Richard Widmark
Acting
- Born:
- 1914-12-26
- Died:
- 2008-03-24
- Place of birth:
- Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA
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
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
The World of Hammer
Lincoln
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
True Colors
Cold Sassy Tree
Once Upon a Texas Train
A Gathering of Old Men
Biography
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Blackout
Against All Odds
Who Dares Wins
Yesteryear
Hanky Panky
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Champs-Elysées
A Whale for the Killing
All God's Children
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Bear Island
Mr. Horn
The Swarm
Coma
Rollercoaster
The Domino Principle
Twilight's Last Gleaming
The Sell Out
To the Devil a Daughter
The Last Day
Murder on the Orient Express
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Brock's Last Case
When the Legends Die
Madigan
Directed by John Ford
V.I.P. Schaukel
Vanished
The Moonshine War
Death of a Gunfighter
A Talent for Loving
Madigan
The Way West
Alvarez Kelly
The Bedford Incident
Cheyenne Autumn
The Long Ships
Flight from Ashiya
How the West Was Won
Exercise No. One
Judgment at Nuremberg