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Richard Todd

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedJun 11, 1919 (Died at 90)
Zodiac Sign♊Gemini
Place of BirthDublin, Ireland
Career Span1937 – 2009
Known Credits74 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 1.3

Richard Todd

Also known as:Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd
Total Works

74

59 movies • 15 shows

Avg Rating

6.4 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

The Longest Day
7.6
The Longest Day
1962•movie
as Maj. John Howard
Doctor Who
7.9
Doctor Who
1963•series
as Sanders
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984•series
as Alec Scofield
Stage Fright
6.8
Stage Fright
1950•movie
as Jonathan Cooper

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 74 titles featuring Richard Todd

The Longest Day
7.6
The Longest Day
1962•movie

as Maj. John Howard

Doctor Who
7.9
1 eps
Doctor Who
1963•series

as Sanders

Murder, She Wrote
7.5
1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
1984•series

as Alec Scofield

Stage Fright
6.8
Stage Fright
1950•movie

as Jonathan Cooper

Midsomer Murders
7.5
1 eps
Midsomer Murders
1997•series

as Charles Edmonton

Asylum
6.1
Asylum
1972•movie

as Walter

The Dam Busters
6.9
The Dam Busters
1955•movie

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

Operation Crossbow
6.7
Operation Crossbow
1965•movie

as Wing Cmdr. Kendall

House of the Long Shadows
6.4

as Sam Allyson

Silent Witness
7.6
1 eps
Silent Witness
1996•series
The Big Sleep
5.9
The Big Sleep
1978•movie

as Commander Barker

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
6.2
Dorian Gray
5.1
Dorian Gray
1970•movie

as Basil Hallward

Chase a Crooked Shadow
7.1

as Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.

Heartbeat
7.1
1 eps
Heartbeat
1992•series

as Harold Beecham

Never Let Go
6.5
Never Let Go
1960•movie

as John Cummings

The Virgin Queen
7.0
The Virgin Queen
1955•movie

as Sir Walter Raleigh

D-Day the Sixth of June
5.3

as Lt. Col. John Wynter

The Long and the Short and the Tall
6.7

as Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem

Saint Joan
6.5
Saint Joan
1957•movie

as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans

The Sword and the Rose
6.4

as Charles Brandon

Lightning Strikes Twice
5.7

as Richard Trevelyan

Death Drums Along the River
5.3

as Inspector Harry Sanders

The Interrupted Journey
5.8

as John North

Danger Within
6.3
Danger Within
1959•movie

as Lieutenant Colonel David Baird

Venetian Bird
6.2
Venetian Bird
1952•movie

as Edward Mercer

A Man Called Peter
6.6
A Man Called Peter
1955•movie

as The Rev. Peter Marshall

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
5.2

as Rob Roy MacGregor

The Hasty Heart
6.9
The Hasty Heart
1949•movie

as Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
5.1
Home Before Midnight
5.5

as Geoffrey Steele

No. 1 of the Secret Service
4.1

as Arthur Loveday

For Them That Trespass
5.3

as Herbert Edward Logan

A Yank at Oxford
6.8
A Yank at Oxford
1938•movie

as Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited)

The Sky is Falling
4.7
The Sky is Falling
1975•movie

as Terence

Thriller
7.0
1 eps
Thriller
1973•series

as George Tulliver

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
7.3

as Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans

Good Morning, Boys!
7.2

as Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)

Coast of Skeletons
5.8
Coast of Skeletons
1965•movie

as Harry Sanders

Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France
6.1

as Comte Axel von Fersen

The Very Edge
5.3
The Very Edge
1963•movie

as Geoffrey Lawrence

6.8
1 eps
The Royal
7.8
1 eps
The Royal
2003•series

as Hugh Hirst

Don't Bother to Knock
4.8

as Bill Ferguson

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
4.4

as Darrell

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Intent to Kill
5.2
Intent to Kill
1958•movie

as Dr. Bob McLaurin

The Boys
7.5
The Boys
1962•movie

as Victor Webster

The Hellions
6.7
The Hellions
1961•movie

as Sam Hargis

The Love-Ins
4.8
The Love-Ins
1967•movie

as Dr. Jonathan Barnett

24 Hours of a Woman's Life
5.8

as the young man

The Last Place on Earth
7.4
7 eps

as Mr. Barnes

Theatre 625
7.2
1 eps
Theatre 625
1964•series

as Edmund Gurney

The Secrets of the Bed
3.8

as Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")

Subterfuge
5.2
Subterfuge
1968•movie

as Col. Victor Redmayne

Doctor Who: Kinda
7.5
Doctor Who: Kinda
1982•movie

as Sanders

Portrait of Clare
6.7
Portrait of Clare
1950•movie

as Robert Hart

Jenny's War
6.7
4 eps
Jenny's War
1985•series

as Gen. Benjamin Cutler

Virtual Murder
7.0
1 eps
Virtual Murder
1992•series

as Judge Rawcliffe

Olympus Force: The Key
2.5

as Lord Wisden

The Next Scream You Hear
5.5

as George Tulliver

British Film Forever
5.5
1 eps
Jenny's War
6.0
Jenny's War
1985•movie

as Gen. Benjamin Cutler

Um Homem e o Cinema
9.0

as Self (archive footage)

Flesh and Blood
7.0
Flesh and Blood
1951•movie

as Charles Cameron/Charles Cameron Sutherland

The Naked Earth
10.0
The Naked Earth
1958•movie

as Danny

Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
9.0
Boy Dominic
8.0
13 eps
Boy Dominic
1974•series

as Capt. Richard Bulman

The Gap
The Gap
1937•movie

as Orderly (uncredited)

Stars Meet in Moscow

as Self

Beautiful Lies
Beautiful Lies
1992•movie

as H.G. Wells

The Riddle of Robin Hood

as Self

Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
1 eps

as Self