Birth Day: 1919-06-11
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
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.
Credits
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As Lord Roberts -
As H.G. Wells -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Lord Wisden -
As Gen. Benjamin Cutler -
As Sam Allyson -
As Sanders -
As Geoffrey Steele -
As Commander Barker -
As Arthur Loveday -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Terence -
As George Tulliver -
As Walter -
As Basil Hallward -
As Col. Victor Redmayne -
As Dr. Jonathan Barnett -
As Harry Sanders -
As Wing Cmdr. Kendall -
As Darrell -
As Geoffrey Lawrence -
As Inspector Harry Sanders -
As Maj. John Howard -
As Victor Webster -
As Bill Ferguson -
As Sam Hargis -
As Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem -
As John Cummings -
As Lieutenant Colonel David Baird -
As Self -
As Dr. Bob McLaurin -
As Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr. -
As Danny -
As Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans -
As Dunois, Bastard of Orleans -
As Lt. Col. John Wynter -
As Comte Axel von Fersen -
As Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C. -
As The Rev. Peter Marshall -
As Sir Walter Raleigh -
As Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le") -
As Rob Roy MacGregor -
As Heathcliff
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As Charles Brandon -
As Robin Hood -
As Himself -
As Edward Mercer -
As Himself
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As the young man -
As Richard Trevelyan -
As Charles Cameron/Charles Cameron Sutherland -
As Robert Hart -
As Jonathan Cooper -
As Herbert Edward Logan -
As John North -
As Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan -
As Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited) -
As Orderly (uncredited) -
As Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)