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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…
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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.
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Skip McCoy (archive footage)
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
as Self
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
as Self - Actor
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as Self
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
as Self
No Poster
Lincoln
as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
No Poster
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Jim Bowie
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
True Colors
as Sen. James Stiles
Cold Sassy Tree
as Enoch Rucker Blakeslee
Once Upon a Texas Train
as Capt. Owen Hayes
A Gathering of Old Men
as Sheriff Mapes
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self - Narrator
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self
Blackout
as Joe Steiner
Against All Odds
as Ben Caxton
Who Dares Wins
as Secretary of State Arthur Currie
Hanky Panky
as Ransom
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Stan Nagurski ("Municipalians")
A Whale for the Killing
as Tom Goodenough
All God's Children
as Judge Parke Denison
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self
Bear Island
as Otto Gerran
The Swarm
as General Slater
Coma
as Dr. Harris
Rollercoaster
as Agent Hoyt
The Domino Principle
as Tagge
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA
The Sell Out
as Sam Lucas
To the Devil a Daughter
as John Verney
The Last Day
as Will Spence
Murder on the Orient Express
as Mr. Ratchett
Brock's Last Case
as Lieutenant Max Brock
When the Legends Die
as Red Dillon
Directed by John Ford
as (archive footage)
The Moonshine War
as Dr. Emmett Taulbee
Death of a Gunfighter
as Marshal Frank Patch
A Talent for Loving
as Major William Patten
Madigan
as Det. Daniel Madigan
The Way West
as Lije Evans
Alvarez Kelly
as Col. Tom Rossiter
The Bedford Incident
as Captain Eric Finlander, U.S.N.
Cheyenne Autumn
as Capt. Thomas Archer
The Long Ships
as Rolfe
Flight from Ashiya
as L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson
How the West Was Won
as Mike King
No Poster
Exercise No. One
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Tad Lawson
Two Rode Together
as First Lt. Jim Gary
The Secret Ways
as Michael Reynolds
The Alamo
as Jim Bowie
Warlock
as Johnny Gannon
The Trap
as Ralph Anderson
The Tunnel of Love
as August 'Augie' Poole
The Law and Jake Wade
as Clint Hollister
Time Limit
as Col. William Edwards
Saint Joan
as The Dauphin, Charles VII
The Last Wagon
as Comanche Todd
Run for the Sun
as Michael 'Mike' Latimer
Backlash
as Jim Slater
Boy with a Knife
as Narrator
A Prize of Gold
as Sgt. Joe Lawrence
The Cobweb
as Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver
Broken Lance
as Ben Devereaux
Garden of Evil
as Fiske
Hell and High Water
as Capt. Adam Jones
Take the High Ground!
as Sgt. Thorne Ryan
Pickup on South Street
as Skip McCoy
Destination Gobi
as Sam McHale
My Pal Gus
as Dave Jennings
O. Henry's Full House
as Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
Don't Bother to Knock
as Jed Towers
Red Skies of Montana
as Cliff Mason
The Frogmen
as Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence
Halls of Montezuma
as Lt. Carl Anderson
No Way Out
as Ray Biddle
Panic in the Streets
as Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
Night and the City
as Harry Fabian
Slattery's Hurricane
as Lt. Willard Francis Slattery
Down to the Sea in Ships
as Dan Lunceford
Yellow Sky
as Dude
Road House
as Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins
The Street with No Name
as Alec Stiles
Kiss of Death
as Tommy Udo