Richard Todd

Born: 1919-06-11, Dublin, Ireland

Died: 2009-12-03

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Todd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Midsomer Murders (1997)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984)
• Silent Witness (1996)
• Heartbeat (1992)
• Theatre 625 (1964)
• The Longest Day (1962)
• British Film Forever (2007)
• Boy Dominic (1974)
• The Last Place on Earth (1985)
• Operation Crossbow (1965)
• House of the Long Shadows (1983)
• Venetian Bird (1952)
• The Dam Busters (1955)
• Virtual Murder (1992)
• Flesh and Blood (1951)
• D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
• Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (1970)
• The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
• Beautiful Lies (1992)
• The Virgin Queen (1955)
• Saint Joan (1957)
• The Sword and the Rose (1953)
• For Them That Trespass (1949)
• Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue (1953)
• Danger Within (1959)
• Death Drums Along the River (1963)
• Secrets d'alcôve (1954)
• Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
• The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965)
• Intent to Kill (1958)