Richard Widmark
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-12-26
Day of Death
2008-03-24 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA
Richard Widmark
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
Acting
(2002)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Skip McCoy (archive footage)
(2000)
(1999)
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
as Self - Actor
(1999)
(1997)
(1995)
(1995)
American Cinema
as Narrator
(1992)
Lincoln
as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
(1992)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Jim Bowie
(1991)
True Colors
as Sen. James Stiles
(1991)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
(1989)
Cold Sassy Tree
as Enoch Rucker Blakeslee
(1988)
Once Upon a Texas Train
as Capt. Owen Hayes
(1987)
A Gathering of Old Men
as Sheriff Mapes
(1987)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1986)
(1986)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self - Narrator
(1985)
Blackout
as Joe Steiner
(1984)
Against All Odds
as Ben Caxton
(1982)
Hanky Panky
as Ransom
(1982)
Who Dares Wins
as Secretary of State Arthur Currie
(1982)
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Stan Nagurski ("Municipalians")
(1981)
A Whale for the Killing
as Tom Goodenough
(1980)
All God's Children
as Judge Parke Denison
(1979)
Mr. Horn
as Al Sieber
(1979)
Bear Island
as Otto Gerran
(1979)
(1978)
The Swarm
as Gen. Thaddeus Slater
(1978)
Coma
as Dr. Harris
(1977)
The Domino Principle
as Tagge
(1977)
Rollercoaster
as Agent Hoyt
(1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA
(1976)
To the Devil a Daughter
as John Verney
(1976)
The Sell Out
as Sam Lucas
(1975)
The Last Day
as Will Spence
(1974)
Murder on the Orient Express
as Mr. Ratchett
(1973)
Brock's Last Case
as Lieutenant Max Brock
(1972)
When the Legends Die
as Red Dillon
(1971)
Directed by John Ford
as (archive footage)
(1970)
The Moonshine War
as Dr. Emmett Taulbee
(1969)
Death of a Gunfighter
as Marshal Frank Patch
(1969)
A Talent for Loving
as Major William Patten
(1968)
Madigan
as Det. Daniel Madigan
(1967)
The Way West
as Lije Evans
(1966)
Alvarez Kelly
as Col. Tom Rossiter
(1965)
The Bedford Incident
as Captain Eric Finlander, U.S.N.
(1964)
Flight from Ashiya
as L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson
(1964)
Cheyenne Autumn
as Capt. Thomas Archer
(1964)
The Long Ships
as Rolfe
(1962)
How the West Was Won
as Mike King
(1962)
(1961)
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Tad Lawson
(1961)
Two Rode Together
as First Lt. Jim Gary
(1961)
The Secret Ways
as Michael Reynolds
(1960)
The Alamo
as Jim Bowie
(1959)
Warlock
as Johnny Gannon
(1959)
The Trap
as Ralph Anderson
(1958)
The Tunnel of Love
as August 'Augie' Poole
(1958)
The Law and Jake Wade
as Clint Hollister
(1957)
Saint Joan
as The Dauphin, Charles VII
(1957)
Time Limit
as Col. William Edwards
(1956)
Backlash
as Jim Slater
(1956)
Run for the Sun
as Michael 'Mike' Latimer
(1956)
The Last Wagon
as Comanche Todd
(1956)
Boy with a Knife
as Narrator
(1955)
The Cobweb
as Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver
(1955)
A Prize of Gold
as Sgt. Joe Lawrence
(1954)
Hell and High Water
as Capt. Adam Jones
(1954)
Garden of Evil
as Fiske
(1954)
Broken Lance
as Ben Devereaux
(1953)
Pickup on South Street
as Skip McCoy
(1953)
Take the High Ground!
as Sgt. Thorne Ryan
(1953)
Destination Gobi
as Sam McHale
(1952)
Don't Bother to Knock
as Jed Towers
(1952)
Red Skies of Montana
as Cliff Mason
(1952)
O. Henry's Full House
as Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
(1952)
My Pal Gus
as Dave Jennings
(1951)
Halls of Montezuma
as Lt. Carl Anderson
(1951)
The Frogmen
as Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence
(1950)
No Way Out
as Ray Biddle
(1950)
Panic in the Streets
as Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
(1950)
Night and the City
as Harry Fabian
(1949)
Slattery's Hurricane
as Lt. Willard Francis Slattery
(1949)
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Dan Lunceford
(1948)
The Street with No Name
as Alec Stiles
(1948)
Yellow Sky
as Dude
(1948)
Road House
as Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins
(1947)
Kiss of Death
as Tommy Udo
Crew
(1965)
The Bedford Incident
Producer
(1961)
The Secret Ways
Producer
(1957)
Time Limit
Producer