as Rob Roy MacGregor

Movie
1953
The Sword and the Rose

as Charles Brandon

Movie
1952
Venetian Bird

as Edward Mercer

Movie
1952Movie
1952
Elstree Story

as Himself

Movie
1952Movie
1951
Lightning Strikes Twice

as Richard Trevelyan

Movie
1951
Flesh and Blood

as Charles Cameron/Charles Cameron Sutherland

Movie
1950
Portrait of Clare

as Robert Hart

Movie
1950
Stage Fright

as Jonathan Cooper

Movie
1949Movie
1949
The Hasty Heart

as Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan

Movie
1949
For Them That Trespass

as Herbert Edward Logan

Movie
1938
A Yank at Oxford

as Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited)

Movie
1937
The Gap

as Orderly (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Good Morning, Boys!

as Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 11, 1919
Day of DeathDecember 3, 2009
Place of BirthDublin, Ireland
Popularity0.8