1919Born, Dublin
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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…
Known for
The Longest DayMaj. John Howard
Doctor WhoSanders
Murder, She WroteAlec Scofield
Stage FrightJonathan Cooper
Midsomer MurdersCharles Edmonton1996No Angel: A Life of Marlene DietrichMovie
1992Beautiful LiesH.G. WellsMovie
1992Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria FallsLord RobertsMovie
1988Olympus Force: The KeyLord WisdenMovie
1985Jenny's WarGen. Benjamin CutlerMovie
1983House of the Long ShadowsSam AllysonMovie
1982Doctor Who: KindaSandersMovie
1979Home Before MidnightGeoffrey SteeleMovie
1978The Big SleepCommander BarkerMovie
1977No. 1 of the Secret ServiceArthur LovedayMovie
1975The Sky is FallingTerenceMovie
1974The Next Scream You HearGeorge TulliverMovie
1972AsylumWalterMovie
1970Dorian GrayBasil HallwardMovie
1968SubterfugeCol. Victor RedmayneMovie
1967The Love-InsDr. Jonathan BarnettMovie
1965The Battle of the Villa FioritaDarrellMovie
1965Operation CrossbowWing Cmdr. KendallMovie
1965Coast of SkeletonsHarry SandersMovie
1963Death Drums Along the RiverInspector Harry SandersMovie
1963The Very EdgeGeoffrey LawrenceMovie
1962The Longest DayMaj. John HowardMovie
1962The BoysVictor WebsterMovie
1961The HellionsSam HargisMovie
1961Don't Bother to KnockBill FergusonMovie
1961The Long and the Short and the TallSgt. 'Mitch' MitchemMovie
1960Never Let GoJohn CummingsMovie
1959Danger WithinLieutenant Colonel David BairdMovie
1958Intent to KillDr. Bob McLaurinMovie
1958The Naked EarthDannyMovie
1958Chase a Crooked ShadowWilliams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr.Movie
1957Saint JoanDunois, Bastard of OrleansMovie
1957Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. AmethystLieutenant-Commander John Simon KeransMovie
1956D-Day the Sixth of JuneLt. Col. John WynterMovie
1956Marie-Antoinette, Queen of FranceComte Axel von FersenMovie
1955The Virgin QueenSir Walter RaleighMovie
1955The Dam BustersWing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.Movie
1955A Man Called PeterThe Rev. Peter MarshallMovie
1954The Secrets of the BedCaptain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")Movie
1953Wuthering HeightsHeathcliffMovie
1953Rob Roy, The Highland RogueRob Roy MacGregorMovie
1953The Sword and the RoseCharles BrandonMovie
1952Venetian BirdEdward MercerMovie
195224 Hours of a Woman's Lifethe young manMovie
1952The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie MenRobin HoodMovie
1951Lightning Strikes TwiceRichard TrevelyanMovie
1951Flesh and BloodCharles Cameron/Charles Cameron SutherlandMovie
1950Portrait of ClareRobert HartMovie
1950Stage FrightJonathan CooperMovie
1949The Interrupted JourneyJohn NorthMovie
1949The Hasty HeartCpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlanMovie
1949For Them That TrespassHerbert Edward LoganMovie
1938Old Bones of the RiverExtra in crowd scene (uncredited)Movie
1938A Yank at OxfordExtra in Sporting Event (uncredited)Movie
1937The GapOrderly (uncredited)Movie
1937Good Morning, Boys!Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)Movie
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