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Richard Todd

Acting

Born June 11, 1919 · Dublin, Ireland

Died December 3, 2009

Also known as Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd · Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd, OBE

Biography

Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd OBE was an Irish-British 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.

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Awards & recognition

  • Disney Legends · 2002
  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1950 · nominated

Filmography36 titles

Doctor Who

1963as Sanders

The Royal

2003as Hugh Hirst

Silent Witness

1996

The Longest Day

1962as Maj. John Howard

Midsomer Murders

1997as Charles Edmonton

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Alec Scofield

The Boys

1962as Victor Webster

The Last Place on Earth

1985as Mr. Barnes

Heartbeat

1992as Harold Beecham

The Virgin Queen

1955as Sir Walter Raleigh

Thriller

1973as George Tulliver

The Dam Busters

1955as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.

The Hasty Heart

1949as Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan

Stage Fright

1950as Jonathan Cooper

Operation Crossbow

1965as Wing Cmdr. Kendall

A Man Called Peter

1955as The Rev. Peter Marshall

House of the Long Shadows

1983as Sam Allyson

The Sword and the Rose

1953as Charles Brandon

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

1952as Robin Hood

Venetian Bird

1952as Edward Mercer

Asylum

1972as Walter

The Big Sleep

1978as Commander Barker

Coast of Skeletons

1965as Harry Sanders

24 Hours of a Woman's Life

1952as the young man

The Interrupted Journey

1949as John North

Lightning Strikes Twice

1951as Richard Trevelyan

Subterfuge

1968as Col. Victor Redmayne

The Very Edge

1963as Geoffrey Lawrence

Death Drums Along the River

1963as Inspector Harry Sanders

D-Day the Sixth of June

1956as Lt. Col. John Wynter

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

1953as Rob Roy MacGregor

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

1992as Lord Roberts

Dorian Gray

1970as Basil Hallward

The Sky is Falling

1975as Terence

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

1965as Darrell

No. 1 of the Secret Service

1977as Arthur Loveday