Richard Widmark

Known For

Acting

Born

Dec 26, 1914

Died

Mar 24, 2008

Place of Birth

Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA

Credits

104 titles

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 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.

Known For

Filmography

2002

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Skip McCoy (archive footage)

Movie
2000

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

Self

Movie
1999

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

Movie
1999

Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

Self - Actor

Movie
1997

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Self

Movie
1995

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

Self

Movie
1994

The World of Hammer

Self (archive footage)

Tv
1992

Lincoln

Ward Hill Lamon (voice)

Movie
1992

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

Jim Bowie

Movie
1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Self (archive footage)

Movie
1991

True Colors

Sen. James Stiles

Movie
1989

Cold Sassy Tree

Enoch Rucker Blakeslee

Movie
1988

Once Upon a Texas Train

Capt. Owen Hayes

Movie
1987

A Gathering of Old Men

Sheriff Mapes

Movie
1987

Biography

Self - Actor

Tv
1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage)

Movie
1986

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Self - Narrator

Movie
1986

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

Self

Movie
1985

Blackout

Joe Steiner

Movie
1984

Against All Odds

Ben Caxton

Movie
1982

Who Dares Wins

Secretary of State Arthur Currie

Movie
1982

Yesteryear

Self

Tv
1982

Hanky Panky

Ransom

Movie
1982

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

Stan Nagurski ("Municipalians")

Movie
1982

Champs-Elysées

Self

Tv
1981

A Whale for the Killing

Tom Goodenough

Movie
1980

All God's Children

Judge Parke Denison

Movie
1979

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

Self

Movie
1979

Bear Island

Otto Gerran

Movie
1979

Mr. Horn

Al Sieber

Tv
1979

Mr. Horn

Al Sieber

Movie
1978

The Swarm

Gen. Thaddeus Slater

Movie
1978

Coma

Dr. Harris

Movie
1977

Rollercoaster

Agent Hoyt

Movie
1977

The Domino Principle

Tagge

Movie
1977

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA

Movie
1976

The Sell Out

Sam Lucas

Movie
1976

To the Devil a Daughter

John Verney

Movie
1975

The Last Day

Will Spence

Movie
1974

Murder on the Orient Express

Mr. Ratchett

Movie
1974

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

Rebel Benjamin Franklin

Tv
1973

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Self

Tv
1973

Brock's Last Case

Lieutenant Max Brock

Movie
1972

When the Legends Die

Red Dillon

Movie
1972

Madigan

Dan Madigan

Tv
1971

Directed by John Ford

(archive footage)

Movie
1971

V.I.P. Schaukel

Self

Tv
1971

Vanished

President Paul Roudebush

Tv
1970

The Moonshine War

Dr. Emmett Taulbee

Movie
1969

Death of a Gunfighter

Marshal Frank Patch

Movie