Richard Todd

Known for

Acting

Born

Jun 11, 1919

Died

Dec 3, 2009

From

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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The Longest Day

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Doctor Who

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Murder, She Wrote

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Stage Fright

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Midsomer Murders

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Asylum

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The Dam Busters

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Operation Crossbow

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House of the Long Shadows

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Silent Witness

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The Big Sleep

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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

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Dorian Gray

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Chase a Crooked Shadow

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Heartbeat

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Never Let Go

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The Virgin Queen

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D-Day the Sixth of June

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