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Richard Todd
Actor, Producer
Born June 11, 1919Died December 3, 2009 (90 years)
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2019 | Helmut Berger, My Mother and Me · as Basil Hallward |
| 2011 | Dream Time: The Making of 'Kinda' · as Sanders |
| 2007 | British Film Forever (TV Series) |
| 2003 | The Royal (TV Series) · as Hugh Hirst |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000) (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as Ron Archer |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Charles Edmonton |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Silent Witness (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Virtual Murder (TV Series) · as Judge Rawcliffe |
| 1992 | Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls · as Lord Roberts |
| 1992 | Heartbeat (TV Series) · as Harold Beecham |
| 1985 | Jenny's War (TV Series) · as Gen. Benjamin Cutler |
| 1985 | The Last Place on Earth (TV Series) · as Mr. Barnes |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Alec Scofield |
| 1983 | House of the Long Shadows · as Sam Allyson |
| 1980 | The Dick Emery Hour · as Colonel Trent |
| 1979 | Matt and Jenny (TV Series) · as Cowall Lamont |
| 1979 | Home Before Midnight · as Geoffrey Steele |
| 1978 | The Big Sleep · as Commander Barker |
| 1977 | No. 1 of the Secret Service · as Arthur Loveday |
| 1976 | Dominic (TV Series) · as Captain Charles Bulman |
| 1975 | Bloodbath · as Terence |
| 1973 | Thriller (1973) (TV Series) · as George Tulliver |
| 1972 | Asylum · as Walter |
| 1970 | Dorian Gray · as Basil Hallward |
| 1968 | Subterfuge · as Col. Victor Redmayne |
| 1967 | The Danny Thomas Hour (TV Series) · as Stafford |
| 1967 | The Love-Ins · as Dr. Jonathan Barnett |
| 1965 | The Battle of the Villa Fiorita · as Darrell |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow · as Wing Cmdr. Kendall |
| 1965 | Coast of Skeletons · as Harry Sanders |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Edmund Gurney |
| 1963 | Death Drums Along the River · as Inspector Harry Sanders |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Sanders |
| 1963 | The Dick Emery Show (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1963 | The Very Edge · as Geoffrey Lawrence |
| 1962 | The Longest Day · as Maj. John Howard |
| 1962 | The Boys · as Victor Webster |
| 1962 | Crime Does Not Pay · as Col. Roberts William (segment: L'homme De L'avenue) |
| 1961 | The Hellions · as Sam Hargis |
| 1961 | Jungle Fighters · as Sgt. 'mitch' Mitchem |
| 1961 | Why Bother to Knock! · as Bill Ferguson |
| 1960 | Never Let Go · as John Cummings |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Michael Carrington |
| 1959 | Breakout · as Lieutenant Colonel David Baird |
| 1958 | Intent to Kill · as Dr. Bob Mclaurin |
| 1958 | Chase a Crooked Shadow · as Williams, Alias Ward Mckenzie Prescott Jr. |
| 1958 | The Naked Earth · as Danny |
| 1957 | Battle Hell · as Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans |
| 1957 | Saint Joan · as Dunois, Bastard Of Orleans |
| 1956 | D-Day the Sixth of June · as Lt. Col. John Wynter |
| 1956 | Shadow of the Guillotine · as Comte Axel Von Fersen |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Carrington |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Stephen Mason |
| 1955 | The Virgin Queen · as Sir Walter Raleigh |
| 1955 | The Dam Busters · as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.c., D.s.o., D.f.c. |
| 1955 | A Man Called Peter · as The Rev. Peter Marshall |
| 1954 | The Bed · as Captain Davidson (segment "billet De Logement, Le") |
| 1953 | Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue · as Rob Roy Macgregor |
| 1953 | The Sword and the Rose · as Charles Brandon |
| 1952 | The Assassin · as Edward Mercer |
| 1952 | Affair in Monte Carlo · as The Young Man |
| 1952 | The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men · as Robin Hood |
| 1951 | Lightning Strikes Twice · as Richard Trevelyan |
| 1951 | Flesh and Blood · as Charles Cameron/charles Cameron Sutherland |
| 1950 | Portrait of Clare · as Robert Hart |
| 1950 | Stage Fright · as Jonathan Cooper |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Heathcliff |
| 1949 | The Hasty Heart · as Cpl. Lachlan "lachie" Maclachlan |
| 1949 | The Interrupted Journey · as John North |
| 1949 | For Them That Trespass · as Herbert Edward Logan |
| 1938 | Old Bones of the River · as Extra In Crowd Scene |
| 1938 | A Yank at Oxford · as Extra In Sporting Event (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Gap · as Orderly (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Good Morning, Boys! · as Extra In Crowd Scene (uncredited) |