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Richard Todd

1919 - 2009

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Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd (11 June 1919 – 3 December 2009) was an Irish-British 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 roles include Jonathan Cooper in Stage Fright (1950), Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters (1955), Sir Walter Raleigh in The Virgin Queen (1955), and Major John Howard in The Longest Day (1962). He was previously a Captain in the British Army during the Second World War, fighting in the D-Day landings as a member of the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Todd is the 4,105th most popular actor (up from 4,437th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Irish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Todd ranks 4,105 out of 13,578. Before him are Kristin Chenoweth, Nita Naldi, Dan Levy, Simon Helberg, Edmund Purdom, and Giovanna Antonelli. After him are Roger Rees, Carice van Houten, Miyoshi Umeki, Nikolai Burlyayev, Dorothy Gish, and Jon Pertwee.

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Among people born in 1919, Richard Todd ranks 223. Before him are Richard Bergmann, Nilla Pizzi, Arnold Meri, Wilson Greatbatch, Béla Sárosi, and Bep Voskuijl. After him are Jon Pertwee, Grisha Filipov, Lennie Tristano, Wasfi Tal, Michel Déon, and Wu Wenjun. Among people deceased in 2009, Richard Todd ranks 220. Before him are Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Henry Gibson, Helen Levitt, Uma Aaltonen, Alfred Swift, and Edmund Purdom. After him are Knut Haugland, Edward Woodward, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Léon Glovacki, Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, and Tullio Pinelli.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Richard Todd ranks 208 out of 549. Before him are Stephen Roche (1959), John Ellis (1710), Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), William Orpen (1878), Paul Kane (1810), and Richard Steele (1672). After him are Brendan Behan (1923), Mary Proctor (1862), Shelley McNamara (1952), Jason O'Mara (1972), Martin Sheridan (1881), and Sinéad Cusack (1948).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Richard Todd ranks 27. Before him are Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Dorothea Jordan (1761), Jack Gleeson (1992), Tom Moore (1883), and Patrick Bergin (1951). After him are Jason O'Mara (1972), Sinéad Cusack (1948), Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), Andrew Scott (1976), Sara Allgood (1879), and Ray McAnally (1926).

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