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