Richard Todd

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.

Known For

The Longest Day

as Maj. John Howard

Doctor Who

as Sanders

Murder, She Wrote

as Alec Scofield

Stage Fright

as Jonathan Cooper

Midsomer Murders

as Charles Edmonton

Asylum

as Walter

The Dam Busters

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

Operation Crossbow

as Wing Cmdr. Kendall

House of the Long Shadows

as Sam Allyson

Silent Witness