Acting · Dublin, Ireland · Born June 11, 1919
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.
TVBritish Film Forever
2007
TVThe Royal
2003
as Hugh Hirst
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
2000
as Self
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Charles Edmonton
MovieNo Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
1996
TVSilent Witness
1996
MovieBeautiful Lies
1992
as H.G. Wells
TVVirtual Murder
1992
as Judge Rawcliffe
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Harold Beecham
MovieSherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
1992
as Lord Roberts
MoviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self (archive footage)
TVElstree: Britain's Hollywood
1989
as Self
MovieOlympus Force: The Key
1988
as Lord Wisden
MovieJenny's War
1985
as Gen. Benjamin Cutler
TVJenny's War
1985
as Gen. Benjamin Cutler
TVThe Last Place on Earth
1985
as Mr. Barnes
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Alec Scofield
MovieHouse of the Long Shadows
1983
as Sam Allyson
MovieDoctor Who: Kinda
1982
as Sanders
MovieHome Before Midnight
1979
as Geoffrey Steele
MovieThe Big Sleep
1978
as Commander Barker
MovieNo. 1 of the Secret Service
1977
as Arthur Loveday
MovieUm Homem e o Cinema
1976
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Sky is Falling
1975
as Terence
MovieThe Next Scream You Hear
1974
as George Tulliver
TVBoy Dominic
1974
as Capt. Richard Bulman
TVThriller
1973
as George Tulliver
MovieAsylum
1972
as Walter
MovieDorian Gray
1970
as Basil Hallward
MovieSubterfuge
1968
as Col. Victor Redmayne
MovieThe Love-Ins
1967
as Dr. Jonathan Barnett
MovieThe Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965
as Darrell
MovieOperation Crossbow
1965
as Wing Cmdr. Kendall
MovieCoast of Skeletons
1965
as Harry Sanders
TVTheatre 625
1964
as Edmund Gurney
MovieDeath Drums Along the River
1963
as Inspector Harry Sanders
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Sanders
MovieThe Very Edge
1963
as Geoffrey Lawrence
MovieThe Longest Day
1962
as Maj. John Howard
MovieThe Boys
1962
as Victor Webster
MovieThe Hellions
1961
as Sam Hargis
MovieDon't Bother to Knock
1961
as Bill Ferguson
MovieThe Long and the Short and the Tall
1961
as Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem
MovieNever Let Go
1960
as John Cummings
MovieStars Meet in Moscow
1959
as Self
MovieDanger Within
1959
as Lieutenant Colonel David Baird
MovieIntent to Kill
1958
as Dr. Bob McLaurin
MovieThe Naked Earth
1958
as Danny
MovieChase a Crooked Shadow
1958
as Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.
MovieSaint Joan
1957
as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
MovieYangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957
as Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans
MovieD-Day the Sixth of June
1956
as Lt. Col. John Wynter
MovieMarie-Antoinette Queen of France
1956
as Comte Axel von Fersen
MovieThe Virgin Queen
1955
as Sir Walter Raleigh
MovieThe Dam Busters
1955
as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
MovieA Man Called Peter
1955
as The Rev. Peter Marshall
MovieThe Secrets of the Bed
1954
as Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")
Wuthering Heights
1953
as Heathcliff
MovieRob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
as Rob Roy MacGregor
MovieThe Sword and the Rose
1953
as Charles Brandon
MovieVenetian Bird
1952
as Edward Mercer
Movie24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952
as the young man
MovieThe Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952
as Robin Hood
Elstree Story
1952
as Himself
MovieThe Riddle of Robin Hood
1952
as Himself
MovieLightning Strikes Twice
1951
as Richard Trevelyan
MovieFlesh and Blood
1951
as Charles Cameron/Charles Cameron Sutherland
MoviePortrait of Clare
1950
as Robert Hart
MovieStage Fright
1950
as Jonathan Cooper
MovieThe Interrupted Journey
1949
as John North
MovieThe Hasty Heart
1949
as Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan
MovieFor Them That Trespass
1949
as Herbert Edward Logan
MovieA Yank at Oxford
1938
as Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited)
MovieThe Gap
1937
as Orderly (uncredited)
MovieGood Morning, Boys!
1937
as Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)
