Richard Widmark

ActorProducer Dec 26 (died age 93) Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA 1944–2002 (58 year career)

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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 surv…

Known For

Film

Judgment at Nuremberg

Tad Lawson

Film

Murder on the Orient Express

Mr. Ratchett

Film

How the West Was Won

Mike King

Film

Pickup on South Street

Skip McCoy

Film

The Alamo

Jim Bowie

Film

Night and the City

Harry Fabian

Film

Coma

Dr. Harris

Film

Kiss of Death

Tommy Udo

Filmography

Acting (103)

Movies (87)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002

as Skip McCoy (archive footage)

5.8

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

2000

as Self

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

1999

Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

1999

as Self - Actor

1.0

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

1997

as Self

5.0

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

1995

as Self

8.0

Lincoln

1992

as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)

6.8

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

as Jim Bowie

True Colors

as Sen. James Stiles

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Cold Sassy Tree

1989

as Enoch Rucker Blakeslee

6.5

Once Upon a Texas Train

1988

as Capt. Owen Hayes

5.1

A Gathering of Old Men

1987

as Sheriff Mapes

6.0

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

1986

as Self - Narrator

7.5

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

as Self

Blackout

as Joe Steiner

Against All Odds

as Ben Caxton

Who Dares Wins

as Secretary of State Arthur Currie

6.2

Hanky Panky

1982

as Ransom

5.3

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

1982

as Stan Nagurski ("Municipalians")

3.1

A Whale for the Killing

1981

as Tom Goodenough

7.0

All God's Children

1980

as Judge Parke Denison

Bear Island

as Otto Gerran

Mr. Horn

as Al Sieber

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

1979

as Self

Coma

1978

as Dr. Harris

6.8

The Swarm

1978

as Gen. Thaddeus Slater

Rollercoaster

as Agent Hoyt

The Domino Principle

as Tagge

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977

as Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA

6.4

To the Devil a Daughter

as John Verney

The Sell Out

as Sam Lucas

The Last Day

as Will Spence

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

as Mr. Ratchett

7.1

Brock's Last Case

1973

as Lieutenant Max Brock

4.0

When the Legends Die

1972

as Red Dillon

5.3

Directed by John Ford

1971

as (archive footage)

6.9

The Moonshine War

1970

as Dr. Emmett Taulbee

5.5

Death of a Gunfighter

1969

as Marshal Frank Patch

6.2

A Talent for Loving

1969

as Major William Patten

5.0

Madigan

1968

as Det. Daniel Madigan

The Way West

as Lije Evans

Alvarez Kelly

as Col. Tom Rossiter

The Bedford Incident

as Captain Eric Finlander, U.S.N.

7.0

Cheyenne Autumn

1964

as Capt. Thomas Archer

The Long Ships

as Rolfe

Flight from Ashiya

as L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson

How the West Was Won

as Mike King

Exercise No. One

Judgment at Nuremberg

as Tad Lawson

The Secret Ways

as Michael Reynolds

Two Rode Together

as First Lt. Jim Gary

The Alamo

as Jim Bowie

The Trap

as Ralph Anderson

Warlock

as Johnny Gannon

The Tunnel of Love

as August 'Augie' Poole

5.8

The Law and Jake Wade

1958

as Clint Hollister

6.6

Time Limit

1957

as Col. William Edwards

7.1

Saint Joan

1957

as The Dauphin, Charles VII

6.5

Run for the Sun

1956

as Michael 'Mike' Latimer

The Last Wagon

as Comanche Todd

Backlash

as Jim Slater

Boy with a Knife

as Narrator

The Cobweb

as Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver

A Prize of Gold

as Sgt. Joe Lawrence

Garden of Evil

as Fiske

Hell and High Water

as Capt. Adam Jones

Broken Lance

as Ben Devereaux

Destination Gobi

as Sam McHale

Take the High Ground!

1953

as Sgt. Thorne Ryan

5.9

Pickup on South Street

as Skip McCoy

Red Skies of Montana

as Cliff Mason

O. Henry's Full House

1952

as Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")

6.8

Don't Bother to Knock

as Jed Towers

My Pal Gus

as Dave Jennings

The Frogmen

as Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence

Halls of Montezuma

as Lt. Carl Anderson

Panic in the Streets

as Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.

No Way Out

as Ray Biddle

Night and the City

as Harry Fabian

Slattery's Hurricane

as Lt. Willard Francis Slattery

5.0

Down to the Sea in Ships

as Dan Lunceford

Yellow Sky

as Dude

The Street with No Name

1948

as Alec Stiles

6.3

Road House

1948

as Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins

6.7

Kiss of Death

1947

as Tommy Udo

7.1

Television (16)

The World of Hammer

1994

as Self (archive footage)

Biography

as Self - Actor

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Yesteryear

as Self

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

1974

as Rebel Benjamin Franklin

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Madigan

as Dan Madigan

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

Vanished

as President Paul Roudebush

Here's Hollywood

The Oscars

as Self

I Love Lucy

as Richard Widmark

What's My Line?

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

The West of the Imagination

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

The Bedford Incident

Producer

The Secret Ways

Producer

Time Limit

Producer