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Richard Widmark

1914 - 2008

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Richard Weedt Widmark (December 26, 1914 – March 24, 2008) was an American film, stage, and television actor and producer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, Kiss of Death (1947), for which he also won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Early in his career, Widmark was typecast in similar villainous or anti-hero roles in films noir, but he later branched out into more heroic leading and supporting roles in Westerns, mainstream dramas, and horror films among others. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Widmark is the 235th most popular actor (down from 230th in 2019), the 531st most popular biography from United States (down from 437th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular American Actor.

Richard Widmark was an American actor who is most famous for his role in the film Kiss of Death.

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Among actors, Richard Widmark ranks 235 out of 13,578. Before him are Romina Power, Philippe Noiret, Louis Gossett Jr., Antonio Banderas, David Morse, and Dolph Lundgren. After him are Sean Penn, Willem Dafoe, Jim Belushi, Giuliano Gemma, John Hurt, and Kim Basinger.

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Among people born in 1914, Richard Widmark ranks 17. Before him are Marguerite Duras, Julio Cortázar, Octavio Paz, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Alec Guinness, and Jiang Qing. After him are Michael Wittmann, Jack LaLanne, Romain Gary, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, William S. Burroughs, and Karl Carstens. Among people deceased in 2008, Richard Widmark ranks 16. Before him are Samuel P. Huntington, Willis Lamb, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, Hua Guofeng, Albert Hofmann, and Irena Sendler. After him are Miriam Makeba, Mahmoud Darwish, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Sydney Pollack, Jørn Utzon, and Richard Wright.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Widmark ranks 531 out of 20,380. Before him are Irwin Rose (1926), Dean Martin (1917), Herman Hollerith (1860), Jim Mattis (1950), David Morse (1953), and Vincent du Vigneaud (1901). After him are Sean Penn (1960), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Gertrude Stein (1874), Harriet Tubman (1820), Joe Frazier (1944), and Willem Dafoe (1955).

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Among actors born in United States, Richard Widmark ranks 122. Before him are Nicole Kidman (1967), James Hong (1929), Robert Taylor (1911), Romina Power (1951), Louis Gossett Jr. (1936), and David Morse (1953). After him are Sean Penn (1960), Willem Dafoe (1955), Jim Belushi (1954), Kim Basinger (1953), Anne Hathaway (1982), and Danny Trejo (1944).

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