Richard Todd

Richard Todd

6/11/1919 – 12/3/2009Dublin, Ireland

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 (75 titles)

British Film Forever5.5Show

British Film Forever

2007

The Royal7.8Show

The Royal

Hugh Hirst · 2003

6.8Show

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

2000

Midsomer Murders7.5Show

Midsomer Murders

Charles Edmonton · 1997

No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich6.0Movie

No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

1996

Silent Witness7.6Show

Silent Witness

1996

Beautiful LiesMovie

Beautiful Lies

H.G. Wells · 1992

Virtual Murder7.0Show

Virtual Murder

Judge Rawcliffe · 1992

Heartbeat7.2Show

Heartbeat

Harold Beecham · 1992

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls5.1Movie

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

Lord Roberts · 1992

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker8.0Movie

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Self (archive footage) · 1991

Elstree: Britain's HollywoodShow

Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

Self · 1989

Olympus Force: The Key2.5Movie

Olympus Force: The Key

Lord Wisden · 1988

Jenny's War6.0Movie

Jenny's War

Gen. Benjamin Cutler · 1985

Jenny's War6.7Show

Jenny's War

Gen. Benjamin Cutler · 1985

The Last Place on Earth7.4Show

The Last Place on Earth

Mr. Barnes · 1985

Murder, She Wrote7.5Show

Murder, She Wrote

Alec Scofield · 1984

House of the Long Shadows6.4Movie

House of the Long Shadows

Sam Allyson · 1983

Doctor Who: Kinda7.5Movie

Doctor Who: Kinda

Sanders · 1982

Home Before Midnight5.5Movie

Home Before Midnight

Geoffrey Steele · 1979

The Big Sleep5.9Movie

The Big Sleep

Commander Barker · 1978

No. 1 of the Secret Service4.1Movie

No. 1 of the Secret Service

Arthur Loveday · 1977

Um Homem e o Cinema9.0Movie

Um Homem e o Cinema

Self (archive footage) · 1976

The Sky is Falling4.7Movie

The Sky is Falling

Terence · 1975

The Next Scream You Hear5.5Movie

The Next Scream You Hear

George Tulliver · 1974

Boy Dominic8.0Show

Boy Dominic

Capt. Richard Bulman · 1974

Thriller6.9Show

Thriller

George Tulliver · 1973

Asylum6.0Movie

Asylum

Walter · 1972

Dorian Gray5.1Movie

Dorian Gray

Basil Hallward · 1970

Subterfuge5.3Movie

Subterfuge

Col. Victor Redmayne · 1968