Richard Todd

Richard Palethorpe-Todd (born in Dublin, Ireland, June 11, 1919, died December 3, 2009) won a special award as Best Newcomer and was nominated as Best Actor at the 1950 Golden Globes for The Hasty Heart (1949). He acted in movies like Stage Fright (1950) by Alfred Hitchcock with Jane Wyman and Marlene Dietrich, Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) by King Vidor with Ruth Roman, The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), 24 Hours of a Woman’s Life (1952) with Merle Oberon, A Man Called Peter (1955), The Dam Busters (1955) with Michael Redgrave, The Virgin Queen (1955) with Bette Davis, D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) with Robert Taylor, Saint Joan (1957) by Otto Preminger with Jean Seberg, The Naked Earth (1958) with Juliette Greco, Never Let Go (1960) with Peter Sellers, Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) with Anne Baxter, Operation Crossbow (1965) with Sophia Loren, The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965) with Maureen O’Hara.

Read Tomorrow’s Stars Yesterday: Richard Todd, 1950