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Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd OBE (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 ...
Richard Todd was a British actor who starred in The Hasty Heart, The Longest Day, The Dam Busters and other films. He was also a paratrooper in the Second World War and a producer of Why Bother to Knock.
Dec 5, 2009 · Richard Todd was a major star of the British cinema in the 1950s, nominated for an Oscar for The Hasty Heart and famous for The Dam Busters. He was also a war hero, one of the first to parachute into Normandy on D-Day, and lost two sons to suicide.
Dec 4, 2009 · Actor Richard Todd, who starred in war films such as The Dam Busters and The Longest Day, has died aged 90. He was also a war veteran, a playwright and a stage actor who performed his own stunts.
Dec 5, 2009 · Richard Todd, an actor who reenacted his wartime exploits in the 1962 film “The Longest Day” and was Ian Fleming’s choice to play James Bond, has died of cancer. He was 90.
Dec 5, 2009 · Richard Todd, an Oscar-nominated actor best known for war dramas like “The Hasty Heart,” “The Dam Busters” and “The Longest Day,” died on Thursday at his home in Little Humby, England.
Dec 4, 2009 · Richard Todd, who starred in The Dam Busters and The Longest Day, passed away after a battle with cancer. He was also a parachutist in D-Day and a Disney Legend.
