Richard Widmark
American actor and producer (1914–2008)
- Born December 26, 1914
- 20 movies
Richard Widmark was an American actor and film producer. For his debut film role as the villainous Tommy Udo in the film noir Kiss of Death (1947), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won the inaugural Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Typecast early in villainous or anti-hero roles in films noir, he later branched out into heroic leads in Westerns, dramas and horror films, and produced several films.
Richard Widmark appears in 20 films in The Rerun, from 1947 to 1976. Most of that work is in drama, western and crime. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Edward Dmytryk (3), Karl Malden (3), Henry Hathaway (3), Jean Peters (3), Peter Sykes (2).
Known for
- Kiss of Death (1947), Tommy Udo. His debut film role, which earned an Academy Award nomination.
- Night and the City (1950).
- Halls of Montezuma (1951).
- Don’t Bother to Knock (1952).
- Pickup on South Street (1953). A 1953 film noir from the early part of his career.
- The Alamo (1960).
Movies
The Way West
Alvarez Kelly
Cheyenne Autumn
The Alamo
Warlock
Saint Joan
The Last Wagon
Garden of Evil
Broken Lance
Pickup on South Street
Don’t Bother to Knock
O. Henry’s Full House
Halls of Montezuma
Night and the City
Panic in the Streets
No Way Out
Yellow Sky
The Street with No Name
Kiss of Death
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Richard Widmark been in?
- Richard Widmark appears in To the Devil a Daughter (1976), The Way West (1967), Alvarez Kelly (1966), Cheyenne Autumn (1964), The Alamo (1960), Warlock (1959), Saint Joan (1957), The Last Wagon (1956), Garden of Evil (1954), Broken Lance (1954), Pickup on South Street (1953) and Don’t Bother to Knock (1952) on The Remote.
- When was Richard Widmark born?
- Richard Widmark was born on 26 December 1914.
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