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Cause of death
  
Cancer

Name
  
Richard Todd

Occupation
  
ActorFilm director

Role
  
Soldier

Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Height
  
1.75 m

Years of service
  
1941–46


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Full Name
  
Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd

Born
  
11 June 1919 (
1919-06-11
)
Dublin, Ireland

Service/branch
  
Battles/wars
  
Second World WarOperation TongaOperation Overlord

Died
  
December 3, 2009, Little Humby, United Kingdom

Children
  
Seamus Palethorpe-Todd, Jeremy Palethorpe-Todd

Spouse
  
Virginia Mailer (m. 1970–1992), Catherine Stewart Crawford Grant-Bogle (m. 1949–1970)

Movies
  
The Dam Busters, The Longest Day, The Story of Robin Hood and, Stage Fright, The Hasty Heart

Similar People
  

Richard Todd - Actor Of The Year (1950)


Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd OBE (11 June 1919 – 3 December 2009) was an Irish-born British soldier and stage and film actor.

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Early life

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Richard Todd was born as Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd in Dublin, Ireland. His father, Andrew William Palethorpe Todd, was an Irish physician and an international Irish rugby player who gained three caps for his country. Richard spent a few of his childhood years in India, where his father, an officer in the British Army, served as a physician.

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Later his family moved to Devon and Todd attended Shrewsbury School. Upon leaving school, Todd trained for a potential military career at Sandhurst before beginning his acting training at the Italia Conti Academy.

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This change in career led to estrangement from his mother. When he learned at age 19 that she had committed suicide, he did not grieve long for her, he admitted in later life.

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He first appeared professionally as an actor at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park in 1936 in a production of Twelfth Night. He played in regional theatres and then co-founded the Dundee Repertory Theatre in 1939. He also appeared as an extra in films like Good Morning, Boys (1937), A Yank at Oxford (1938) and Old Bones of the River (1939).

Service in World War 2

At the beginning of World War II Todd enlisted into the British Army, receiving a commission in 1941. Initially, he served in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) before joining the Parachute Regiment, being assigned to the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion as part of the British 6th Airborne Division.

On 6 June 1944, as a captain, he participated in Operation Tonga during the D-Day landings. Todd was among the first British officers to land in Normandy as part of Operation Overlord. His Battalion parachuted in after the initial glider-borne forces had landed with the objective of capturing the Pegasus Bridge near Caen. During the operation he met Major John Howard on the bridge, and organized the repelling of several German counterattacks.

(As an actor Todd would later play Major Howard in the film The Longest Day, recreating these events for a cinema production).

Acting career

After the war, Todd was unsure what direction to take in his career. His former agent, Robert Lennard, had become a casting agent for Associated British Picture Corporation and advised him to try out for the Dundee Repertory Company. Todd did so, performing in plays such as Claudia, where he appeared with Claudia Grant-Bogle. Lennard arranged for a screen test and Associated British offered him a long-term contract in 1948. He was cast in the lead in For Them That Trespass (1949), directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. The film was a minor hit and Todd's career was launched.

The Hasty Heart

Todd had appeared in the Dundee Repertory stage version of John Patrick's play The Hasty Heart, portraying the role of Yank and was subsequently chosen to appear in the 1948 London stage version of the play, this time in the leading role of Cpl. Lachlan McLachlan. This led to his being cast in that role in the Warner Bros. film adaptation of the play, which was filmed in Britain alongside Ronald Reagan and Patricia Neal. Todd was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role in 1949. He was also voted favourite British male film star in Britain's National Film Awards. The film was the tenth most popular movie at the British box office in 1949.

Todd was now in much demand. He was lent out to a new company, Constellation Films, to appear in a thriller, The Interrupted Journey (1949). Alfred Hitchcock then used him in Stage Fright (1950), opposite Marlene Dietrich and Jane Wyman – Hitchcock's first British film located in Britain since 1939.

