Richard Widmark

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

104

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-12-26

Day of death

2008-03-24 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA

Richard Widmark

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

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • I Love Lucy

    I Love Lucy

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Biography

    Biography

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

  • A Whale for the Killing

    A Whale for the Killing

  • Coma

    Coma

  • Bear Island

    Bear Island

  • No Way Out

    No Way Out

  • Judgment at Nuremberg

    Judgment at Nuremberg

  • Saint Joan

    Saint Joan

  • Against All Odds

    Against All Odds

  • The Way West

    The Way West

  • Backlash

    Backlash

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • True Colors

    True Colors

  • Rollercoaster

    Rollercoaster

  • O. Henry's Full House

    O. Henry's Full House

  • Blackout

    Blackout

  • Destination Gobi

    Destination Gobi

  • The Swarm

    The Swarm

  • The Trap

    The Trap

  • Yellow Sky

    Yellow Sky

  • Warlock

    Warlock

  • Cheyenne Autumn

    Cheyenne Autumn

  • The Frogmen

    The Frogmen

  • Broken Lance

    Broken Lance

  • Two Rode Together

    Two Rode Together

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

  • Madigan

    Madigan

  • Who Dares Wins

    Who Dares Wins

  • Time Limit

    Time Limit

  • Road House

    Road House

  • To the Devil a Daughter

    To the Devil a Daughter

  • Flight from Ashiya

    Flight from Ashiya

  • Death of a Gunfighter

    Death of a Gunfighter

  • Garden of Evil

    Garden of Evil

  • The Secret Ways

    The Secret Ways

  • Directed by John Ford

    Directed by John Ford

  • Alvarez Kelly

    Alvarez Kelly

  • Halls of Montezuma

    Halls of Montezuma

  • The Alamo

    The Alamo

  • Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street

  • A Talent for Loving

    A Talent for Loving

  • The Domino Principle

    The Domino Principle

  • The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

  • When the Legends Die

    When the Legends Die

  • The Bedford Incident

    The Bedford Incident

  • The World of Hammer

    The World of Hammer

  • The Last Wagon

    The Last Wagon

  • Down to the Sea in Ships

    Down to the Sea in Ships

  • Hanky Panky

    Hanky Panky

  • A Prize of Gold

    A Prize of Gold

  • Kiss of Death

    Kiss of Death

  • A Gathering of Old Men

    A Gathering of Old Men

  • Don't Bother to Knock

    Don't Bother to Knock

  • Once Upon a Texas Train

    Once Upon a Texas Train

  • National Lampoon's Movie Madness

    National Lampoon's Movie Madness

  • The Law and Jake Wade

    The Law and Jake Wade

  • Hell and High Water

    Hell and High Water

  • Take the High Ground!

    Take the High Ground!

  • The Moonshine War

    The Moonshine War

  • Panic in the Streets

    Panic in the Streets

  • The Last Day

    The Last Day

  • Night and the City

    Night and the City

  • Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

    Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

  • All God's Children

    All God's Children

  • Red Skies of Montana

    Red Skies of Montana

  • Here's Hollywood

    Here's Hollywood

  • Twilight's Last Gleaming

    Twilight's Last Gleaming

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • The Street with No Name

    The Street with No Name

  • Run for the Sun

    Run for the Sun

  • The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

    The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

  • Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

    Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

  • The Tunnel of Love

    The Tunnel of Love

  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

  • Brock's Last Case

    Brock's Last Case

  • Slattery's Hurricane

    Slattery's Hurricane

  • The Long Ships

    The Long Ships

  • John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

    John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

  • Vanished

    Vanished

  • My Pal Gus

    My Pal Gus

  • Madigan

    Madigan

  • Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

    Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

  • The Cobweb

    The Cobweb

  • Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

    Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

  • Mr. Horn

    Mr. Horn

  • Yesteryear

    Yesteryear

  • Exercise No. One

    Exercise No. One

  • All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

    All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

  • Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

    Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

  • Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

    Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

  • Cold Sassy Tree

    Cold Sassy Tree

  • Boy with a Knife

    Boy with a Knife

  • The Sell Out

    The Sell Out

  • The West of the Imagination

    The West of the Imagination