Richard Widmark
Actor
- Born
- December 26, 1914 · Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA
- Died
- March 24, 2008 (age 93)
Richard Widmark (December 26, 1914 – March 24, 2008) was an American actor of films, stage, radio and television.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, Kiss of Death. Early in his career Widmark specialized in similar villainous or anti-hero roles in film noirs, but he later branched out into more heroic leading and support roles in westerns, mainstream dramas and horror films, among others.
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At his death, Widmark was the earliest surviving Oscar nominee in the Supporting Actor category, and one of only two left from the 1940s (the other having been James Whitmore). For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Widmark has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6800 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2002, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Known for
Murder on the Orient Express
November 22, 1974
Judgment at Nuremberg
December 18, 1961
How the West Was Won
November 2, 1962
Coma
January 6, 1978
The Alamo
October 23, 1960
Pickup on South Street
May 27, 1953
Night and the City
June 15, 1950
Against All Odds
March 2, 1984
The Swarm
June 26, 1978
Warlock
May 15, 1959
Don't Bother to Knock
July 18, 1952
Kiss of Death
August 27, 1947
Acting86
- 2002The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Skip McCoy (archive footage)
- 2000Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters as Self
- 1999Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
- 1999Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait as Self - Actor
- 1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- 1995Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick as Self
- 1992Lincoln as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
- 1992John Wayne's 'The Alamo' as Jim Bowie
- 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self (archive footage)
- 1991