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Richard Widmark (1914–2008)

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Richard Widmark grew up in Princeton, Illinois, and attended Lake Forest (IL) College, where he first began acting. He taught acting at Lake Forest after graduation until 1938, when he made his radio debut in New York in "Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories." Widmark made his Broadway stage debut in 1943... See full bio »

Born:

Richard Weedt Widmark
in Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA

Died:

(age 93) in Roxbury, Connecticut, USA
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1992 Lincoln (TV movie)
Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
 
1991 True Colors
Sen. James Stiles
 
1989 Cold Sassy Tree (TV movie)
Enoch Rucker Blakeslee
 
1988 Once Upon a Texas Train (TV movie)
Captain Owen Hayes
 
1987 A Gathering of Old Men (TV movie)
Sheriff Mapes
 
1985 Blackout (TV movie)
Joe Steiner
 
1984 Against All Odds
Ben Caxton
 
1982 The Final Option
Secretary of State Arthur Currie
 
1982 Hanky Panky
Ransom
 
1982 National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Stan Nagurski ("Municipalians")
 
1981 A Whale for the Killing (TV movie)
Tom Goodenough
 
1980 All God's Children (TV movie)
Judge Parke Denison
 
1979 Bear Island
Otto Gerran
 
1979 Mr. Horn (TV movie)
Al Sieber
 
1978 The Swarm
Gen. Slater
 
1978 Coma
Dr. Harris
 
1977 Rollercoaster
Agent Hoyt
 
1977 The Domino Principle
Tagge
 
1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming
Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA
 
1976 The Sell-Out
Sam Lucas
 
1976 To the Devil a Daughter
John Verney
 
1975 The Last Day (TV movie)
Will Spence
 
1975 Benjamin Franklin (TV mini-series)
Benjamin Franklin
– The Rebel (1975) … Benjamin Franklin
 
1974 Murder on the Orient Express
Ratchett
 
1973 Brock's Last Case (TV movie)
Lieutenant Max Brock
 
1972-1973 Madigan (TV series)
Sgt. Dan Madigan
– The Park Avenue Beat (1973) … Sgt. Dan Madigan
– The Naples Beat (1973) … Sgt. Dan Madigan
– The Lisbon Beat (1973) … Sgt. Dan Madigan
– The London Beat (1972) … Sgt. Dan Madigan
– The Midtown Beat (1972) … Sgt. Dan Madigan
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1972 When the Legends Die
Red Dillon
 
