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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 films noir, 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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Skip McCoy (archive footage) | 2002-07-02 |
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters as Self | 2000-06-29 |
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel | 1999-08-24 |
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait as Self - Actor | 1999-03-26 |
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self | 1997-07-27 |
American Cinema as Narrator | 1995-01-23 |
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick as Self | 1995-01-01 |
Lincoln as Ward Hill Lamon (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
John Wayne's 'The Alamo' as Jim Bowie | 1992-06-06 |
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self (archive footage) | 1991-10-28 |
True Colors as Sen. James Stiles | 1991-03-15 |
Cold Sassy Tree as Enoch Rucker Blakeslee | 1989-10-16 |
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage) | 1988-11-22 |
Once Upon a Texas Train as Capt. Owen Hayes | 1988-10-12 |
A Gathering of Old Men as Sheriff Mapes | 1987-05-10 |
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend as Self - Narrator | 1986-04-19 |
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self | 1986-03-09 |
Blackout as Joe Steiner | 1985-07-28 |
Against All Odds as Ben Caxton | 1984-03-02 |
Who Dares Wins as Secretary of State Arthur Currie | 1982-08-26 |
Hanky Panky as Ransom | 1982-06-04 |
National Lampoon's Movie Madness as Stan Nagurski ("Municipalians") | 1982-04-23 |
A Whale for the Killing as Tom Goodenough | 1981-02-01 |
All God's Children as Judge Parke Denison | 1980-04-28 |
Bear Island as Otto Gerran | 1979-12-05 |
Mr. Horn as Al Sieber | 1979-02-01 |
The Swarm as Gen. Thaddeus Slater | 1978-07-14 |
Coma as Dr. Harris | 1978-01-06 |
Rollercoaster as Agent Hoyt | 1977-06-10 |
The Domino Principle as Tagge | 1977-03-23 |
Twilight's Last Gleaming as Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA | 1977-02-09 |
The Sell Out as Sam Lucas | 1976-05-01 |
To the Devil a Daughter as John Verney | 1976-03-04 |
The Last Day as Will Spence | 1975-02-15 |
Murder on the Orient Express as Mr. Ratchett | 1974-11-22 |
Brock's Last Case as Lieutenant Max Brock | 1973-03-05 |
When the Legends Die as Red Dillon | 1972-10-19 |
Directed by John Ford as (archive footage) | 1971-09-06 |
The Moonshine War as Dr. Emmett Taulbee | 1970-06-30 |
Death of a Gunfighter as Marshal Frank Patch | 1969-05-08 |
A Talent for Loving as Major William Patten | 1969-01-01 |
Madigan as Det. Daniel Madigan | 1968-03-29 |
The Way West as Lije Evans | 1967-05-24 |
Alvarez Kelly as Col. Tom Rossiter | 1966-10-06 |
The Bedford Incident as Captain Eric Finlander, U.S.N. | 1965-10-11 |
Cheyenne Autumn as Capt. Thomas Archer | 1964-10-15 |
The Long Ships as Rolfe | 1964-04-22 |
Flight from Ashiya as L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson | 1964-03-25 |
How the West Was Won as Mike King | 1962-11-02 |
Exercise No. One | 1962-01-01 |
Judgment at Nuremberg as Tad Lawson | 1961-12-18 |
Two Rode Together as First Lt. Jim Gary | 1961-05-24 |
The Secret Ways as Michael Reynolds | 1961-04-01 |
The Alamo as Jim Bowie | 1960-10-23 |
Warlock as Johnny Gannon | 1959-05-15 |
The Trap as Ralph Anderson | 1959-01-28 |
The Tunnel of Love as August 'Augie' Poole | 1958-11-21 |
The Law and Jake Wade as Clint Hollister | 1958-06-06 |
Time Limit as Col. William Edwards | 1957-10-23 |
Saint Joan as The Dauphin, Charles VII | 1957-05-08 |
The Last Wagon as Comanche Todd | 1956-09-21 |
Run for the Sun as Michael 'Mike' Latimer | 1956-07-30 |
Backlash as Jim Slater | 1956-03-14 |
Boy with a Knife as Narrator | 1956-01-01 |
A Prize of Gold as Sgt. Joe Lawrence | 1955-10-14 |
The Cobweb as Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver | 1955-06-07 |
Broken Lance as Ben Devereaux | 1954-09-25 |
Garden of Evil as Fiske | 1954-07-09 |
Hell and High Water as Capt. Adam Jones | 1954-02-06 |
Take the High Ground! as Sgt. Thorne Ryan | 1953-10-30 |
Pickup on South Street as Skip McCoy | 1953-05-27 |
Destination Gobi as Sam McHale | 1953-03-20 |
My Pal Gus as Dave Jennings | 1952-12-01 |
O. Henry's Full House as Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call") | 1952-08-07 |
Don't Bother to Knock as Jed Towers | 1952-07-18 |
Red Skies of Montana as Cliff Mason | 1952-01-23 |
The Frogmen as Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence | 1951-01-25 |
Halls of Montezuma as Lt. Carl Anderson | 1951-01-04 |
No Way Out as Ray Biddle | 1950-08-16 |
Panic in the Streets as Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D. | 1950-07-27 |
Night and the City as Harry Fabian | 1950-06-15 |
Slattery's Hurricane as Lt. Willard Francis Slattery | 1949-08-11 |
Down to the Sea in Ships as Dan Lunceford | 1949-02-15 |
Yellow Sky as Dude | 1948-12-24 |
Road House as Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins | 1948-09-22 |
The Street with No Name as Alec Stiles | 1948-07-14 |
Kiss of Death as Tommy Udo | 1947-08-27 |