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Richard Todd

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

Born

Jun 11, 1919

Dublin, Ireland

Died

Dec 03, 2009

Known For

Acting

Movies

61 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.4

Known For

The Longest Day
The Longest Day
1962 as Maj. John Howard
★ 7.6
House of the Long Shadows
House of the Long Shadows
1983 as Sam Allyson
★ 6.4
The Dam Busters
The Dam Busters
1955 as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
★ 6.9
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
1978 as Commander Barker
★ 5.8
Operation Crossbow
Operation Crossbow
1965 as Wing Cmdr. Kendall
★ 6.7
Stage Fright
Stage Fright
1950 as Jonathan Cooper
★ 6.8
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
★ 6.2
Asylum
Asylum
1972 as Walter
★ 6.0
D-Day the Sixth of June
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956 as Lt. Col. John Wynter
★ 5.3
The Virgin Queen
The Virgin Queen
1955 as Sir Walter Raleigh
★ 7.0
Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood
1951 as Charles Cameron/Charles Cameron Sutherland
★ 7.0
Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray
1970 as Basil Hallward
★ 5.1
Venetian Bird
Venetian Bird
1952 as Edward Mercer
★ 6.2
The Sword and the Rose
The Sword and the Rose
1953 as Charles Brandon
★ 6.4
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953 as Rob Roy MacGregor
★ 5.2
Saint Joan
Saint Joan
1957 as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
★ 6.5
Danger Within
Danger Within
1959 as Lieutenant Colonel David Baird
★ 6.3
The Long and the Short and the Tall
The Long and the Short and the Tall
1961 as Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem
★ 6.7
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957 as Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans
★ 7.3
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
★ 5.1
Chase a Crooked Shadow
Chase a Crooked Shadow
1958 as Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.
★ 7.1
Death Drums Along the River
Death Drums Along the River
1963 as Inspector Harry Sanders
★ 5.3
Subterfuge
Subterfuge
1968 as Col. Victor Redmayne
★ 5.3
A Yank at Oxford
A Yank at Oxford
1938 as Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited)
★ 6.8
The Secrets of the Bed
The Secrets of the Bed
1954 as Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")
★ 3.8
Intent to Kill
Intent to Kill
1958 as Dr. Bob McLaurin
★ 5.2
Beautiful Lies
Beautiful Lies
1992 as H.G. Wells
Never Let Go
Never Let Go
1960 as John Cummings
★ 6.5
The Hasty Heart
The Hasty Heart
1949 as Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan
★ 6.9
Lightning Strikes Twice
Lightning Strikes Twice
1951 as Richard Trevelyan
★ 5.7
Home Before Midnight
Home Before Midnight
1979 as Geoffrey Steele
★ 5.5
For Them That Trespass
For Them That Trespass
1949 as Herbert Edward Logan
★ 5.3
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
★ 9.0
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
★ 4.4
The Interrupted Journey
The Interrupted Journey
1949 as John North
★ 5.8
The Sky is Falling
The Sky is Falling
1975 as Terence
★ 4.7
Jenny's War
Jenny's War
1985 as Gen. Benjamin Cutler
★ 6.0
Coast of Skeletons
Coast of Skeletons
1965 as Harry Sanders
★ 5.8
Doctor Who: Kinda
Doctor Who: Kinda
1982 as Sanders
★ 7.5
A Man Called Peter
A Man Called Peter
1955 as The Rev. Peter Marshall
★ 6.6
The Hellions
The Hellions
1961 as Sam Hargis
★ 6.7
Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock
1961 as Bill Ferguson
★ 4.8
Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France
Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France
1956 as Comte Axel von Fersen
★ 6.1
The Boys
The Boys
1962 as Victor Webster
★ 7.5
The Love-Ins
The Love-Ins
1967 as Dr. Jonathan Barnett
★ 4.8
The Naked Earth
The Naked Earth
1958 as Danny
★ 10.0
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952 as the young man
★ 5.8
No. 1 of the Secret Service
No. 1 of the Secret Service
1977 as Arthur Loveday
★ 4.1
The Very Edge
The Very Edge
1963 as Geoffrey Lawrence
★ 5.3
Good Morning, Boys!
Good Morning, Boys!
1937 as Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Portrait of Clare
Portrait of Clare
1950 as Robert Hart
★ 6.7
The Gap
The Gap
1937 as Orderly (uncredited)
Olympus Force: The Key
Olympus Force: The Key
1988 as Lord Wisden
★ 2.5
Stars Meet in Moscow
Stars Meet in Moscow
1959 as Self
The Next Scream You Hear
The Next Scream You Hear
1974 as George Tulliver
★ 5.5
The Riddle of Robin Hood
The Riddle of Robin Hood
1952 as Himself
movie
Wuthering Heights
1953 as Heathcliff
★ 8.0
movie
Elstree Story
1952 as Himself
Um Homem e o Cinema
Um Homem e o Cinema
1976 as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0