06/11/1919
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 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.
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No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich (1996) as |
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Beautiful Lies (1992) as H.G. Wells |
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Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992) as Lord Roberts |
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) as Self (archive footage) |
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Olympus Force: The Key (1988) as Lord Wisden |
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Jenny's War (1985) as Gen. Benjamin Cutler |
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House of the Long Shadows (1983) as Sam Allyson |
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Doctor Who: Kinda (1982) as Sanders |
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Home Before Midnight (1979) as Geoffrey Steele |
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The Big Sleep (1978) as Commander Barker |
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No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977) as Arthur Loveday |
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Um Homem e o Cinema (1976) as Self (archive footage) |
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Las flores del vicio (1975) as Terence |
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The Next Scream You Hear (1974) as George Tulliver |
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Asylum (1972) as Walter |
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Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (1970) as Basil Hallward |
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Subterfuge (1968) as Col. Victor Redmayne |
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The Love-Ins (1967) as Dr. Jonathan Barnett |
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The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965) as Darrell |
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Operation Crossbow (1965) as Wing Cmdr. Kendall |
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Coast of Skeletons (1965) as Harry Sanders |
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Death Drums Along the River (1963) as Inspector Harry Sanders |
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The Very Edge (1963) as Geoffrey Lawrence |
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The Longest Day (1962) as Maj. John Howard |
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The Boys (1962) as Victor Webster |
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The Hellions (1961) as Sam Hargis |
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Don't Bother to Knock (1961) as Bill Ferguson |
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The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961) as Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem |
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Never Let Go (1960) as John Cummings |
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Звёзды встречаются в Москве (1959) as Self |
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Danger Within (1959) as Lieutenant Colonel David Baird |
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Intent to Kill (1958) as Dr. Bob McLaurin |
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The Naked Earth (1958) as Danny |
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Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) as Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr. |
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Saint Joan (1957) as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans |
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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) as Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans |
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D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) as Lt. Col. John Wynter |
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Marie-Antoinette, reine de France (1956) as Comte Axel von Fersen |
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The Virgin Queen (1955) as Sir Walter Raleigh |
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The Dam Busters (1955) as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C. |
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A Man Called Peter (1955) as The Rev. Peter Marshall |
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Secrets d'alcôve (1954) as Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le") |
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Wuthering Heights (1953) as Heathcliff |
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Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue (1953) as Rob Roy MacGregor |
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The Sword and the Rose (1953) as Charles Brandon |
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Venetian Bird (1952) as Edward Mercer |
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24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952) as the young man |
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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) as Robin Hood |
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Elstree Story (1952) as Himself |
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The Riddle of Robin Hood (1952) as Himself |
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Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) as Richard Trevelyan |
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Flesh and Blood (1951) as Charles Cameron/Charles Cameron Sutherland |
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Portrait of Clare (1950) as Robert Hart |
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Stage Fright (1950) as Jonathan Cooper |
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The Interrupted Journey (1949) as John North |
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The Hasty Heart (1949) as Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan |
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For Them That Trespass (1949) as Herbert Edward Logan |
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A Yank at Oxford (1938) as Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited) |
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The Gap (1937) as Orderly (uncredited) |
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Good Morning, Boys! (1937) as Extra in crowd scene (uncredited) |