Richard Todd

Birthday: 1919-06-11
Deathday: 2009-05-19
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0

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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Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1950 31 The Hasty Heart (1949) Leading Actor Nom 0
Career 0

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
1996-07-24 No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
1992-08-15 Beautiful Lies H.G. Wells
1992-02-19 Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls Lord Roberts
1988-01-01 Olympus Force: The Key Lord Wisden
1985-10-25 Jenny's War Gen. Benjamin Cutler
1983-06-17 House of the Long Shadows Sam Allyson
1982-02-09 Doctor Who: Kinda Sanders
1979-10-18 Home Before Midnight Geoffrey Steele
1978-03-13 The Big Sleep Commander Barker
1977-10-31 No. 1 of the Secret Service Arthur Loveday
1975-11-29 The Sky is Falling Terence
1974-07-06 The Next Scream You Hear George Tulliver
1972-11-17 Asylum Walter
1970-04-24 Dorian Gray Basil Hallward
1968-12-12 Subterfuge Col. Victor Redmayne
1967-07-26 The Love-Ins Dr. Jonathan Barnett
1965-05-26 The Battle of the Villa Fiorita Darrell
1965-04-01 Operation Crossbow Wing Cmdr. Kendall
1965-03-19 Coast of Skeletons Harry Sanders
1963-12-20 Death Drums Along the River Inspector Harry Sanders
1963-04-30 The Very Edge Geoffrey Lawrence
1962-09-25 The Longest Day Maj. John Howard
1962-08-31 The Boys Victor Webster
1961-11-27 The Hellions Sam Hargis
1961-05-28 Don't Bother to Knock Bill Ferguson
1961-02-28 The Long and the Short and the Tall Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem
1960-06-02 Never Let Go John Cummings
1959-02-17 Danger Within Lieutenant Colonel David Baird
1958-07-16 Intent to Kill Dr. Bob McLaurin
1958-02-05 The Naked Earth Danny
1958-01-16 Chase a Crooked Shadow Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.
1957-05-08 Saint Joan Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
1957-04-02 Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans
1956-05-29 D-Day the Sixth of June Lt. Col. John Wynter
1956-04-27 Marie-Antoinette Queen of France Comte Axel von Fersen
1955-07-22 The Virgin Queen Sir Walter Raleigh
1955-05-16 The Dam Busters Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
1955-03-31 A Man Called Peter The Rev. Peter Marshall
1954-05-19 The Secrets of the Bed Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")
1953-12-06 Wuthering Heights Heathcliff
1953-10-26 Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue Rob Roy MacGregor
1953-07-23 The Sword and the Rose Charles Brandon
1952-10-01 Venetian Bird Edward Mercer
1952-09-10 24 Hours of a Woman's Life the young man
1952-05-26 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men Robin Hood
1951-04-12 Lightning Strikes Twice Richard Trevelyan
1951-03-06 Flesh and Blood Charles Cameron/Charles Cameron Sutherland
1950-11-13 Portrait of Clare Robert Hart
1950-02-23 Stage Fright Jonathan Cooper
1949-10-11 The Interrupted Journey John North
1949-09-20 The Hasty Heart Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan
1949-04-21 For Them That Trespass Herbert Edward Logan
1938-02-18 A Yank at Oxford Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited)
1937-09-01 The Gap Orderly (uncredited)
1937-05-27 Good Morning, Boys! Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)