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Richard Todd

1919 - 2009

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Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd (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 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Todd has received more than 1,758,501 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Richard Todd is the 4,440th most popular actor (down from 3,790th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 177th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Irish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Todd ranks 4,440 out of 13,578. Before him are Beth Grant, Donovan Scott, Christina Hendricks, Bobby Cannavale, Brenda Marshall, and Yoshiko Kuga. After him are Michael Gwisdek, Betty Gilpin, Jim Sturgess, John Slattery, Victor Jory, and Eva Ionesco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Richard Todd ranks 245. Before him are Roberto Bonomi, Eugenia Charles, Isaak Khalatnikov, Olena Apanovych, Joe Hunt, and Asbjørn Ruud. After him are Finn Helgesen, George Gerbner, Michel Déon, Grisha Filipov, Milan Horvat, and Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington. Among people deceased in 2009, Richard Todd ranks 241. Before him are José Torres, Ede Király, Ivan Gubijan, Barry Flanagan, Semyon Farada, and Koko Taylor. After him are John Mayhew, Corín Tellado, Anna Yegorova, Torsten Lindberg, Dave Arneson, and Veronika Dudarova.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Richard Todd ranks 202 out of 549. Before him are Barney McKenna (1939), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Stephen Roche (1959), Nora Barnacle (1884), Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848), and Alicia Boole Stott (1860). After him are Patrick Ryan (1881), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), Sara Allgood (1879), Micheál Martin (1960), Alison Doody (1966), and Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Richard Todd ranks 30. Before him are Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), Sinéad Cusack (1948), Jason O'Mara (1972), Tom Moore (1883), Patrick Bergin (1951), and Caitriona Balfe (1979). After him are Sara Allgood (1879), Alison Doody (1966), Ray McAnally (1926), Stuart Townsend (1972), Domhnall Gleeson (1983), and Andrew Scott (1976).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Dam Busters
Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
May 16th 19556.837 / 10
Stage Fright
Jonathan Cooper
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
Feb 23rd 19506.789 / 10
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Robin Hood
Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing.
May 26th 19526.1 / 10