Name
Richard Widmark
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1914-12-26
Deathday
2008-03-24 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA
Biography
Richard Widmark (December 26, 1914 – March 24, 2008) was an American actor of films, stage, radio and television.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, Kiss of Death. Early in his career Widmark specialized in similar villainous or anti-hero roles in film noirs, but he later branched out into more heroic leading and support roles in westerns, mainstream dramas and horror films, among others.
At his death, Widmark was the earliest surviving Oscar nominee in the Supporting Actor category, and one of only two left from the 1940s (the other having been James Whitmore). For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Widmark has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6800 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2002, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Known For
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In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to ...
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The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War...
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Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison...
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When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to un...
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In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military...
- 1961 Judgment at Nuremberg as Tad Lawson
- 1977 Rollercoaster as Agent Hoyt
- 1974 Murder on the Orient Express as Mr. Ratchett
- 1968 Madigan as Det. Daniel Madigan
- 1948 Yellow Sky as Dude
- 1948 Road House as Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins
- 1960 The Alamo as Jim Bowie
- 1978 Coma as Dr. Harris
- 1947 Kiss of Death as Tommy Udo
- 1984 Against All Odds as Ben Caxton
- 1954 Hell and High Water as Capt. Adam Jones
- 1952 Don't Bother to Knock as Jed Towers
- 1962 How the West Was Won as Mike King
- 1977 The Domino Principle as Tagge
- 1982 Hanky Panky as Ransom
- 1950 Panic in the Streets as Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
- 1961 Two Rode Together as First Lt. Jim Gary
- 1953 Pickup on South Street as Skip McCoy
- 1949 Slattery's Hurricane as Lt. Willard Francis Slattery
- 1962 Exercise No. One
- 1976 To the Devil a Daughter as John Verney
- 1950 No Way Out as Ray Biddle
- 1964 Cheyenne Autumn as Capt. Thomas Archer
- 1954 Garden of Evil as Fiske
- 1954 Broken Lance as Ben Devereaux
- 1999 Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
- 1948 The Street with No Name as Alec Stiles
- 1967 The Way West as Lije Evans
- 1966 Alvarez Kelly as Col. Tom Rossiter
- 1959 Warlock as Johnny Gannon
- 1961 The Secret Ways as Michael Reynolds
- 1956 Backlash as Jim Slater
- 1964 The Long Ships as Rolfe
- 1958 The Law and Jake Wade as Clint Hollister
- 1951 The Frogmen as Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence
- 1956 The Last Wagon as Comanche Todd
- 1958 The Tunnel of Love as August 'Augie' Poole
- 1979 Bear Island as Otto Gerran
- 1951 Halls of Montezuma as Lt. Carl Anderson
- 1957 Time Limit as Col. William Edwards
- 1956 Run for the Sun as Michael 'Mike' Latimer
- 1978 The Swarm as General Slater
- 1965 The Bedford Incident as Captain Eric Finlander, U.S.N.
- 1997 Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- 1950 Night and the City as Harry Fabian
- 1982 Who Dares Wins as Secretary of State Arthur Currie
- 1959 The Trap as Ralph Anderson
- 1969 Death of a Gunfighter as Marshal Frank Patch
- 1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming as Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA
- 1955 The Cobweb as Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver
- 1987 A Gathering of Old Men as Sheriff Mapes
- 1953 Take the High Ground! as Sgt. Thorne Ryan
- 1952 My Pal Gus as Dave Jennings
- 1976 The Sell Out as Sam Lucas
- 1970 The Moonshine War as Dr. Emmett Taulbee
- 1957 Saint Joan as The Dauphin, Charles VII
- 1953 Destination Gobi as Sam McHale
- 1952 Red Skies of Montana as Cliff Mason
- 1964 Flight from Ashiya as L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson
- 1955 A Prize of Gold as Sgt. Joe Lawrence
- 1949 Down to the Sea in Ships as Dan Lunceford
- 2000 Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters as Self
- 1986 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend as Self - Narrator
- 1985 Blackout as Joe Steiner
- 1972 When the Legends Die as Red Dillon
- 2002 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Skip McCoy (archive footage)
- 1981 A Whale for the Killing as Tom Goodenough
- 1971 Directed by John Ford as (archive footage)
- 1975 The Last Day as Will Spence
- 1989 Cold Sassy Tree as Enoch Rucker Blakeslee
- 1952 O. Henry's Full House as Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
- 1982 National Lampoon's Movie Madness as Stan Nagurski ("Municipalians")
- 1992 Lincoln as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
- 1995 Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick as Self
- 1988 Once Upon a Texas Train as Capt. Owen Hayes
- 1973 Brock's Last Case as Lieutenant Max Brock
- 1969 A Talent for Loving as Major William Patten
- 1956 Boy with a Knife as Narrator
- 1991 True Colors as Sen. James Stiles
- 1980 All God's Children as Judge Parke Denison
- 1999 Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait as Self - Actor
- 1986 The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self
- 1987 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 John Wayne's 'The Alamo' as Jim Bowie
- 1979 All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman as Self
- 1951 I Love Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Richard Widmark
- 1971 Vanished ( 2 episodes ) as President Paul Roudebush
- 1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ... ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1960 Here's Hollywood ( 2 episodes )
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- Soon The West of the Imagination ( 6 episodes )
- 1972 Madigan ( 6 episodes ) as Dan Madigan
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1974 The Lives of Benjamin Franklin ( 4 episodes ) as Rebel Benjamin Franklin
- 1971 V.I.P. Schaukel ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1982 Champs-Elysées ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1982 Yesteryear ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 1987 Biography ( 1 episode ) as Self - Actor
- 1994 The World of Hammer ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1979 Mr. Horn ( 2 episodes ) as Al Sieber