Associated British put him in a drama, Portrait of Clare (1950), which did not perform particularly well at the box office. Neither did Flesh and Blood (1951), for London Films, in which Todd had a dual role. Director King Vidor offered Todd a lead in a Hollywood movie, Lightning Strikes Twice (1951). Far more popular was The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), in which Todd played the title role for the Disney Corporation.

Associated British put him in another thriller, 24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952), with Merle Oberon. The Rank Organisation borrowed him for a thriller, Venetian Bird (1952), directed by Ralph Thomas.

Disney reunited the Robin Hood team in The Sword and the Rose (1953), with Todd as Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. It was not as popular as Robin Hood in the US but performed well in Europe. The same went for Disney's, Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953), in which Todd played the title role. Disney pulled back on making costume films as a result.

In 1953, he appeared in a BBC Television adaptation of the novel Wuthering Heights, as Heathcliff. Nigel Kneale, responsible for the adaptation, said the production came about purely because Todd had turned up at the BBC and told them that he would like to play Heathcliff for them. Kneale had to write the script in only a week as the broadcast was rushed into production.

A Man Called Peter and The Dam Busters

Todd's career received a boost when 20th Century-Fox signed him to a non-exclusive contract and cast him as the United States Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall in the film version of Catherine Marshall's best selling biography, A Man Called Peter (1955), which was a popular success.

Even more popular was The Dam Busters (1955) in which Todd played Wing Commander Guy Gibson. This was the most successful film at the British box office in 1955 and which would become the defining role of Todd's movie career.

20th Century Fox offered Todd another historical picture, The Virgin Queen (1955), playing Sir Walter Raleigh opposite Bette Davis' Queen Elizabeth I. It do not do as well as Peter.

In France he played Axel Fersen opposite Michele Morgan in Marie Antoinette Queen of France (1956), which was popular in France but not widely seen elsewhere. Fox cast him in a war film, D-Day the Sixth of June (1956), opposite Robert Taylor, which was a mild success.

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) was an attempt to repeat the success of The Dam Busters, with the same director (Michael Anderson) and Todd playing another real life hero. It was popular in Britain but not on the scale of The Dam Busters. He was Dunois, Bastard of Orléans in Saint Joan (1957), directed by Otto Preminger.

Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) was a thriller with director Anderson for Associated British. Intent to Kill (1958) was another thriller, this time for Fox, with Betsy Drake. He returned to war films with Danger Within (1958), a POW story. Then there were more thrillers, with Never Let Go (1960), directed by John Guillermin and co-starring Peter Sellers in a rare dramatic role.

Few of these films had been overly popular but Todd was still the top billed star of The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961), with Laurence Harvey and Richard Harris. He tried comedy with Don't Bother to Knock (1961), then made an adventure film in South Africa, The Hellions (1961).

Professional decline

His career in films rapidly declined in the 1960s as the counter-culture movement in the Arts became fashionable in England, with Social-realist dramas commercially replacing the more middle-class orientated dramatic productions that Todd's performance character-type had previously excelled in.

The Boys (1962) was a courtroom drama film. He had a decent part among the many stars in The Longest Day (1962), Todd's biggest hit in a long time. The Very Edge (1963) was a thriller, then he played Harry Sanders in two films for Harry Alan Towers, Death Drums Along the River (1965) and Coast of Skeletons (1965). He also had a small role in Anderson's, Operation Crossbow (1965).

In 1964 he was a member of the jury at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.

He had a supporting part in The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965) and the lead in The Love-Ins (1968).

In the 1970s, he gained new fans when he appeared as the reader for Radio Four's Morning Story. In the 1980s his distinctive voice was heard as narrator of the series Wings Over the World, a show about the history of aviation shown on Arts & Entertainment television. He appeared before the camera in the episode about the Lancaster bomber. Todd continued to act on television, including roles in Virtual murder, Silent Witness and in the Doctor Who story Kinda in 1982. In 1989 he appeared in the first episode of the sixth series of the television whodunit; Murder, She Wrote in which he played Colonel Alex Schofield in the episode entitled Appointment in Athens.

