Acting
Richard Todd
Born 1919-06-11
Dublin, Ireland
Department: Acting
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. 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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Midsomer Murders
1997
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Doctor Who
1963
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The Longest Day
1962
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Murder, She Wrote
1984
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Silent Witness
1996
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Stage Fright
1950
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Heartbeat
1992
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Theatre 625
1964
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Asylum
1972
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The Dam Busters
1955
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (76 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | British Film Forever | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2007 |
 | The Royal | Hugh Hirst | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance | Self | Movie | 2000 |
| Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2000 | |
 | Midsomer Murders | Charles Edmonton | TV Series | 1997 |
 | No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1996 |
 | Silent Witness | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Beautiful Lies | H.G. Wells | Movie | 1992 |
 | Virtual Murder | Judge Rawcliffe | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Heartbeat | Harold Beecham | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | Lord Roberts | Movie | 1992 |
 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1991 |
 | Elstree: Britain's Hollywood | Self | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Olympus Force: The Key | Lord Wisden | Movie | 1988 |
 | Jenny's War | Gen. Benjamin Cutler | Movie | 1985 |
 | Jenny's War | Gen. Benjamin Cutler | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Last Place on Earth | Mr. Barnes | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Murder, She Wrote | Alec Scofield | TV Series | 1984 |
 | House of the Long Shadows | Sam Allyson | Movie | 1983 |
 | Doctor Who: Kinda | Sanders | Movie | 1982 |
 | Home Before Midnight | Geoffrey Steele | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Big Sleep | Commander Barker | Movie | 1978 |
 | No. 1 of the Secret Service | Arthur Loveday | Movie | 1977 |
 | Um Homem e o Cinema | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Sky is Falling | Terence | Movie | 1975 |
 | The Next Scream You Hear | George Tulliver | Movie | 1974 |
 | Boy Dominic | Capt. Richard Bulman | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Thriller | George Tulliver | TV Series | 1973 |
 | Asylum | Walter | Movie | 1972 |
 | Dorian Gray | Basil Hallward | Movie | 1970 |
 | Subterfuge | Col. Victor Redmayne | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Love-Ins | Dr. Jonathan Barnett | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Battle of the Villa Fiorita | Darrell | Movie | 1965 |
 | Operation Crossbow | Wing Cmdr. Kendall | Movie | 1965 |
 | Coast of Skeletons | Harry Sanders | Movie | 1965 |
 | Theatre 625 | Edmund Gurney | TV Series | 1964 |
 | Death Drums Along the River | Inspector Harry Sanders | Movie | 1963 |
 | Doctor Who | Sanders | TV Series | 1963 |
 | The Very Edge | Geoffrey Lawrence | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Longest Day | Maj. John Howard | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Boys | Victor Webster | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Hellions | Sam Hargis | Movie | 1961 |
 | Don't Bother to Knock | Bill Ferguson | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Long and the Short and the Tall | Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem | Movie | 1961 |
 | Never Let Go | John Cummings | Movie | 1960 |
 | Stars Meet in Moscow | Self | Movie | 1959 |
 | Danger Within | Lieutenant Colonel David Baird | Movie | 1959 |
 | Intent to Kill | Dr. Bob McLaurin | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Naked Earth | Danny | Movie | 1958 |
 | Chase a Crooked Shadow | Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr. | Movie | 1958 |
 | Saint Joan | Dunois, Bastard of Orleans | Movie | 1957 |
 | Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst | Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans | Movie | 1957 |
 | D-Day the Sixth of June | Lt. Col. John Wynter | Movie | 1956 |
 | Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France | Comte Axel von Fersen | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Virgin Queen | Sir Walter Raleigh | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Dam Busters | Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C. | Movie | 1955 |
 | A Man Called Peter | The Rev. Peter Marshall | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Secrets of the Bed | Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le") | Movie | 1954 |
| Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | Movie | 1953 | |
 | Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue | Rob Roy MacGregor | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Sword and the Rose | Charles Brandon | Movie | 1953 |
 | Venetian Bird | Edward Mercer | Movie | 1952 |
 | 24 Hours of a Woman's Life | the young man | Movie | 1952 |
 | The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men | Robin Hood | Movie | 1952 |
| Elstree Story | Himself | Movie | 1952 | |
 | The Riddle of Robin Hood | Himself | Movie | 1952 |
 | Lightning Strikes Twice | Richard Trevelyan | Movie | 1951 |
 | Flesh and Blood | Charles Cameron/Charles Cameron Sutherland | Movie | 1951 |
 | Portrait of Clare | Robert Hart | Movie | 1950 |
 | Stage Fright | Jonathan Cooper | Movie | 1950 |
 | The Interrupted Journey | John North | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Hasty Heart | Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan | Movie | 1949 |
 | For Them That Trespass | Herbert Edward Logan | Movie | 1949 |
 | A Yank at Oxford | Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Gap | Orderly (uncredited) | Movie | 1937 |
 | Good Morning, Boys! | Extra in crowd scene (uncredited) | Movie | 1937 |