Richard Todd
Acting
Born June 11, 1919 · Dublin, Ireland
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)…
Known For · 40 titles
Midsomer Murders
Doctor Who
Murder, She Wrote
Silent Witness
Heartbeat
Theatre 625
Thriller
The Longest Day
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Operation Crossbow
Boy Dominic
British Film Forever
Virtual Murder
The Last Place on Earth
The Dam Busters
Stage Fright
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Asylum
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
Venetian Bird
The Big Sleep
D-Day the Sixth of June
Flesh and Blood
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
The Long and the Short and the Tall
Dorian Gray
Danger Within
Jenny's War
The Royal
House of the Long Shadows
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Lightning Strikes Twice
The Virgin Queen
Subterfuge
No. 1 of the Secret Service
A Yank at Oxford
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
The Sky is Falling
The Sword and the Rose
Death Drums Along the River