Richard Widmark
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 26, 1914, Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA
- Died
- March 24, 2008
- Movies
- 89
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 film noirs, 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 contribution to the motion picture industry, Widmark has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6800 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2002, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2002 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Skip McCoy (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters | Self |
| 1999 | Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel | |
| 1999 | Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait | Self - Actor |
| 1997 | Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self |
| 1995 | Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Self |
| 1992 | Lincoln | Ward Hill Lamon (voice) |
| 1992 | John Wayne's 'The Alamo' | Jim Bowie |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | True Colors | Sen. James Stiles |
| 1989 | Cold Sassy Tree | Enoch Rucker Blakeslee |
| 1988 | Once Upon a Texas Train | Capt. Owen Hayes |
| 1987 | A Gathering of Old Men | Sheriff Mapes |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1986 | Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Self - Narrator |
| 1986 | The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Self |
| 1985 | Blackout | Joe Steiner |
| 1984 | Against All Odds | Ben Caxton |
| 1982 | Who Dares Wins | Secretary of State Arthur Currie |
| 1982 | Hanky Panky | Ransom |
| 1982 | National Lampoon's Movie Madness | Stan Nagurski ("Municipalians") |
| 1981 | A Whale for the Killing | Tom Goodenough |
| 1980 | All God's Children | Judge Parke Denison |
| 1979 | All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman | Self |
| 1979 | Bear Island | Otto Gerran |
| 1978 | The Swarm | General 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 | Will Spence |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Mr. Ratchett |
| 1973 | Brock's Last Case | Lieutenant Max Brock |
| 1972 | When the Legends Die | Red Dillon |
| 1971 | Directed by John Ford | (archive footage) |
| 1970 | The Moonshine War | Dr. Emmett Taulbee |
| 1969 | Death of a Gunfighter | Marshal Frank Patch |
| 1969 | A Talent for Loving | Major William 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 | The Long Ships | Rolfe |
| 1964 | Flight from Ashiya | L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Mike King |
| 1962 | Exercise No. One | |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | 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 |
| 1956 | Boy with a Knife | Narrator |
| 1955 | A Prize of Gold | Sgt. Joe Lawrence |
| 1955 | The Cobweb | Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver |
| 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 | Sam McHale |
| 1952 | 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 |
| 1951 | The Frogmen | Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence |
| 1951 | Halls of Montezuma | Lt. Carl 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 | 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 |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1965 | The Bedford Incident | Producer |
| 1961 | The Secret Ways | Producer |
| 1957 | Time Limit | Producer |
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