Acting
Richard Todd
Born June 11, 1919 · Dublin, Ireland
Died December 3, 2009 · aged 90
Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd (11 June 1919 – 3 December 2009) was an Irish actor known for his leading man roles of the 1950s. He received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, and an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance as Corporal Lachlan MacLachlan in the 1949 film The Hasty Heart. His other notable r…
Known For
The Longest Day · 1962The Longest Day
★ 7.61962
MovieWarDrama
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
The Dam Busters · 1955The Dam Busters
★ 6.91955
MovieDramaHistory
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
Stage Fright · 1950Stage Fright
★ 6.81950
MovieThriller
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
Operation Crossbow · 1965Operation Crossbow
★ 6.71965
MovieDramaWar
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.
Asylum · 1972Asylum
★ 6.01972
MovieHorror
A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.
House of the Long Shadows · 1983House of the Long Shadows
★ 6.41983
MovieHorrorComedy
An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet that he can write a classic novel like 'Wuthering Heights' in 24 hours. However, upon his arrival he discovers that the apparently empty manor has several rather odd inhabitants.
The Virgin Queen · 1955The Virgin Queen
★ 7.01955
MovieDramaHistory
Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
D-Day the Sixth of June · 1956D-Day the Sixth of June
★ 5.31956
MovieWarDrama
En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.
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The Dam Busters · 1955The Dam Busters
★ 6.91955
MovieDramaHistory
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
A Yank at Oxford · 1938A Yank at Oxford
★ 6.81938
MovieDramaRomance
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
Extra in Sporting Event (uncredited)
The Secrets of the Bed · 1954The Secrets of the Bed
★ 3.81954
MovieComedy
Four-episode Franco-Italian omnibus film. Four men from different national and cultural background take refuge in a cabin after being sidetracked by bad weather on their way to conference.
Captain Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")


























