Richard Todd
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 Buster
s (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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Born
Jun 11, 1919
Dublin, Ireland
Died
Dec 03, 2009
Known For
Acting
Movies
60 acting
0 crew
Popularity
0.7
Known For
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957
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as Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans
★ 7.3
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