Richard Todd

Richard Todd

Acting Jun 11, 1919 Dec 3, 2009 (aged 90) 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 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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76 Acting Credits

Acting

The Longest Day Movie

The Longest Day

as Maj. John Howard

1962
Doctor Who TV

Doctor Who

as Sanders

1963
Murder, She Wrote TV

Murder, She Wrote

as Alec Scofield

1984
Stage Fright Movie

Stage Fright

as Jonathan Cooper

1950
Midsomer Murders TV

Midsomer Murders

as Charles Edmonton

1997
Asylum Movie

Asylum

as Walter

1972
The Dam Busters Movie

The Dam Busters

as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.

1955
Operation Crossbow Movie

Operation Crossbow

as Wing Cmdr. Kendall

1965
House of the Long Shadows Movie

House of the Long Shadows

as Sam Allyson

1983
Silent Witness TV

Silent Witness

1996
The Big Sleep Movie

The Big Sleep

as Commander Barker

1978
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men Movie

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

as Robin Hood

1952
Dorian Gray Movie

Dorian Gray

as Basil Hallward

1970
Chase a Crooked Shadow Movie

Chase a Crooked Shadow

as Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.

1958
Never Let Go Movie

Never Let Go

as John Cummings

1960
Heartbeat TV

Heartbeat

as Harold Beecham

1992
The Virgin Queen Movie

The Virgin Queen

as Sir Walter Raleigh

1955
D-Day the Sixth of June Movie

D-Day the Sixth of June

as Lt. Col. John Wynter

1956
The Long and the Short and the Tall Movie

The Long and the Short and the Tall

as Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem

1961
Saint Joan Movie

Saint Joan

as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans

1957
The Sword and the Rose Movie

The Sword and the Rose

as Charles Brandon

1953
Lightning Strikes Twice Movie

Lightning Strikes Twice

as Richard Trevelyan

1951
Death Drums Along the River Movie

Death Drums Along the River

as Inspector Harry Sanders

1963
The Interrupted Journey Movie

The Interrupted Journey

as John North

1949