Richard Todd

Richard Todd

Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd OBE 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, Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters, Sir Walter Raleigh in The Virgin Queen, and Major John Howard in The Longest Day. Prior to his acting career, Todd was a captain in the British Army during the Second World War, fighting in the D-Day landings as a member of the 7th Parachute Battalion.

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• Entity:  Actor

• Born:  Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd, June 11, 1919, Dublin, Ireland
• Age at death:  90 Years
• Died:  December 03, 2009, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
• Burial place:  St. Guthlac's Church, Little Ponton, Lincolnshire, England
• Education:  Italia Conti Academy Of Theatre Arts, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
• Occupation:  Actor
• Spouse(s):  Catherine Grant-Bogle, Virginia Mailer
• Partner(s):  Patricia Nelson
• Children:  5
• Born:  11 June 1919
• Wikidata description:  Irish-British Actor (1919-2009)
• Wikidata label:  Richard Todd
• Wikidata aliases:  Richard Todd, Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd, Richard Palethorpe-Todd

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