Richard Todd

1919-2009

Biography: life and films

Richard Todd was a British actor. He was born in Dublin, Ireland on 11th June 1919 and died in Little Humby, Lincolnshire, England on 3rd December 2009, aged 90.

His best films as an actor include Vincent Sherman's The Hasty Heart (1949), Alfred Hitchcock's comedy-thriller Stage Fright (1950), Jack Cardiff's thriller Intent to Kill (1958), John Guillermin's crime-thriller Never Let Go (1960) and Leslie Norman's The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961).

Richard Todd appeared in 51 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Michael Anderson (3 films), Henry Koster (3), Vincent Sherman (2), Silvio Narizzano (2), Pete Walker (2), Marcel Varnel (2), Lindsay Shonteff (2), Ken Annakin (2) and Cyril Frankel (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (31 films), Thriller (11), comedy (6), history (5), War (5), crime-thriller (4), romance (3), Horror (3) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Richard Todd over all films is: 2.9

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Good Morning, Boys (1937) [a]

A Yank at Oxford (1938) [a]

Old Bones of the River (1938) [a]

For Them That Trespass (1949) [a]

The Hasty Heart (1949) [a]

The Interrupted Journey (1949) [a]

Portrait of Clare (1950) [a]

Stage Fright (1950) [a]

Flesh & Blood (1951) [a]

Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) [a]

24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952) [a]

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) [a]

Venetian Bird (1952) [a]

Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953) [a]

The Sword and the Rose (1953) [a]

Secrets d'alcove (1954) [a]

A Man Called Peter (1955) [a]

The Virgin Queen (1955) [a]

D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) [a]

Marie-Antoinette reine de France (1956) [a]

Saint Joan (1957) [a]

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) [a]

Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) [a]

Intent to Kill (1958) [a]

The Naked Earth (1958) [a]

Danger Within (1959) [a]

Never Let Go (1960) [a]

Don't Bother to Knock (1961) [a]

The Hellions (1961) [a]

The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961) [a]

Le Crime ne paie pas (1962) [a]

The Boys (1962) [a]

The Very Edge (1962) [a]

Coast of Skeletons (1963) [a]

Death Drums Along the River (1963) [a]

Operation Crossbow (1965) [a]

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965) [a]

The Love-Ins (1967) [a]

Last of the Long-haired Boys (1968) [a]

Subterfuge (1968) [a]

Dorian Gray (1970) [a]

No. 1 of the Secret Service (1970) [a]

Asylum (1972) [a]

No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977) [a]

The Big Sleep (1978) [a]

Flores del vicio, Las (1979) [a]

Home Before Midnight (1979) [a]

House of the Long Shadows (1983) [a]

90 Days (1985) [a]



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