Born in Ireland and raised in England, handsome leading man Richard Todd was a founding member of the... (Learn more)
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Richard Todd’s Milestones
| Enlisted with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, becoming a commander | |
| Raised in England | |
| Replaced Richard Basehart in the Broadway production of "The Hasty Heart" | |
| Returned to the Dundee Repertory | |
| Served in a parachute regiment, achieving rank of captain | |
| 1938 - 1939 | Was a founding member of Dundee Repertory, Scotland |
| 1948 | Feature acting debut in "For Them That Trespass" |
| 1949 | Received Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his first leading role as a feisty Scotsman in "The Hasty Heart" |
| 1950 | Acted in Alfred Hitchcock's "Stage Fright" |
| 1952 | Starred as Robin Hood in "The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men" |
| 1953 | Appeared as Heathcliff in BBC-TV version of "Wuthering Heights" |
| 1954 | First film with director Michael Anderson, "The Dam Busters", playing Wing Commander Guy Gibson |
| 1954 | Played title role in "Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue" |
| 1955 | Appeared as Sir Walter Raleigh opposite Bette Davis in "The Virgin Queen", directed by Koster |
| 1955 | Sensitively portrayed US Senate chaplain Peter Marshall in Henry Koster's "A Man Called Peter" |
| 1956 | Acted with Dana Wynter and Robert Taylor in "D-Day the Sixth of June", the third and last collaboration with Koster |
| 1958 | Reteamed with Anderson on "Chase a Crooked Shadow" |
| 1959 | Headlined the cast of "Breakout/Danger Within", as exciting tale of the escape of British POWs from Italian prison camp near end of WWII |
| 1961 | Starred in "The Long and the Short and the Tall", a well-delineated account of a British patrol unit in WWII |
| 1962 | Was part of the all-star cast of "The Longest Day" |
| 1963 | First time as Inspector Harry Sanders in "Sanders" |
| 1964 | Executive produced and starred in "Why Bother to Knock" |
| 1964 | Reprised role of Sanders in "Coast of Skeletons" |
| 1965 | Acted in Anderson's fine impossible mission tale, "Operation Crossbow", taking another turn as a Wing Commander, this time named Kendall |
| 1967 | Played college professor-hippie messiah in "The Love-Ins" |
| 1968 | Was executive associate producer of "The Name of the Game Is Kill" (did not act in) |
| 1970 | Founded Triumph Theatre Productions and toured in various plays throughout the 70s in England, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA |
| 1970 | Portrayed Basil Howard in the trashy remake "Dorian Gray" |
| 1974 | Acted in Royal Shakespeare Company productions of "The Hollow Crown" and "Pleasure and Repentance" |
| 1975 | Starred in Australian stage production of "Equus" |
| 1978 | Played Commander Barker in the remake of "The Big Sleep" |
| 1982 | Had featured part in "House of the Long Shadows", notable primarily for presence of Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and John Carradine in small roles |
| 1985 | Co-starred with Robert Hardy and Elke Sommer in "Jenny's War", a British miniseries starring Dyan Cannon |
| 1989 | Appeared as Colonel Alec Scofield in "Appointment in Athens" episode of "Murder, She Wrote" (CBS) |
| 1992 | Portrayed Lord Roberts of Kandehar in syndicated miniseries "Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls" |
| 1994 | Appeared as himself in "D-Day Remembered: A Musical Tribute from the QE2" (PBS) |
| 1996 | Was an interviwee for the documentary "Marlene: Shadows and Light" |
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