Richard Todd

Person

Richard Todd

Born 11 June 1919 Died 3 December 2009, aged 90 Dublin, Ireland TMDB ↗

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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The numbers

Computed from the record
17age in their first credit on record (1937)
70years on screen and counting
4credits in 1992, their busiest year
69dated credits on record
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Movie credits

Newest first
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich poster Age: 77

No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

1996
Beautiful Lies poster Age: 73

Beautiful Lies

1992
as H.G. Wells
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls poster Age: 72

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

1992
as Lord Roberts
Olympus Force: The Key poster Age: 68

Olympus Force: The Key

1988
as Lord Wisden
Jenny's War poster Age: 66

Jenny's War

1985
as Gen. Benjamin Cutler
House of the Long Shadows poster Age: 64

House of the Long Shadows

1983
as Sam Allyson
Doctor Who: Kinda poster Age: 62

Doctor Who: Kinda

1982
as Sanders
Home Before Midnight poster Age: 60

Home Before Midnight

1979
as Geoffrey Steele
The Big Sleep poster Age: 58

The Big Sleep

1978
as Commander Barker
No. 1 of the Secret Service poster Age: 58

No. 1 of the Secret Service

1977
as Arthur Loveday
The Sky is Falling poster Age: 56

The Sky is Falling

1975
as Terence
The Next Scream You Hear poster Age: 55

The Next Scream You Hear

1974
as George Tulliver
Asylum poster Age: 53

Asylum

1972
as Walter
Dorian Gray poster Age: 50

Dorian Gray

1970
as Basil Hallward
Subterfuge poster Age: 49

Subterfuge

1968
as Col. Victor Redmayne
The Love-Ins poster Age: 48

The Love-Ins

1967
as Dr. Jonathan Barnett
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita poster Age: 45

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

1965
as Darrell
Operation Crossbow poster Age: 45

Operation Crossbow

1965
as Wing Cmdr. Kendall
Coast of Skeletons poster Age: 45

Coast of Skeletons

1965
as Harry Sanders
Death Drums Along the River poster Age: 44

Death Drums Along the River

1963
as Inspector Harry Sanders
The Very Edge poster Age: 43

The Very Edge

1963
as Geoffrey Lawrence
The Longest Day poster Age: 43

The Longest Day

1962
as Maj. John Howard
The Boys poster Age: 43

The Boys

1962
as Victor Webster
The Hellions poster Age: 42

The Hellions

1961
as Sam Hargis
Don't Bother to Knock poster Age: 41

Don't Bother to Knock

1961
as Bill Ferguson
The Long and the Short and the Tall poster Age: 41

The Long and the Short and the Tall

1961
as Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem
Never Let Go poster Age: 40

Never Let Go

1960
as John Cummings
Danger Within poster Age: 39

Danger Within

1959
as Lieutenant Colonel David Baird
Intent to Kill poster Age: 39

Intent to Kill

1958
as Dr. Bob McLaurin
The Naked Earth poster Age: 38

The Naked Earth

1958
as Danny
Chase a Crooked Shadow poster Age: 38

Chase a Crooked Shadow

1958
as Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.
Saint Joan poster Age: 37

Saint Joan

1957
as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst poster Age: 37

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

1957
as Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans
D-Day the Sixth of June poster Age: 36

D-Day the Sixth of June

1956
as Lt. Col. John Wynter
Marie-Antoinette Queen of France poster Age: 36

Marie-Antoinette Queen of France

1956
as Comte Axel von Fersen
The Virgin Queen poster Age: 36

The Virgin Queen

1955
as Sir Walter Raleigh
The Dam Busters poster Age: 35

The Dam Busters

1955
as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
A Man Called Peter poster Age: 35

A Man Called Peter

1955
as The Rev. Peter Marshall
The Secrets of the Bed poster Age: 34

The Secrets of the Bed

1954
as Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")
No poster
Age: 34

Wuthering Heights

1953
as Heathcliff
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue poster Age: 34

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

1953
as Rob Roy MacGregor
The Sword and the Rose poster Age: 34

The Sword and the Rose

1953
as Charles Brandon
Venetian Bird poster Age: 33

Venetian Bird

1952
as Edward Mercer
24 Hours of a Woman's Life poster Age: 33

24 Hours of a Woman's Life

1952
as the young man
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men poster Age: 32

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

1952
as Robin Hood
Lightning Strikes Twice poster Age: 31

Lightning Strikes Twice

1951
as Richard Trevelyan
Flesh and Blood poster Age: 31

Flesh and Blood

1951
as Charles Cameron/Charles Cameron Sutherland
Portrait of Clare poster Age: 31

Portrait of Clare

1950
as Robert Hart
Stage Fright poster Age: 30

Stage Fright

1950
as Jonathan Cooper
The Interrupted Journey poster Age: 30

The Interrupted Journey

1949
as John North
The Hasty Heart poster Age: 30

The Hasty Heart

1949
as Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan
For Them That Trespass poster Age: 29

For Them That Trespass

1949
as Herbert Edward Logan
A Yank at Oxford poster Age: 18

A Yank at Oxford

1938
as Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited)
The Gap poster Age: 18

The Gap

1937
as Orderly (uncredited)
Good Morning, Boys! poster Age: 17

Good Morning, Boys!

1937
as Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)
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TV credits

Newest first
British Film Forever poster Age: 88

British Film Forever

2007
The Royal poster Age: 83

The Royal

2003
as Hugh Hirst
No poster
Age: 80

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

2000
Midsomer Murders poster Age: 77

Midsomer Murders

1997
as Charles Edmonton
Silent Witness poster Age: 76

Silent Witness

1996
Virtual Murder poster Age: 73

Virtual Murder

1992
as Judge Rawcliffe
Heartbeat poster Age: 72

Heartbeat

1992
as Harold Beecham
Jenny's War poster Age: 65

Jenny's War

1985
as Gen. Benjamin Cutler
The Last Place on Earth poster Age: 65

The Last Place on Earth

1985
as Mr. Barnes
Murder, She Wrote poster Age: 65

Murder, She Wrote

1984
as Alec Scofield
Boy Dominic poster Age: 54

Boy Dominic

1974
as Capt. Richard Bulman
Thriller poster Age: 53

Thriller

1973
as George Tulliver
Theatre 625 poster Age: 44

Theatre 625

1964
as Edmund Gurney
Doctor Who poster Age: 44

Doctor Who

1963
as Sanders
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