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