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Richard Widmark
Actor · Producer· Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA
Richard Widmark, an American actor active from the 1940s through the 2000s, was best known for his Oscar-nominated debut as the malevolent Tommy Udo in "Kiss of Death." Early in his career, Widmark carved out a niche for himself in film noirs, portraying villainous and anti-hero characters. As he aged, he diversified, taking on leading roles in westerns, dramas, and horror films. At his death in 2008, Widmark was the oldest surviving Oscar nominee from the 1940s and boasts a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. He was also inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame in 2002.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
69 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Skip McCoy (archive footage) | Film |
| 1999 | Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait | Self - Actor | Film |
| 1991 | True Colors | Sen. James Stiles | Film |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1988 | Once Upon a Texas Train | Capt. Owen Hayes | Film |
| 1987 | A Gathering of Old Men | Sheriff Mapes | Film |
| 1984 | Against All Odds | Ben Caxton | Film |
| 1982 | Who Dares Wins | Secretary of State Arthur Currie | Film |
| 1982 | Hanky Panky | Ransom | Film |
| 1979 | Bear Island | Otto Gerran | Film |
| 1978 | Coma | Dr. Harris | Film |
| 1978 | The Swarm | General Slater | Film |
| 1977 | Rollercoaster | Agent Hoyt | Film |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA | Film |
| 1977 | The Domino Principle | Tagge | Film |
| 1976 | To the Devil a Daughter | John Verney | Film |
| 1976 | The Sell Out | Sam Lucas | Film |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Mr. Ratchett | Film |
| 1971 | Directed by John Ford | (archive footage) | Film |
| 1970 | The Moonshine War | Dr. Emmett Taulbee | Film |
| 1969 | Death of a Gunfighter | Marshal Frank Patch | Film |
| 1969 | A Talent for Loving | Major William Patten | Film |
| 1968 | Madigan | Det. Daniel Madigan | Film |
| 1967 | The Way West | Lije Evans | Film |
| 1966 | Alvarez Kelly | Col. Tom Rossiter | Film |
| 1965 | The Bedford Incident | Captain Eric Finlander, U.S.N. | Film |
| 1965 | The Bedford Incident | Producer | Film |
| 1964 | The Long Ships | Rolfe | Film |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Capt. Thomas Archer | Film |
| 1964 | Flight from Ashiya | L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson | Film |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Mike King | Film |
| 1961 | The Secret Ways | Michael Reynolds | Film |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together | First Lt. Jim Gary | Film |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Tad Lawson | Film |
| 1961 | The Secret Ways | Producer | Film |
| 1960 | The Alamo | Jim Bowie | Film |
| 1959 | The Trap | Ralph Anderson | Film |
| 1959 | Warlock | Johnny Gannon | Film |
| 1958 | The Tunnel of Love | August 'Augie' Poole | Film |
| 1958 | The Law and Jake Wade | Clint Hollister | Film |
| 1957 | Time Limit | Col. William Edwards | Film |
| 1957 | Saint Joan | The Dauphin, Charles VII | Film |
| 1957 | Time Limit | Producer | Film |
| 1956 | The Last Wagon | Comanche Todd | Film |
| 1956 | Run for the Sun | Michael 'Mike' Latimer | Film |
| 1956 | Backlash | Jim Slater | Film |
| 1955 | The Cobweb | Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver | Film |
| 1955 | A Prize of Gold | Sgt. Joe Lawrence | Film |
| 1954 | Garden of Evil | Fiske | Film |
| 1954 | Hell and High Water | Capt. Adam Jones | Film |
| 1954 | Broken Lance | Ben Devereaux | Film |
| 1953 | Take the High Ground! | Sgt. Thorne Ryan | Film |
| 1953 | Pickup on South Street | Skip McCoy | Film |
| 1953 | Destination Gobi | Sam McHale | Film |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call") | Film |
| 1952 | Don't Bother to Knock | Jed Towers | Film |
| 1952 | My Pal Gus | Dave Jennings | Film |
| 1952 | Red Skies of Montana | Cliff Mason | Film |
| 1951 | Halls of Montezuma | Lt. Carl Anderson | Film |
| 1951 | The Frogmen | Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence | Film |
| 1950 | Panic in the Streets | Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D. | Film |
| 1950 | No Way Out | Ray Biddle | Film |
| 1950 | Night and the City | Harry Fabian | Film |
| 1949 | Slattery's Hurricane | Lt. Willard Francis Slattery | Film |
| 1949 | Down to the Sea in Ships | Dan Lunceford | Film |
| 1948 | The Street with No Name | Alec Stiles | Film |
| 1948 | Yellow Sky | Dude | Film |
| 1948 | Road House | Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins | Film |
| 1947 | Kiss of Death | Tommy Udo | Film |
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