Richard Widmark
Biography
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.
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.
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Full filmography
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
- I Love Lucy (1951) as Richard Widmark
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Biography (1987) as Self - Actor
- V.I.P. Schaukel (1971) as Self
- The Domino Principle (1977) as Tagge
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973) as Self
- The World of Hammer (1994) as Self (archive footage)
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) as Tad Lawson
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974) as Mr. Ratchett
- Death of a Gunfighter (1969) as Marshal Frank Patch
- Lincoln (1992) as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
- How the West Was Won (1962) as Mike King
- Warlock (1959) as Johnny Gannon
- The Alamo (1960) as Jim Bowie
- Against All Odds (1984) as Ben Caxton
- Coma (1978) as Dr. Harris
- Vanished (1971) as President Paul Roudebush
- Here's Hollywood (1960)
- Yellow Sky (1948) as Dude