Richard Todd
Biography
Richard Andrew PalethorpeTodd was an Irish actor born on June 11, 1919, in Dublin, Ireland, and he died on December 3, 2009. Known for his leading man roles of the 1950s, he received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer, as well as an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for his performance as Corporal Lachlan MacLachlan in the 1949 film The Hasty Heart. His other notable film roles include Jonathan Cooper in Stage Fright, Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters, Sir Walter Raleigh in The Virgin Queen, and Major John Howard in The Longest Day. Before his acting career, he served as a Captain in the British Army during the Second World War and fought in D-Day.
Career overview
Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd was an Irish actor born on June 11, 1919, in Dublin, Ireland, who became known for his leading man roles of the 1950s. Prior to his acting career, he served as a Captain in the British Army during the Second World War, fighting in D-Day. His career in entertainment spanned 76 known acting credits on film and television.
He received significant acclaim for his performance as Corporal Lachlan MacLachlan in the 1949 film The Hasty Heart. For this role, he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination, and won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male.
His other notable film roles included Jonathan Cooper in Stage Fright in 1950, Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters in 1955, Sir Walter Raleigh in The Virgin Queen in 1955, and Major John Howard in The Longest Day in 1962. He passed away on December 3, 2009, at the age of 90.
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76 titles- British Film Forever (2007)
- The Royal (2003) as Hugh Hirst
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000)
- Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance (2000) as Self
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Charles Edmonton
- Silent Witness (1996)
- No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich (1996)
- Heartbeat (1992) as Harold Beecham
- Virtual Murder (1992) as Judge Rawcliffe
- Beautiful Lies (1992) as H.G. Wells
- Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992) as Lord Roberts
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) as Self (archive footage)
- Elstree: Britain's Hollywood (1989) as Self
- Olympus Force: The Key (1988) as Lord Wisden
- The Last Place on Earth (1985) as Mr. Barnes
- Jenny's War (1985) as Gen. Benjamin Cutler
- Jenny's War (1985) as Gen. Benjamin Cutler
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Alec Scofield
- House of the Long Shadows (1983) as Sam Allyson
- Doctor Who: Kinda (1982) as Sanders
- Home Before Midnight (1979) as Geoffrey Steele
- The Big Sleep (1978) as Commander Barker
- No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977) as Arthur Loveday
- Um Homem e o Cinema (1976) as Self (archive footage)
- The Sky is Falling (1975) as Terence
- Boy Dominic (1974) as Capt. Richard Bulman
- The Next Scream You Hear (1974) as George Tulliver
- Thriller (1973) as George Tulliver
- Asylum (1972) as Walter
- Dorian Gray (1970) as Basil Hallward
- Subterfuge (1968) as Col. Victor Redmayne
- The Love-Ins (1967) as Dr. Jonathan Barnett
- Operation Crossbow (1965) as Wing Cmdr. Kendall
- The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965) as Darrell
- Coast of Skeletons (1965) as Harry Sanders
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Edmund Gurney
- Doctor Who (1963) as Sanders
- Death Drums Along the River (1963) as Inspector Harry Sanders
- The Very Edge (1963) as Geoffrey Lawrence
- The Longest Day (1962) as Maj. John Howard
- The Boys (1962) as Victor Webster
- The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961) as Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem
- Don't Bother to Knock (1961) as Bill Ferguson
- The Hellions (1961) as Sam Hargis
- Never Let Go (1960) as John Cummings
- Danger Within (1959) as Lieutenant Colonel David Baird
- Stars Meet in Moscow (1959) as Self
- Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) as Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.
- The Naked Earth (1958) as Danny
- Intent to Kill (1958) as Dr. Bob McLaurin
- Saint Joan (1957) as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
- Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) as Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans
- D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) as Lt. Col. John Wynter
- Marie-Antoinette Queen of France (1956) as Comte Axel von Fersen
- The Dam Busters (1955) as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
- The Virgin Queen (1955) as Sir Walter Raleigh
- A Man Called Peter (1955) as The Rev. Peter Marshall
- The Secrets of the Bed (1954) as Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")
- Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue (1953) as Rob Roy MacGregor
- The Sword and the Rose (1953) as Charles Brandon
- Wuthering Heights (1953) as Heathcliff
- Venetian Bird (1952) as Edward Mercer
- The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) as Robin Hood
- The Riddle of Robin Hood (1952) as Himself
- 24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952) as the young man
- Elstree Story (1952) as Himself
- Flesh and Blood (1951) as Charles Cameron/Charles Cameron Sutherland
- Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) as Richard Trevelyan
- Stage Fright (1950) as Jonathan Cooper
- Portrait of Clare (1950) as Robert Hart
- The Interrupted Journey (1949) as John North
- The Hasty Heart (1949) as Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan
- For Them That Trespass (1949) as Herbert Edward Logan
- A Yank at Oxford (1938) as Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited)
- Good Morning, Boys! (1937) as Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)
- The Gap (1937) as Orderly (uncredited)
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Richard Todd is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Mr. Holland's Opus (1995), Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000), The Evil Dead (1981), 24 Hour Party People (2002).
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Richard Todd was born on June 11, 1919 in Dublin, Ireland. They passed away on December 3, 2009.
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Richard Todd has accumulated over 76 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1937 to 2007.
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Richard Andrew PalethorpeTodd was an Irish actor born on June 11, 1919, in Dublin, Ireland, and he died on December 3, 2009. Known for his leading man roles of the 1950s, he received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer, as well as an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for...
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Age in their best-rated roles
- Doctor Who (1963) as Sanders — aged about 44
- Silent Witness (1996) — aged about 77
- The Longest Day (1962) as Maj. John Howard — aged about 43
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Charles Edmonton — aged about 78
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Alec Scofield — aged about 65
- The Last Place on Earth (1985) as Mr. Barnes — aged about 66
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