Richard Todd

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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Known For

British Film Forever 2007 ★ 5.5
Midsomer Murders 1997 ★ 7.5
Silent Witness 1996 ★ 7.6
Heartbeat 1992 ★ 7.2
Virtual Murder 1992 ★ 7.0
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls 1992 ★ 5.1
The Last Place on Earth 1985 ★ 7.4
Murder, She Wrote 1984 ★ 7.5
House of the Long Shadows 1983 ★ 6.4
The Big Sleep 1978 ★ 5.9
Boy Dominic 1974 ★ 8.0
Thriller 1973 ★ 7.0
Asylum 1972 ★ 6.0
Operation Crossbow 1965 ★ 6.7
Theatre 625 1964 ★ 7.2
Doctor Who 1963 ★ 7.9
The Longest Day 1962 ★ 7.6
Danger Within 1959 ★ 6.3
D-Day the Sixth of June 1956 ★ 5.3
The Dam Busters 1955 ★ 6.9
Venetian Bird 1952 ★ 6.2
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men 1952 ★ 6.2
Flesh and Blood 1951 ★ 7.0
Stage Fright 1950 ★ 6.8