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Richard Todd

Richard Todd

Actor · Born 1919-06-11 · Dublin, Ireland

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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 & TV Shows

  1. The Longest Day (1962) — Maj. John Howard
  2. Doctor Who (1963) — Sanders
  3. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Alec Scofield
  4. Stage Fright (1950) — Jonathan Cooper
  5. Midsomer Murders (1997) — Charles Edmonton
  6. Asylum (1972) — Walter
  7. The Dam Busters (1955) — Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
  8. Operation Crossbow (1965) — Wing Cmdr. Kendall
  9. House of the Long Shadows (1983) — Sam Allyson
  10. Silent Witness (1996)
  11. The Big Sleep (1978) — Commander Barker
  12. The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) — Robin Hood
  13. Dorian Gray (1970) — Basil Hallward
  14. Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) — Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.
  15. Never Let Go (1960) — John Cummings
  16. Heartbeat (1992) — Harold Beecham
  17. The Virgin Queen (1955) — Sir Walter Raleigh
  18. D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) — Lt. Col. John Wynter
  19. The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961) — Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem
  20. Saint Joan (1957) — Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
  21. The Sword and the Rose (1953) — Charles Brandon
  22. Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) — Richard Trevelyan
  23. Death Drums Along the River (1963) — Inspector Harry Sanders
  24. The Interrupted Journey (1949) — John North
  25. Venetian Bird (1952) — Edward Mercer
  26. Danger Within (1959) — Lieutenant Colonel David Baird
  27. A Man Called Peter (1955) — The Rev. Peter Marshall
  28. The Hasty Heart (1949) — Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan
  29. Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue (1953) — Rob Roy MacGregor
  30. Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992) — Lord Roberts
  31. Home Before Midnight (1979) — Geoffrey Steele
  32. No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977) — Arthur Loveday
  33. For Them That Trespass (1949) — Herbert Edward Logan
  34. The Sky is Falling (1975) — Terence
  35. Thriller (1973) — George Tulliver
  36. Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) — Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans
  37. Good Morning, Boys! (1937) — Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)
  38. A Yank at Oxford (1938) — Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited)
  39. Coast of Skeletons (1965) — Harry Sanders
  40. Marie-Antoinette Queen of France (1956) — Comte Axel von Fersen