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Richard Todd

Richard Todd

Acting June 11, 1919 (90 years old) December 3, 2009 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.

Movies 62

The Longest Day 7.6

The Longest Day

as Maj. John Howard

1962
Operation Crossbow 6.8

Operation Crossbow

as Wing Cmdr. Kendall

1965
Stage Fright 6.8

Stage Fright

as Jonathan Cooper

1950
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men 6.2

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

as Robin Hood

1952
The Dam Busters 6.9

The Dam Busters

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

1955
Asylum 6.2

Asylum

as Walter

1972
House of the Long Shadows 6.4

House of the Long Shadows

as Sam Allyson

1983
The Big Sleep 5.8

The Big Sleep

as Commander Barker

1978
D-Day the Sixth of June 5.3

D-Day the Sixth of June

as Lt. Col. John Wynter

1956
A Yank at Oxford 6.8

A Yank at Oxford

as Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited)

1938
Dorian Gray 5.1

Dorian Gray

as Basil Hallward

1970
Don't Bother to Knock 4.8

Don't Bother to Knock

as Bill Ferguson

1961
No. 1 of the Secret Service 4.1

No. 1 of the Secret Service

as Arthur Loveday

1977
The Long and the Short and the Tall 6.7

The Long and the Short and the Tall

as Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem

1961
Danger Within 6.3

Danger Within

as Lieutenant Colonel David Baird

1959
The Sword and the Rose 6.4

The Sword and the Rose

as Charles Brandon

1953
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue 5.2

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

as Rob Roy MacGregor

1953
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita 4.4

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

as Darrell

1965
Saint Joan 6.5

Saint Joan

as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans

1957
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker 8.0

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Self (archive footage)

1991
The Sky is Falling 4.7

The Sky is Falling

as Terence

1975
Death Drums Along the River 5.3

Death Drums Along the River

as Inspector Harry Sanders

1963
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst 7.3

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

as Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans

1957
The Secrets of the Bed 3.8

The Secrets of the Bed

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

1954
Chase a Crooked Shadow 7.1

Chase a Crooked Shadow

as Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.

1958
The Hasty Heart 6.9

The Hasty Heart

as Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan

1949
The Interrupted Journey 5.8

The Interrupted Journey

as John North

1949
Coast of Skeletons 5.8

Coast of Skeletons

as Harry Sanders

1965
Venetian Bird 6.2

Venetian Bird

as Edward Mercer

1952
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls 5.1

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

as Lord Roberts

1992
A Man Called Peter 6.6

A Man Called Peter

as The Rev. Peter Marshall

1955
The Virgin Queen 6.9

The Virgin Queen

as Sir Walter Raleigh

1955
For Them That Trespass 5.3

For Them That Trespass

as Herbert Edward Logan

1949
The Next Scream You Hear 5.5

The Next Scream You Hear

as George Tulliver

1974
24 Hours of a Woman's Life 5.8

24 Hours of a Woman's Life

as the young man

1952
Doctor Who: Kinda 7.5

Doctor Who: Kinda

as Sanders

1982
The Love-Ins 4.8

The Love-Ins

as Dr. Jonathan Barnett

1967
Beautiful Lies

Beautiful Lies

as H.G. Wells

1992
Never Let Go 6.5

Never Let Go

as John Cummings

1960
The Boys 7.5

The Boys

as Victor Webster

1962
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance 9.0

Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance

as Self

2000
Olympus Force: The Key 2.5

Olympus Force: The Key

as Lord Wisden

1988
Old Bones of the River 6.1

Old Bones of the River

as Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)

1938
Subterfuge 5.2

Subterfuge

as Col. Victor Redmayne

1968
Stars Meet in Moscow

Stars Meet in Moscow

as Self

1959
Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France 6.1

Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France

as Comte Axel von Fersen

1956
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich 6.0

No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

1996
The Hellions 6.7

The Hellions

as Sam Hargis

1961
The Riddle of Robin Hood

The Riddle of Robin Hood

as Self

1952
Home Before Midnight 5.5

Home Before Midnight

as Geoffrey Steele

1979
The Naked Earth 10.0

The Naked Earth

as Danny

1958
Flesh and Blood 7.0

Flesh and Blood

as Charles Cameron/Charles Cameron Sutherland

1951
Jenny's War 6.0

Jenny's War

as Gen. Benjamin Cutler

1985
Wuthering Heights 8.0

Wuthering Heights

as Heathcliff

1953
Um Homem e o Cinema 9.0

Um Homem e o Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

1976
Lightning Strikes Twice 5.7

Lightning Strikes Twice

as Richard Trevelyan

1951
The Very Edge 5.3

The Very Edge

as Geoffrey Lawrence

1963
Intent to Kill 5.2

Intent to Kill

as Dr. Bob McLaurin

1958
The Gap

The Gap

as Orderly (uncredited)

1937
Elstree Story

Elstree Story

as Himself

1952
Good Morning, Boys! 7.2

Good Morning, Boys!

as Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)

1937
Portrait of Clare 6.7

Portrait of Clare

as Robert Hart

1950

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