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Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd OBE (11 June 1919 – 3 December 2009) 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 ...
Richard Todd was a British actor who starred in The Hasty Heart, The Longest Day, The Dam Busters and other films. He was also a paratrooper in the Second World War and a producer of Why Bother to Knock.
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- Dublin, Ireland
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- Little Humby, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Richard Todd was a British actor who starred in The Hasty Heart (1949), Stage Fright (1950) and The Longest Day (1962). He also served as a paratrooper in WWII and lost two sons to suicide.
- June 11, 1919
- December 3, 2009
Dec 5, 2009 · Associated Press. Richard Todd, an actor who reenacted his wartime exploits in the 1962 film “The Longest Day” and was Ian Fleming’s choice to play James Bond, has died of cancer. He was 90.
Dec 5, 2009 · Dec. 4, 2009. Richard Todd, an Oscar-nominated actor best known for war dramas like “The Hasty Heart,” “The Dam Busters” and “The Longest Day,” died on Thursday at his home in Little ...
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See the events in life of Richard Todd in Chronological Order. Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd was an Irish-born British military officer and film actor. This biography of Richard Todd provides detailed information about his childhood, life, acting career, achievements and timeline.
Dec 5, 2009 · Richard Todd was a major star of the British cinema in the 1950s, nominated for an Oscar for The Hasty Heart and famous for The Dam Busters. He was also a war hero, one of the first to parachute into Normandy on D-Day, and a friend of Ian Fleming.