Richard Todd

Known for Acting

6/11/1919

Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Richard Todd OBE (11 June 1919 – 3 December 2009) was an Irish-born British stage and film actor and soldier. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Todd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For (73 credits)

7.6

The Royal

2003

Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.

6.1

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

2000

A modern day version of the 1969 detective series about Private Investigator Jeff Randall, who is aided in cases by the ghost of his deceased partner Marty Hopkirk.

7.5

Midsomer Murders

1997

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.

6.0

Movie

No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

1996

Biography of Marlene Dietrich using interviews, film clips and rare footage of the actress, including her own home movies.

7.6

Silent Witness

1996

Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.

Movie

Beautiful Lies

1992

August 1941: HG Wells confronts George Orwell, who has just published a scathing attack on him. As wartime London endures the Blitz, they speculate on life and death, truth and propaganda.

6.5

Virtual Murder

1992

John Cornelius (called JC) is a university don who also works for his city police force as a consultant psychologist. Samantha Valentine is his offbeat personal assistant and lover, while Inspector Cadogan is their police contact and Professor Owen Griffiths is Cornelius's head of department.

7.1

Heartbeat

1992

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

5.2

Movie

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

1992

King Edward asks Sherlock Holmes to perform one more task before his retirement: to safeguard the Star of Africa on a trip to Cape Town. Soon the fabled jewel is stolen and several people end up being murdered.

7.7

Movie

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.

Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

1989

Two-part documentary celebrating the 75th anniversary of what was once the biggest film production centre outside Hollywood: Elstree.

2.5

Movie

Olympus Force: The Key

1988

Olympian gods watch the Earth and resolve to fight a group of terrorists who stole a diskette containing a secret that can destroy the world.