Richard Todd
Known for: Acting
Born: June 11, 1919
Died: December 3, 2009
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
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.
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Filmography
61 movies · 15 TV shows, newest first
5.5
British Film Forever
2007
7.8
The Royal
2003
9.0
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
20006.8
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
6.0
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
1996
7.6
Silent Witness
1996
NR
Beautiful Lies
1992
7.0
Virtual Murder
1992
7.2
Heartbeat
1992
5.1
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
1992
8.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
NR
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
1989
2.5
Olympus Force: The Key
1988
6.0
Jenny's War
1985
6.7
Jenny's War
1985
7.4
The Last Place on Earth
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
6.4
House of the Long Shadows
1983
7.5
Doctor Who: Kinda
1982
5.5
Home Before Midnight
1979
5.8
The Big Sleep
1978
4.1
No. 1 of the Secret Service
1977
9.0
Um Homem e o Cinema
1976
4.7
The Sky is Falling
1975
5.5
The Next Scream You Hear
1974
8.0
Boy Dominic
1974
7.0
Thriller
1973
6.0
Asylum
1972
5.1
Dorian Gray
1970
5.3
Subterfuge
1968
4.8
The Love-Ins
1967
4.4
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965
6.7
Operation Crossbow
1965
5.8
Coast of Skeletons
1965
7.2
Theatre 625
1964
5.3
Death Drums Along the River
1963
7.9
Doctor Who
1963
5.3
The Very Edge
1963
7.6
The Longest Day
1962
7.5
The Boys
1962
6.7
The Hellions
1961
4.8
Don't Bother to Knock
1961
6.7
The Long and the Short and the Tall
1961
6.5
Never Let Go
1960
NR
Stars Meet in Moscow
1959
6.3
Danger Within
1959
5.2
Intent to Kill
1958
10.0
The Naked Earth
1958
7.1
Chase a Crooked Shadow
1958
6.5
Saint Joan
1957
7.3
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957
5.3
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956
6.1
Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France
1956
7.0
The Virgin Queen
1955
6.9
The Dam Busters
1955
6.6
A Man Called Peter
1955
3.8
The Secrets of the Bed
19548.0
Wuthering Heights
1953
5.2
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
6.4
The Sword and the Rose
1953
6.2
Venetian Bird
1952
5.8
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952
6.2
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952NR
Elstree Story
1952
NR
The Riddle of Robin Hood
1952
5.7
Lightning Strikes Twice
1951
7.0
Flesh and Blood
1951
6.7
Portrait of Clare
1950
6.8
Stage Fright
1950
5.8
The Interrupted Journey
1949
6.9
The Hasty Heart
1949
5.3
For Them That Trespass
1949
6.8
A Yank at Oxford
1938
NR
The Gap
1937
7.2
Good Morning, Boys!
1937