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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 ...
Richard Todd. Actor: The Hasty Heart. British leading man who achieved some success in American films, as well. Born in Ireland as the son of a British officer, Todd grew up in Devon and (for a brief time) in India and attended Shrewsbury Public School.
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- Little Humby, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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 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 · A major star of the British cinema in the 1950s, Richard Todd won an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a taciturn dying Scot in The Hasty Heart (1949), played Robin Hood and Sir Walter...
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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 5, 2009 · DAM BUSTERS star Richard Todd, who has died at the age of 90, was described as an old-fashioned gentleman of "courage and dignity" as tributes poured in yesterday.
