Richard Todd
Richard Todd
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Richard Todd

Actor 1919-06-11 Dublin, Ireland

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 Ral...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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The Longest Day

The Longest Day

1962 · Maj. John Howard

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963 · Sanders

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Alec Scofield

Stage Fright

Stage Fright

1950 · Jonathan Cooper

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 · Charles Edmonton

Asylum

Asylum

1972 · Walter

The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

1955 · Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.

Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow

1965 · Wing Cmdr. Kendall

House of the Long Shadows

House of the Long Shadows

1983 · Sam Allyson

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

1996 · TV

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

1978 · Commander Barker

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

1952 · Robin Hood

Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray

1970 · Basil Hallward

Chase a Crooked Shadow

Chase a Crooked Shadow

1958 · Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

1992 · Harold Beecham

Never Let Go

Never Let Go

1960 · John Cummings

The Virgin Queen

The Virgin Queen

1955 · Sir Walter Raleigh

D-Day the Sixth of June

D-Day the Sixth of June

1956 · Lt. Col. John Wynter

The Long and the Short and the Tall

The Long and the Short and the Tall

1961 · Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem

Saint Joan

Saint Joan

1957 · Dunois, Bastard of Orleans