Richard Todd
Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Todd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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tvThe Royal
2003
Hugh Hirst
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Charles Edmonton
movieBeautiful Lies
1992
H.G. Wells
tvVirtual Murder
1992
Judge Rawcliffe
tvHeartbeat
1992
Harold Beecham
moviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Self (archive footage)
movieOlympus Force: The Key
1988
Lord Wisden
movieJenny's War
1985
Gen. Benjamin Cutler
tvJenny's War
1985
Gen. Benjamin Cutler
tvThe Last Place on Earth
1985
Mr. Barnes
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Alec Scofield
movieHouse of the Long Shadows
1983
Sam Allyson
movieDoctor Who: Kinda
1982
Sanders
movieHome Before Midnight
1979
Geoffrey Steele
movieThe Big Sleep
1978
Commander Barker
movieNo. 1 of the Secret Service
1977
Arthur Loveday
movieUm Homem e o Cinema
1976
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Sky is Falling
1975
Terence
movieThe Next Scream You Hear
1974
George Tulliver
tvBoy Dominic
1974
Capt. Richard Bulman
tvThriller
1973
George Tulliver
movieAsylum
1972
Walter
movieDorian Gray
1970
Basil Hallward
movieSubterfuge
1968
Col. Victor Redmayne
movieThe Love-Ins
1967
Dr. Jonathan Barnett
movieOperation Crossbow
1965
Wing Cmdr. Kendall
movieCoast of Skeletons
1965
Harry Sanders
tvTheatre 625
1964
Edmund Gurney
movieDeath Drums Along the River
1963
Inspector Harry Sanders
tvDoctor Who
1963
Sanders
movieThe Very Edge
1963
Geoffrey Lawrence
movieThe Longest Day
1962
Maj. John Howard
movieThe Boys
1962
Victor Webster
movieThe Hellions
1961
Sam Hargis
movieDon't Bother to Knock
1961
Bill Ferguson
movieThe Long and the Short and the Tall
1961
Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem
movieNever Let Go
1960
John Cummings
movieDanger Within
1959
Lieutenant Colonel David Baird
movieIntent to Kill
1958
Dr. Bob McLaurin
movieChase a Crooked Shadow
1958
Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.
movieSaint Joan
1957
Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
movieYangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957
Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans
movieD-Day the Sixth of June
1956
Lt. Col. John Wynter
movieMarie-Antoinette Queen of France
1956
Comte Axel von Fersen
movieThe Virgin Queen
1955
Sir Walter Raleigh
movieThe Dam Busters
1955
Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
movieA Man Called Peter
1955
The Rev. Peter Marshall
movieThe Secrets of the Bed
1954
Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")
movieRob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
Rob Roy MacGregor
movieThe Sword and the Rose
1953
Charles Brandon
movieVenetian Bird
1952
Edward Mercer
movie24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952
the young man
movieLightning Strikes Twice
1951
Richard Trevelyan
movieFlesh and Blood
1951
Charles Cameron/Charles Cameron Sutherland
moviePortrait of Clare
1950
Robert Hart
movieStage Fright
1950
Jonathan Cooper
movieThe Interrupted Journey
1949
John North
movieThe Hasty Heart
1949
Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan
movieFor Them That Trespass
1949
Herbert Edward Logan
movieA Yank at Oxford
1938
Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited)
movieThe Gap
1937
Orderly (uncredited)
movieGood Morning, Boys!
1937
Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)