Richard Todd
Actor
- Born
- June 11, 1919 · Dublin, Ireland
- Died
- December 3, 2009 (age 90)
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.
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Known for
The Longest Day
September 25, 1962
Stage Fright
February 23, 1950
Asylum
November 17, 1972
The Dam Busters
May 16, 1955
Operation Crossbow
April 1, 1965
House of the Long Shadows
June 17, 1983
The Big Sleep
March 13, 1978
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
May 26, 1952
Dorian Gray
April 24, 1970
Chase a Crooked Shadow
January 16, 1958
Never Let Go
June 2, 1960
The Virgin Queen
July 22, 1955
Acting61
- 2000Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance as Self
- 1996No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
- 1992Beautiful Lies as H.G. Wells
- 1992Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls as Lord Roberts
- 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self (archive footage)
- 1988Olympus Force: The Key as Lord Wisden
- 1985Jenny's War as Gen. Benjamin Cutler
- 1983House of the Long Shadows as Sam Allyson
- 1982Doctor Who: Kinda as Sanders
- 1979Home Before Midnight