Richard Todd
Irish-British actor (1919-2009) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 90
Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd OBE was an Irish-British actor, known for his leading man roles of the 1950s.
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British Film ForeverSeries2003
The RoyalSeries, Hugh Hirst2002Disney LegendsAward1997
Midsomer MurdersSeries, Charles Edmonton1996
Silent WitnessSeries1992
HeartbeatSeries, Harold Beecham
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria FallsFilm, 1992Lord Roberts1985
Jenny's WarSeries, Gen. Benjamin Cutler1984
Murder, She WroteSeries, Alec Scofield1983
House of the Long ShadowsFilm, Sam Allyson1978
The Big SleepFilm, Commander Barker1975
The Sky is FallingFilm, Terence1974
Boy DominicSeries, Capt. Richard Bulman1970
Dorian GrayFilm, Basil Hallward1964
Theatre 625Series, Edmund Gurney1963
Doctor WhoSeries, Sanders
Death Drums Along the RiverFilm, 1963Inspector Harry Sanders1961
Don't Bother to KnockFilm, Bill Ferguson1959
Danger WithinFilm, Lieutenant Colonel David Baird1957
Saint JoanFilm, Dunois, Bastard of Orleans1955
A Man Called PeterFilm, The Rev. Peter Marshall1953
Rob Roy, The Highland RogueFilm, Rob Roy MacGregor1951
Lightning Strikes TwiceFilm, Richard Trevelyan1949
For Them That TrespassFilm, Herbert Edward Logan1937
Good Morning, Boys!Film, Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)1919Born11 June 1919People around Richard
Michael Anderson Directed Operation Crossbow and The Dam Busters
Ken Annakin Directed The Longest Day (1962)
Jean Delannoy Directed Marie Antoinette Queen of France (1955)
Henry Koster Directed The Virgin Queen (1955)- Harry Alan Towers Produced Dorian Gray and Coast of Skeletons
- Percival C. Pearce Produced The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
Walt Disney Produced The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
Herbert Lom Also in Dorian Gray and Chase a Crooked Shadow
Vincent Sherman Directed The Hasty Heart and The Naked Earth
Charles Brackett Produced The Virgin Queen (1955)
Finlay Currie Also in Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1954)- Cyril Frankel Directed The Very Edge and Don't Bother to Knock
- Patrick Barr Also in The Longest Day and Saint Joan
- Richard Wattis Also in The Longest Day (1962)
Sean Connery Duets: Robin Hood
Gérard Oury Directed Crime Does Not Pay (1962)
Henri Decoin Directed The Bed (1954)
Gianni Franciolini Directed The Bed (1954)
James Robertson Justice Also in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
Ralph Habib Directed The Bed (1954)
Martin Potter Duets: Robin Hood, also in The Big Sleep (1979)- Donald Houston Also in The Longest Day (1962)
Norman Rossington Also in The Longest Day and Saint Joan
Archie Duncan Also in Saint Joan (1957)
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The Longest Day 1962
The Dam Busters 1955
Stage Fright 1950
Operation Crossbow 1965
House of the Long Shadows 1983
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Television 15
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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.
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Anne BaxterAlso in Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)
Jeremy BrettAlso in The Very Edge (1963)
Pat HitchcockAlso in Stage Fright (1950)
Judith AndersonAlso in Don't Bother to Knock (1961)
Mercedes McCambridgeAlso in Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
Peter FinchAlso in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)