
Known for
Acting
Born
June 11, 1919
Birthplace
Dublin, Ireland
Died
December 3, 2009 (aged 90)
Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd (11 June 1919 – 3 December 2009) was an Irish 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 Corporal Lachlan MacLachlan in the 1949 film The Hasty Heart. His other notable roles include Jonathan Cooper in Stage Fright (1950), Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters (1955), Sir Walter Raleigh in The Virgin Queen (1955), and Major John Howard in The Longest Day (1962). He was previously a Captain in the British Army during the Second World War, fighting in the D-Day...
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as H.G. Wells
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as Lord Roberts
1991
as Self (archive footage)
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as Lord Wisden
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as Gen. Benjamin Cutler
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as Sam Allyson
1982
as Sanders
1979
as Geoffrey Steele
1978
as Commander Barker
1977
as Arthur Loveday
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1975
as Terence