Richard Todd

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Richard Todd

Acting June 11, 1919

Dublin, 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 Promisin…

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Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show
The Longest Day

The Longest Day

7.6 1962 Movie
Silent Witness

Silent Witness

7.6 1996 TV Show
Stage Fright

Stage Fright

6.8 1950 Movie
Heartbeat

Heartbeat

7.2 1992 TV Show
Theatre 625

Theatre 625

7.2 1964 TV Show
Asylum

Asylum

6.0 1972 Movie
The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

6.9 1955 Movie
House of the Long Shadows

House of the Long Shadows

6.4 1983 Movie
Thriller

Thriller

7.0 1973 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2007
    British Film Forever

    TV show

  2. 2003
    The Royal

    TV show Hugh Hirst

  3. 2000
    Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance

    Movie Self

  4. 2000
    Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

    TV show

  5. 1997
    Midsomer Murders

    TV show Charles Edmonton

  6. 1996
    No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

    Movie

  7. 1996
    Silent Witness

    TV show

  8. 1992
    Beautiful Lies

    Movie H.G. Wells

  9. 1992
    Virtual Murder

    TV show Judge Rawcliffe

  10. 1992
    Heartbeat

    TV show Harold Beecham

  11. 1992
    Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

    Movie Lord Roberts

  12. 1991
    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  13. 1989
    Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

    TV show Self

  14. 1988
    Olympus Force: The Key

    Movie Lord Wisden

  15. 1985
    Jenny's War

    Movie Gen. Benjamin Cutler

  16. 1985
    Jenny's War

    TV show Gen. Benjamin Cutler

More credits
  1. 1985
    The Last Place on Earth

    TV show Mr. Barnes

  2. 1984
    Murder, She Wrote

    TV show Alec Scofield

  3. 1983
    House of the Long Shadows

    Movie Sam Allyson

  4. 1982
    Doctor Who: Kinda

    Movie Sanders

  5. 1979
    Home Before Midnight

    Movie Geoffrey Steele

  6. 1978
    The Big Sleep

    Movie Commander Barker

  7. 1977
    No. 1 of the Secret Service

    Movie Arthur Loveday

  8. 1976
    Um Homem e o Cinema

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 1975
    The Sky is Falling

    Movie Terence

  10. 1974
    The Next Scream You Hear

    Movie George Tulliver

  11. 1974
    Boy Dominic

    TV show Capt. Richard Bulman

  12. 1973
    Thriller

    TV show George Tulliver

  13. 1972
    Asylum

    Movie Walter

  14. 1970
    Dorian Gray

    Movie Basil Hallward

  15. 1968
    Subterfuge

    Movie Col. Victor Redmayne

  16. 1967
    The Love-Ins

    Movie Dr. Jonathan Barnett

  17. 1965
    The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

    Movie Darrell

  18. 1965
    Operation Crossbow

    Movie Wing Cmdr. Kendall

  19. 1965
    Coast of Skeletons

    Movie Harry Sanders

  20. 1964
    Theatre 625

    TV show Edmund Gurney

  21. 1963
    Death Drums Along the River

    Movie Inspector Harry Sanders

  22. 1963
    Doctor Who

    TV show Sanders

  23. 1963
    The Very Edge

    Movie Geoffrey Lawrence

  24. 1962
    The Longest Day

    Movie Maj. John Howard