Richard Todd
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.
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Full filmography
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Charles Edmonton
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Alec Scofield
- Doctor Who (1963) as Sanders
- Silent Witness (1996)
- Heartbeat (1992) as Harold Beecham
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Edmund Gurney
- Thriller (1973) as George Tulliver
- The Longest Day (1962) as Maj. John Howard
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000)
- British Film Forever (2007)
- Virtual Murder (1992) as Judge Rawcliffe
- The Last Place on Earth (1985) as Mr. Barnes
- Stage Fright (1950) as Jonathan Cooper
- The Big Sleep (1978) as Commander Barker
- Operation Crossbow (1965) as Wing Cmdr. Kendall
- Boy Dominic (1974) as Capt. Richard Bulman
- The Dam Busters (1955) as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
- Asylum (1972) as Walter
- D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) as Lt. Col. John Wynter
- Venetian Bird (1952) as Edward Mercer
- Elstree: Britain's Hollywood (1989) as Self
- Jenny's War (1985) as Gen. Benjamin Cutler
- Jenny's War (1985) as Gen. Benjamin Cutler
- The Royal (2003) as Hugh Hirst