Richard Widmark (1914–2008)

Actor | Producer | Soundtrack

Richard Widmark established himself as an icon of American cinema with his debut in the 1947 film ...

Born: December 26, 1914
Died: March 24, 2008 (age 93)

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Known For

The Alamo Col. Jim Bowie (1960)
Kiss of Death Tommy Udo (1947)
Murder on the Orient Express Ratchett (1974)
Known For

Coma Dr. Harris (1978)
Actor

Lincoln Ward Hill Lamon (1992)
True Colors Sen. James Stiles (1991)
Cold Sassy Tree Enoch Rucker Blakeslee (1989)
Once Upon a Texas Train Captain Owen Hayes (1988)
A Gathering of Old Men Sheriff Mapes (1987)
Blackout Joe Steiner (1985)
Against All Odds Ben Caxton (1984)
The Final Option Secretary of State (1982)
Hanky Panky Ransom (1982)
Movie Madness Stan Nagurski ("Municipalians") (1982)
A Whale for the Killing Tom Goodenough (1981)
All God's Children Judge Parke Denison (1980)
Bear Island Otto Gerran (1979)
Mr. Horn Al Sieber (1979)
The Swarm General Slater (1978)
Coma Dr. Harris (1978)
Rollercoaster Hoyt (1977)
The Domino Killings Tagge (1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA (1977)
The Sell-Out Sam Lucas (1976)
To the Devil a Daughter John Verney (1976)
The Last Day Will Spence (1975)
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin (1974-1975)
Murder on the Orient Express Ratchett (1974)
Brock's Last Case Lieutenant Max Brock (1973)
Madigan Sgt. Dan Madigan (1972-1973)
When the Legends Die Red Dillon (1972)
Vanished President Paul Roudebush (1971)
The Moonshine War Dr. Emmett Taulbee (1970)
A Talent for Loving Major Patten (1969)
Death of a Gunfighter Marshal Frank Patch (1969)
Madigan Det. Daniel Madigan (1968)
The Way West Lije Evans (1967)
Alvarez Kelly Col. Tom Rossiter (1966)
The Bedford Incident Captain Eric Finlander U.S.N. (1965)
Cheyenne Autumn Capt. Thomas Archer (1964)
Flight from Ashiya L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson (1964)
The Long Ships Rolfe (1964)
How the West Was Won Mike King (1962)
Judgment at Nuremberg Col. Tad Lawson (1961)
Two Rode Together First Lt. Jim Gary (1961)
The Secret Ways Michael Reynolds (1961)
The Alamo Col. Jim Bowie (1960)
Warlock Johnny Gannon (1959)
The Trap Ralph Anderson (1959)
The Tunnel of Love August 'Augie' Poole (1958)
The Law and Jake Wade Clint Hollister (1958)
Time Limit Col. William Edwards (1957)
Saint Joan The Dauphin, Charles VII (1957)
The Last Wagon Comanche Todd (1956)
Run for the Sun Michael 'Mike' Latimer (1956)
Backlash Jim Slater (1956)
A Prize of Gold Sergeant Joe Lawrence (1955)
The Cobweb Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver (1955)
I Love Lucy Richard Widmark (1955)
Broken Lance Ben Devereaux (1954)
Garden of Evil Fiske (1954)
Hell and High Water Capt. Adam Jones (1954)
Take the High Ground! Sgt. Thorne Ryan (1953)
Pickup on South Street Skip McCoy (1953)
Destination Gobi CPO Samuel T. McHale (1953)
My Pal Gus Dave Jennings (1952)
O. Henry's Full House Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call") (1952)
Don't Bother to Knock Jed Towers (1952)
Red Skies of Montana Cliff Mason (1952)
The Frogmen Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence (1951)
Halls of Montezuma Lt. Anderson (1951)
No Way Out Ray Biddle (1950)
Panic in the Streets Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D. (1950)
Night and the City Harry Fabian (1950)
Slattery's Hurricane Lt. Will Slattery USNR (1949)
Down to the Sea in Ships First Mate Dan Lunceford (1949)
Yellow Sky Dude (1948)
Road House Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins (1948)
The Street with No Name Alec Stiles (1948)
Actor

Kiss of Death Tommy Udo (1947)
Producer

The Bedford Incident (1965)
The Secret Ways (1961)
Producer

Time Limit (1957)
Soundtrack

O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Soundtrack

Slattery's Hurricane (1949)
Director

The Secret Ways (1961)
Archive footage

I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009)
The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2009)
15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009)
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008)
Empire State Building Murders (2008)
Agatha Christie: A Woman of Mystery (2007)
Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (2005)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003)
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)
The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
Classified X (1998)
20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
The World of Hammer (1994)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (1992)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
Hollywood Mavericks (1990)
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like (1989)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson (1987)
Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (1981)
Fade to Black (1980)
Directed by John Ford (1971)
Archive footage

The Ed Sullivan Show (1953)
Hollywood Remembers (2000)

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Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar.

Another 6 wins & 4 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

At 5' 10", he was one of the shorter leading men of his era.

Quotes

[on Movie Madness (1982)] What a disaster! Who directed that? Oh, Henry Jaglom. Enough said!

Nickname

Dick

Star Sign

Capricorn

Personal Details

Born

Richard Weedt Widmark
December 26, 1914
Sunrise Township, Chisago County, Minnesota, USA

Died

March 24, 2008 (age 93)
Roxbury, Connecticut, USA

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)

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Nominated for 1 Oscar.

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