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.
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Movies (41)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Skip McCoy (archive footage)
2002
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
as Self
2000
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
as Self - Actor
1999
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as Self
1997
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
as Self
1995
Lincoln
as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
1992
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Jim Bowie
1992
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
1991
True Colors
as Sen. James Stiles
1991
Cold Sassy Tree
as Enoch Rucker Blakeslee
1989
Once Upon a Texas Train
as Capt. Owen Hayes
1988
A Gathering of Old Men
as Sheriff Mapes
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self - Narrator
1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self
1986
Blackout
as Joe Steiner
1985
Against All Odds
as Ben Caxton
1984
Who Dares Wins
as Secretary of State Arthur Currie
1982
Hanky Panky
as Ransom
1982
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Stan Nagurski ("Municipalians")
1982
A Whale for the Killing
as Tom Goodenough
1981
All God's Children
as Judge Parke Denison
1980
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self
1979
Bear Island
as Otto Gerran
1979
Mr. Horn
as Al Sieber
1979
The Swarm
as Gen. Thaddeus Slater
1978
Coma
as Dr. Harris
1978
Rollercoaster
as Agent Hoyt
1977
The Domino Principle
as Tagge
1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA
1977
The Sell Out
as Sam Lucas
1976
To the Devil a Daughter
as John Verney
1976
The Last Day
as Will Spence
1975
Murder on the Orient Express
as Mr. Ratchett
1974
Brock's Last Case
as Lieutenant Max Brock
1973
When the Legends Die
as Red Dillon
1972
Directed by John Ford
as (archive footage)
1971
The Moonshine War
as Dr. Emmett Taulbee
1970
Death of a Gunfighter
as Marshal Frank Patch
1969
A Talent for Loving
as Major William Patten
1969
TV Shows (9)
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Biography
as Self - Actor
1987
Yesteryear
as Self
1982
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
as Rebel Benjamin Franklin
1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
Madigan
as Dan Madigan
1972
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
Vanished
as President Paul Roudebush
1971