7.6
Movie
Acting
Richard Todd
- Born
- Died
- (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Dublin, Ireland
- Credits
- 76 titles
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). 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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Signature work
Known For
7.6
Movie
7.9
TV
Doctor Who
7.5
TV
Murder, She Wrote
6.8
Movie
Stage Fright
7.5
TV
Midsomer Murders
6.1
Movie
Asylum
6.9
Movie
The Dam Busters
6.7
Movie
Operation Crossbow
6.4
Movie
House of the Long Shadows
7.6
TV
Silent Witness
5.9
Movie
The Big Sleep
6.2
Movie
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
5.1
Movie
Dorian Gray
7.1
Movie
Chase a Crooked Shadow
7.1
TV
Heartbeat
6.5
Movie
Never Let Go
7.0
Movie
The Virgin Queen
5.3
Movie
D-Day the Sixth of June
Acting credits 76
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | British Film Forever TV | (1 ep) |
| 2003 | The Royal TV | Hugh Hirst (1 ep) |
| 2000 | Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance Film | Self |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) TV | (1 ep) |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders TV | Charles Edmonton (1 ep) |
| 1996 | No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich Film | |
| 1996 | Silent Witness TV | (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Beautiful Lies Film | H.G. Wells |
| 1992 | Virtual Murder TV | Judge Rawcliffe (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Heartbeat TV | Harold Beecham (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls Film | Lord Roberts |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1989 | Elstree: Britain's Hollywood TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1988 | Olympus Force: The Key Film | Lord Wisden |
| 1985 | Jenny's War Film | Gen. Benjamin Cutler |
| 1985 | Jenny's War TV | Gen. Benjamin Cutler (4 ep) |
| 1985 | The Last Place on Earth TV | Mr. Barnes (7 ep) |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote TV | Alec Scofield (1 ep) |
| 1983 | House of the Long Shadows Film | Sam Allyson |
| 1982 | Doctor Who: Kinda Film | Sanders |
| 1979 | Home Before Midnight Film | Geoffrey Steele |
| 1978 | The Big Sleep Film | Commander Barker |
| 1977 | No. 1 of the Secret Service Film | Arthur Loveday |
| 1976 | Um Homem e o Cinema Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1975 | The Sky is Falling Film | Terence |
| 1974 | The Next Scream You Hear Film | George Tulliver |
| 1974 | Boy Dominic TV | Capt. Richard Bulman (13 ep) |
| 1973 | Thriller TV | George Tulliver (1 ep) |
| 1972 | Asylum Film | Walter |
| 1970 | Dorian Gray Film | Basil Hallward |
| 1968 | Subterfuge Film | Col. Victor Redmayne |
| 1967 | The Love-Ins Film | Dr. Jonathan Barnett |
| 1965 | The Battle of the Villa Fiorita Film | Darrell |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow Film | Wing Cmdr. Kendall |
| 1965 | Coast of Skeletons Film | Harry Sanders |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 TV | Edmund Gurney (1 ep) |
| 1963 | Death Drums Along the River Film | Inspector Harry Sanders |
| 1963 | Doctor Who TV | Sanders (1 ep) |
| 1963 | The Very Edge Film | Geoffrey Lawrence |
| 1962 | The Longest Day Film | Maj. John Howard |
| 1962 | The Boys Film | Victor Webster |
| 1961 | The Hellions Film | Sam Hargis |
| 1961 | Don't Bother to Knock Film | Bill Ferguson |
| 1961 | The Long and the Short and the Tall Film | Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem |
| 1960 | Never Let Go Film | John Cummings |
| 1959 | Stars Meet in Moscow Film | Self |
| 1959 | Danger Within Film | Lieutenant Colonel David Baird |
| 1958 | Intent to Kill Film | Dr. Bob McLaurin |
| 1958 | The Naked Earth Film | Danny |
| 1958 | Chase a Crooked Shadow Film | Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr. |
| 1957 | Saint Joan Film | Dunois, Bastard of Orleans |
| 1957 | Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst Film | Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans |
| 1956 | D-Day the Sixth of June Film | Lt. Col. John Wynter |
| 1956 | Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France Film | Comte Axel von Fersen |
| 1955 | The Virgin Queen Film | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| 1955 | The Dam Busters Film | Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C. |
| 1955 | A Man Called Peter Film | The Rev. Peter Marshall |
| 1954 | The Secrets of the Bed Film | Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le") |
| 1953 | Wuthering Heights Film | Heathcliff |
| 1953 | Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue Film | Rob Roy MacGregor |