Richard Todd

Acting·Jun 11, 1919·Dublin, Ireland

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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.

Film	Credit
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance2000 · Self	Self
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich1996 · Actor	Actor
Beautiful Lies1992 · H.G. Wells	H.G. Wells
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls1992 · Lord Roberts	Lord Roberts
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker1991 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Olympus Force: The Key1988 · Lord Wisden	Lord Wisden
Jenny's War1985 · Gen. Benjamin Cutler	Gen. Benjamin Cutler
House of the Long Shadows1983 · Sam Allyson	Sam Allyson
Doctor Who: Kinda1982 · Sanders	Sanders
Home Before Midnight1979 · Geoffrey Steele	Geoffrey Steele
The Big Sleep1978 · Commander Barker	Commander Barker
No. 1 of the Secret Service1977 · Arthur Loveday	Arthur Loveday
Um Homem e o Cinema1976 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The Sky is Falling1975 · Terence	Terence
The Next Scream You Hear1974 · George Tulliver	George Tulliver
Asylum1972 · Walter	Walter
Dorian Gray1970 · Basil Hallward	Basil Hallward
Subterfuge1968 · Col. Victor Redmayne	Col. Victor Redmayne
The Love-Ins1967 · Dr. Jonathan Barnett	Dr. Jonathan Barnett
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita1965 · Darrell	Darrell
Operation Crossbow1965 · Wing Cmdr. Kendall	Wing Cmdr. Kendall
Coast of Skeletons1965 · Harry Sanders	Harry Sanders
Death Drums Along the River1963 · Inspector Harry Sanders	Inspector Harry Sanders
The Very Edge1963 · Geoffrey Lawrence	Geoffrey Lawrence
The Longest Day1962 · Maj. John Howard	Maj. John Howard
The Boys1962 · Victor Webster	Victor Webster
The Hellions1961 · Sam Hargis	Sam Hargis
Don't Bother to Knock1961 · Bill Ferguson	Bill Ferguson
The Long and the Short and the Tall1961 · Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem	Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem
Never Let Go1960 · John Cummings	John Cummings
Stars Meet in Moscow1959 · Self	Self
Danger Within1959 · Lieutenant Colonel David Baird	Lieutenant Colonel David Baird
Intent to Kill1958 · Dr. Bob McLaurin	Dr. Bob McLaurin
The Naked Earth1958 · Danny	Danny
Chase a Crooked Shadow1958 · Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.	Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.
Saint Joan1957 · Dunois, Bastard of Orleans	Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst1957 · Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans	Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans
D-Day the Sixth of June1956 · Lt. Col. John Wynter	Lt. Col. John Wynter
Marie-Antoinette Queen of France1956 · Comte Axel von Fersen	Comte Axel von Fersen
The Virgin Queen1955 · Sir Walter Raleigh	Sir Walter Raleigh
The Dam Busters1955 · Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.	Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
A Man Called Peter1955 · The Rev. Peter Marshall	The Rev. Peter Marshall
The Secrets of the Bed1954 · Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")	Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")
WWuthering Heights1953 · Heathcliff	Heathcliff
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue1953 · Rob Roy MacGregor	Rob Roy MacGregor
The Sword and the Rose1953 · Charles Brandon	Charles Brandon
Venetian Bird1952 · Edward Mercer	Edward Mercer
24 Hours of a Woman's Life1952 · the young man	the young man