Richard Todd
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 11, 1919
- Died
- December 3, 2009 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Dublin, Ireland
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.
Known For
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Filmography
British Film Forever
TV · 1 ep
The Royal
TV · as Hugh Hirst · 1 ep
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
Movie · as Self
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV · 1 ep
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Charles Edmonton · 1 ep
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
Movie
Silent Witness
TV · 1 ep
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Movie · as Lord Roberts
Beautiful Lies
Movie · as H.G. Wells
Heartbeat
TV · as Harold Beecham · 1 ep
Virtual Murder
TV · as Judge Rawcliffe · 1 ep
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Olympus Force: The Key
Movie · as Lord Wisden
Jenny's War
Movie · as Gen. Benjamin Cutler
The Last Place on Earth
TV · as Mr. Barnes · 7 eps
Jenny's War
TV · as Gen. Benjamin Cutler · 4 eps
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Alec Scofield · 1 ep
House of the Long Shadows
Movie · as Sam Allyson
Doctor Who: Kinda
Movie · as Sanders
Home Before Midnight
Movie · as Geoffrey Steele
The Big Sleep
Movie · as Commander Barker
No. 1 of the Secret Service
Movie · as Arthur Loveday
Um Homem e o Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Sky is Falling
Movie · as Terence
The Next Scream You Hear
Movie · as George Tulliver
Boy Dominic
TV · as Capt. Richard Bulman · 13 eps
Thriller
TV · as George Tulliver · 1 ep
Asylum
Movie · as Walter
Dorian Gray
Movie · as Basil Hallward
Subterfuge
Movie · as Col. Victor Redmayne
The Love-Ins
Movie · as Dr. Jonathan Barnett
Operation Crossbow
Movie · as Wing Cmdr. Kendall
Coast of Skeletons
Movie · as Harry Sanders
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
Movie · as Darrell
Theatre 625
TV · as Edmund Gurney · 1 ep
Death Drums Along the River
Movie · as Inspector Harry Sanders
The Very Edge
Movie · as Geoffrey Lawrence
Doctor Who
TV · as Sanders · 1 ep
The Boys
Movie · as Victor Webster
The Longest Day
Movie · as Maj. John Howard
The Long and the Short and the Tall
Movie · as Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem
The Hellions
Movie · as Sam Hargis
Don't Bother to Knock
Movie · as Bill Ferguson
Never Let Go
Movie · as John Cummings
Danger Within
Movie · as Lieutenant Colonel David Baird
Stars Meet in Moscow
Movie · as Self
Chase a Crooked Shadow
Movie · as Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.
Intent to Kill
Movie · as Dr. Bob McLaurin
The Naked Earth
Movie · as Danny
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Movie · as Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans
Saint Joan
Movie · as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
D-Day the Sixth of June
Movie · as Lt. Col. John Wynter
Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France
Movie · as Comte Axel von Fersen
The Dam Busters
Movie · as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
The Virgin Queen
Movie · as Sir Walter Raleigh
A Man Called Peter
Movie · as The Rev. Peter Marshall
The Secrets of the Bed
Movie · as Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")
The Sword and the Rose
Movie · as Charles Brandon
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Movie · as Rob Roy MacGregor
Wuthering Heights
Movie · as Heathcliff
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Movie · as Robin Hood
Venetian Bird
Movie · as Edward Mercer
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Movie · as the young man
Elstree Story
Movie · as Himself
The Riddle of Robin Hood
Movie · as Self
Lightning Strikes Twice
Movie · as Richard Trevelyan
Flesh and Blood
Movie · as Charles Cameron/Charles Cameron Sutherland
Stage Fright
Movie · as Jonathan Cooper
Portrait of Clare
Movie · as Robert Hart
The Hasty Heart
Movie · as Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan
For Them That Trespass
Movie · as Herbert Edward Logan
The Interrupted Journey
Movie · as John North
A Yank at Oxford
Movie · as Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited)
Old Bones of the River
Movie · as Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)
Good Morning, Boys!
Movie · as Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)
The Gap
Movie · as Orderly (uncredited)