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Richard Todd

Acting

June 11, 1919

Dublin, Ireland

61 movies

5.7 avg

1

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...

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

The Longest Day

The Longest Day

as Maj. John Howard

The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

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

Stage Fright

Stage Fright

Filmography

2000s

1 film

Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance

Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance

as Self

1990s

4 films

No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

Beautiful Lies

Beautiful Lies

as H.G. Wells

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

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as Jonathan Cooper

Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow

as Wing Cmdr. Kendall

House of the Long Shadows

House of the Long Shadows

as Sam Allyson

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

as Lord Roberts

1992

5.1

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Self (archive footage)

1980s

4 films

Olympus Force: The Key

Olympus Force: The Key

as Lord Wisden

Jenny's War

Jenny's War

as Gen. Benjamin Cutler

House of the Long Shadows

House of the Long Shadows

as Sam Allyson

Doctor Who: Kinda

Doctor Who: Kinda

as Sanders

1970s

8 films

Home Before Midnight

Home Before Midnight

as Geoffrey Steele

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

as Commander Barker

No. 1 of the Secret Service

No. 1 of the Secret Service

as Arthur Loveday

Um Homem e o Cinema

Um Homem e o Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

The Sky is Falling

The Sky is Falling

as Terence

The Next Scream You Hear

The Next Scream You Hear

as George Tulliver

Asylum

Asylum

as Walter

Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray

as Basil Hallward

1960s

13 films

Subterfuge

Subterfuge

as Col. Victor Redmayne

The Love-Ins

The Love-Ins

as Dr. Jonathan Barnett

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

as Darrell

Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow

as Wing Cmdr. Kendall

Coast of Skeletons

Coast of Skeletons

as Harry Sanders

Death Drums Along the River

Death Drums Along the River

as Inspector Harry Sanders

The Very Edge

The Very Edge

as Geoffrey Lawrence

The Longest Day

The Longest Day

as Maj. John Howard

The Boys

The Boys

as Victor Webster

The Hellions

The Hellions

as Sam Hargis

Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock

as Bill Ferguson

The Long and the Short and the Tall

The Long and the Short and the Tall

as Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem

Never Let Go

Never Let Go

as John Cummings

1950s

25 films

Stars Meet in Moscow

Stars Meet in Moscow

as Self

Danger Within

Danger Within

as Lieutenant Colonel David Baird

Intent to Kill

Intent to Kill

as Dr. Bob McLaurin

The Naked Earth

The Naked Earth

as Danny

Chase a Crooked Shadow

Chase a Crooked Shadow

as Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.

Saint Joan

Saint Joan

as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

as Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans

D-Day the Sixth of June

D-Day the Sixth of June

as Lt. Col. John Wynter

Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France

Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France

as Comte Axel von Fersen

The Virgin Queen

The Virgin Queen

as Sir Walter Raleigh

The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

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

A Man Called Peter

A Man Called Peter

as The Rev. Peter Marshall

The Secrets of the Bed

The Secrets of the Bed

as Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")

Wuthering Heights

as Heathcliff

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

as Rob Roy MacGregor

The Sword and the Rose

The Sword and the Rose

as Charles Brandon

Venetian Bird

Venetian Bird

as Edward Mercer

24 Hours of a Woman's Life

24 Hours of a Woman's Life

as the young man

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

as Robin Hood

Elstree Story

as Himself

The Riddle of Robin Hood

The Riddle of Robin Hood

as Himself

Lightning Strikes Twice

Lightning Strikes Twice

as Richard Trevelyan

Flesh and Blood

Flesh and Blood

as Charles Cameron/Charles Cameron Sutherland

Portrait of Clare

Portrait of Clare

as Robert Hart

Stage Fright

Stage Fright

as Jonathan Cooper

1940s

3 films

The Interrupted Journey

The Interrupted Journey

as John North

The Hasty Heart

The Hasty Heart

as Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan

For Them That Trespass

For Them That Trespass

as Herbert Edward Logan

1930s

3 films

A Yank at Oxford

A Yank at Oxford

as Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited)

The Gap

The Gap

as Orderly (uncredited)

Good Morning, Boys!

Good Morning, Boys!

as Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)