1971 Vanished (TV movie)
President Paul Roudebush
 
1970 The Moonshine War
Dr. Emmett Taulbee
 
1969 Death of a Gunfighter
Marshal Frank Patch
 
1969 A Talent for Loving
Major Patten
 
1968 Madigan
Det. Daniel Madigan
 
1967 The Way West
Lije Evans
 
1966 Alvarez Kelly
Col. Tom Rossiter
 
1965 The Bedford Incident
Captain Eric Finlander U.S.N.
 
1964 Cheyenne Autumn
Capt. Thomas Archer
 
1964 Flight from Ashiya
L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson
 
1964 The Long Ships
Rolfe
 
1962 How the West Was Won
Mike King
 
1961 Judgment at Nuremberg
Col. Tad Lawson
 
1961 Two Rode Together
First Lt. Jim Gary
 
1961 The Secret Ways
Michael Reynolds
 
1960 The Alamo
Jim Bowie
 
1959 Warlock
Johnny Gannon
 
1959 The Trap
Ralph Anderson
 
1958 The Tunnel of Love
August 'Augie' Poole
 
1958 The Law and Jake Wade
Clint Hollister
 
1957 Time Limit
Col. William Edwards
 
1957 Saint Joan
The Dauphin, Charles VII
 
1956 The Last Wagon
Comanche Todd
 
1956 Run for the Sun
Michael 'Mike' Latimer
 
1956 Backlash
Jim Slater
 
1955 The Cobweb
Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver
 
1955 A Prize of Gold
Sergeant Joe Lawrence
 
1954 Broken Lance
Ben Devereaux
 
1954 Garden of Evil
Fiske
 
1954 Hell and High Water
Capt. Adam Jones
 
1953 Take the High Ground!
Sgt. Thorne Ryan
 
1953 Pickup on South Street
Skip McCoy
 
1953 Destination Gobi
CPO Samuel T. McHale
 
1952 My Pal Gus
Dave Jennings
 
1952 Full House
Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
 
1952 Don't Bother to Knock
Jed Towers
 
1952 Red Skies of Montana
Cliff Mason
 
1951 The Frogmen
Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence
 
1950 Halls of Montezuma
Lt. Anderson
 
1950 No Way Out
Ray Biddle
 
1950 Panic in the Streets
Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
 
1950 Night and the City
Harry Fabian
 
1949 Slattery's Hurricane
Lt. Willard Francis Slattery
 
1949 Down to the Sea in Ships
First Mate Dan Lunceford
 
1948 Yellow Sky
Dude
 
1948 Road House
Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins
 
1948 The Street with No Name
Alec Stiles
 
1947 Kiss of Death
Tommy Udo
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
1965 The Bedford Incident (producer - uncredited)
 
1961 The Secret Ways (producer)
 
1957 Time Limit (producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1952 Full House (performer: "Gwine to Rune All Night De Camptown Races" 1850 - uncredited)
 
1949 Slattery's Hurricane (performer: "Home on the Range" - uncredited, "Dolores" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1961 The Secret Ways (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1991 Blood and Concrete (the filmmakers wish to express their gratitude to)
 
Show ShowSelf (27 titles)
2002 Dobe and a Company of Heroes (TV movie)
Himself
 
1999-2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Actor
– Jack Palance: From Grit to Grace (2001) … Himself
– Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters (2000) … Himself
– Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel (1999) … Himself - Actor
– Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait (1999) … Himself - Actor
 
1997 Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Le club (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Richard Widmark … Himself
 
1992 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sidney Poitier (TV special)
Himself
 
1989 The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Motion Picture Drama
 
1989 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gregory Peck (TV special)
Himself
 
1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (documentary)
Narrator/Jed Towers (also archive footage: Don't Bother to Knock [1952])
 
1986 The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1984 The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Motion Picture Drama
 
1984 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Lillian Gish (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Richard Widmark: Hollywood mai 1983 (1983) … Himself
 
1981 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1978 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1978 Inside 'The Swarm' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1974 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #4.3 (1974) … Himself
 
1973 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1970 Shooting the Moonshine War (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1964 Freedom Spectacular (TV movie)
Himself
 
1962 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 November 1962 (1962) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 January 1962 (1962) … Himself
 
1961 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Special Effects
 
1955 I Love Lucy (TV series)
Himself
– The Tour (1955) … Himself
 
1955 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1954 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 31 January 1954 (1954) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (short)
Himself
 
1951 Screen Snapshots: Hopalong in Hoppy Land (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (17 titles)
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2009 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2009 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2008 The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - In Memoriam
 
2008 Empire State Building Murders (TV movie)
Stan
 
2005 Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (TV movie)
 
2004 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (documentary)
 
2003 Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (TV documentary)
Himself/Capt. Thomas Archer (from Cheyenne Autumn (1964)) (uncredited)
 
2002 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (TV documentary)
Skip McCoy
 
2002 The Kid Stays in the Picture (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1998 Classified X (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (video documentary short)
Jim Bowie
 
1989 Things I Like, Things I Don't Like (short)
Tommy Udo (uncredited)
 
1981 Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980 Fade to Black
Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
 
1971 Directed by John Ford (documentary)
 
1953 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1944) Stage: Appeared in "Trio" on Broadway. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 2 Interviews  | 22 Articles  | 4 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[speaking in 1976] The heavies in my day were kid's stuff compared to today. Our villains had no redeeming qualities. But there's a new morality today. A villain is a guy with a frailty. Heroes are villains. See more »

Trivia:

His father was Swedish by descent; his mother was Scottish, English and Irish. See more »

Nickname:

Dick See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn