Richard Widmark

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-12-26 (94 years old)

Deathday

2008-03-24

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 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 contribu...

Acting

1961

1977

Rollercoaster

as Agent Hoyt

1974

1968

Madigan

as Det. Daniel Madigan

1948

Yellow Sky

as Dude

1948

Road House

as Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins

1960

The Alamo

as Jim Bowie

1978

Coma

as Dr. Harris

1947

Kiss of Death

as Tommy Udo

1984

Against All Odds

as Ben Caxton

1954

Hell and High Water

as Capt. Adam Jones

1952

1962

1982

Hanky Panky

as Ransom

1950

Panic in the Streets

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

1961

Two Rode Together

as First Lt. Jim Gary

1953

1949

Slattery's Hurricane

as Lt. Willard Francis Slattery

1976

1950

No Way Out

as Ray Biddle

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

as Capt. Thomas Archer

1954

1954

Broken Lance

as Ben Devereaux

1948

1967

The Way West

as Lije Evans

1966

Alvarez Kelly

as Col. Tom Rossiter

1959

Warlock

as Johnny Gannon

1961

The Secret Ways

as Michael Reynolds

1956

Backlash

as Jim Slater

1964

1958

The Law and Jake Wade

as Clint Hollister

1951

The Frogmen

as Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence

1956

The Last Wagon

as Comanche Todd

1958

The Tunnel of Love

as August 'Augie' Poole

1979

Bear Island

as Otto Gerran

1951

Halls of Montezuma

as Lt. Carl Anderson

1957

Time Limit

as Col. William Edwards

1956

Run for the Sun

as Michael 'Mike' Latimer

1978

The Swarm

as Gen. Thaddeus Slater

1965

The Bedford Incident

as Captain Eric Finlander, U.S.N.

1950

Night and the City

as Harry Fabian

1982

Who Dares Wins

as Secretary of State Arthur Currie

1959

The Trap

as Ralph Anderson

1969

Death of a Gunfighter

as Marshal Frank Patch

1977

Twilight's Last Gleaming

as Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA

1955

The Cobweb

as Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver

1987

A Gathering of Old Men

as Sheriff Mapes

1953

Take the High Ground!

as Sgt. Thorne Ryan

1952

My Pal Gus

as Dave Jennings

1976

The Sell Out

as Sam Lucas

1970

The Moonshine War

as Dr. Emmett Taulbee

1957

Saint Joan

as The Dauphin, Charles VII

1953

Destination Gobi

as Sam McHale

1952

Red Skies of Montana

as Cliff Mason

1964

Flight from Ashiya

as L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson

1955

A Prize of Gold

as Sgt. Joe Lawrence

1949

Down to the Sea in Ships

as Dan Lunceford

1986

1985

Blackout

as Joe Steiner

1972

2002

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

as Skip McCoy (archive footage)

1981

A Whale for the Killing

as Tom Goodenough

1971

Directed by John Ford

as (archive footage)

1975

The Last Day

as Will Spence

1989

Cold Sassy Tree

as Enoch Rucker Blakeslee

1952

O. Henry's Full House

as Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")

1982

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

as Stan Nagurski ("Municipalians")

1992

Lincoln

as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)

1988

Once Upon a Texas Train

as Capt. Owen Hayes

1973

Brock's Last Case

as Lieutenant Max Brock

1969

A Talent for Loving

as Major William Patten

1956

Boy with a Knife

as Narrator

1979

Mr. Horn

as Al Sieber

1991

True Colors

as Sen. James Stiles

1980

All God's Children

as Judge Parke Denison

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Self (archive footage)

1992

1995

American Cinema

as Narrator

Production

1961

The Secret Ways

as Producer

1965

1957

Time Limit

as Producer

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