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.
Top Rated Movies
Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Self | HIT | |
| 1992 | Lincoln | Ward Hill Lamon (voice) | HIT | |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1991 | True Colors | Sen. James Stiles | FLOP | |
| 1989 | Cold Sassy Tree | Enoch Rucker Blakeslee | HIT | |
| 1986 | Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Self - Narrator | HIT | |
| 1986 | The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Self | HIT | |
| 1982 | Who Dares Wins | Secretary of State Arthur Currie | FLOP | |
| 1981 | A Whale for the Killing | Tom Goodenough | HIT | |
| 1979 | Bear Island | Otto Gerran | FLOP | |
| 1978 | Coma | Dr. Harris | HIT | |
| 1977 | Rollercoaster | Agent Hoyt | FLOP | |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA | FLOP | |
| 1975 | The Last Day | Will Spence | FLOP | |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Mr. Ratchett | HIT | |
| 1971 | Directed by John Ford | (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1969 | Death of a Gunfighter | Marshal Frank Patch | FLOP | |
| 1968 | Madigan | Det. Daniel Madigan | FLOP | |
| 1967 | The Way West | Lije Evans | FLOP | |
| 1966 | Alvarez Kelly | Col. Tom Rossiter | FLOP | |
| 1965 | The Bedford Incident | Captain Eric Finlander, U.S.N. | HIT | |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Capt. Thomas Archer | HIT | |
| 1964 | The Long Ships | Rolfe | FLOP | |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Mike King | HIT | |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Tad Lawson | HIT | |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together | First Lt. Jim Gary | FLOP | |
| 1960 | The Alamo | Jim Bowie | HIT | |
| 1959 | Warlock | Johnny Gannon | HIT | |
| 1959 | The Trap | Ralph Anderson | HIT | |
| 1958 | The Law and Jake Wade | Clint Hollister | HIT | |
| 1957 | Time Limit | Col. William Edwards | HIT | |
| 1957 | Saint Joan | The Dauphin, Charles VII | FLOP | |
| 1956 | The Last Wagon | Comanche Todd | HIT | |
| 1956 | Backlash | Jim Slater | HIT | |
| 1954 | Broken Lance | Ben Devereaux | HIT | |
| 1954 | Garden of Evil | Fiske | FLOP | |
| 1954 | Hell and High Water | Capt. Adam Jones | FLOP | |
| 1953 | Pickup on South Street | Skip McCoy | HIT | |
| 1952 | My Pal Gus | Dave Jennings | HIT | |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call") | HIT | |
| 1952 | Don't Bother to Knock | Jed Towers | HIT | |
| 1951 | The Frogmen | Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence | FLOP | |
| 1950 | No Way Out | Ray Biddle | HIT | |
| 1950 | Panic in the Streets | Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D. | HIT | |
| 1950 | Night and the City | Harry Fabian | HIT | |
| 1949 | Down to the Sea in Ships | Dan Lunceford | HIT | |
| 1948 | Yellow Sky | Dude | HIT | |
| 1948 | Road House | Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins | HIT | |
| 1948 | The Street with No Name | Alec Stiles | FLOP | |
| 1947 | Kiss of Death | Tommy Udo | HIT |