He formed Triumph Theatre Productions with Duncan C Weldon and Paul Elliott in the late 1960s. This company produced over 100 plays, musicals and pantomimes all over the country. Some of them starred Todd.

His active acting career extended into his eighties, and he made several appearances in British shows such as Heartbeat and The Royal, his last appearance in Heartbeat being when he played Major Harold Beecham in the 2007 episode Seeds of Destruction.

Richard Todd was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1993.

He was the subject of This Is Your Life on two occasions, in March 1960 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC's Lime Grove Studios, and in November 1988, when Michael Aspel surprised him on stage at the Theatre Royal Windsor.

Unmade projects

Todd was the first choice of author Ian Fleming to play James Bond in Dr. No, but a scheduling conflict gave the role to Sean Connery. In the 1960s, Todd unsuccessfully attempted to produce a film of Ian Fleming's The Diamond Smugglers and a television series based on true accounts of the Queen's Messengers. He was also announced for a proposed film about William Shakespeare.

In his book British Film Character Actors (1982), Terence Pettigrew described Todd as 'an actor who made the most of what he had, which could be summed up as an inability to sit still while there was a horse to leap astride, a swollen river to swim or a tree to vanish into.'

Personal life

Both Todd's marriages ended in divorce. His first was to actress Catherine Grant-Bogle, whom he met in Dundee Repertory and was married to from 1949 until 1970; they had a son Peter (1952–2005) and a daughter Fiona. In 1960 he had a son Jeremy with model Patricia Nelson. He was married to model Virginia Mailer from 1970 until 1992; they had two sons, Andrew and Seamus (1977–1997). In retirement, Todd lived in the village of Little Ponton and later in Little Humby, 8 miles from Grantham, Lincolnshire.

Two of Todd's five children committed suicide. In 1997, Seamus Palethorpe-Todd shot himself in the head in the family home in Lincolnshire. An inquest determined that the suicide might have been a depressive reaction to the drug he was taking for severe acne. On 21 September 2005, Peter killed himself with a shotgun in East Malling, Kent, following marital difficulties.

His sons' suicides affected Todd profoundly; he admitted to visiting their adjoining graves regularly. He told the Daily Mail, that dealing with those tragedies was like his experience of war, "You don't consciously set out to do something gallant. You just do it because that is what you are there for."

Legacy

Todd, with his own military record, was a keen supporter of remembrance events especially those associated with the Normandy landings and the Dambusters. He continued to be identified in the public consciousness with Guy Gibson, the role he played in The Dam Busters.

Todd appeared at many Dambusters' anniversaries at Derwent Dam. His final appearance was in May 2008 with Les Munro (the last surviving pilot from the raid on the Ruhr dams).

The actor also narrated at least one TV documentary about the Dambusters and contributed forewords to many books on the subject, including The Dam Busters by Jonathan Falconer (2003), Filming the Dam Busters by Jonathan Falconer (2005) and most recently Bouncing-Bomb Man: The Science of Sir Barnes Wallis by Iain Murray (2009).

Death

Todd, who had been suffering from cancer, died in his sleep at a nursing home in Bourne in Lincolnshire on 3 December 2009. He is survived by his daughter Fiona and two of his four sons, Jeremy and Andrew. He was buried between his two sons Seamus and Peter at St. Guthlac's Church in Little Ponton, Lincolnshire, England. The epitaph reads – Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd, 1919–2009, husband of Virginia and Kitty, loving father of Peter, Fiona, Andrew, Seamus and Jeremy, exit Dashing young Blade – a reference to the description made by the Queen Mother of the actor.

Box office rankings

British exhibitors regularly listed Todd among the most popular local stars at the box office in various polls:

  • 1950 – 7th most popular British star
  • 1952 – 5th most popular British star in Britain
  • 1954 – 9th most popular British star
  • 1955 – 7th most popular British star
  • 1957 – 3rd most popular star in Britain
  • Select theatre credits

  • An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde (1965) – Strand Theatre London with Margaret Lockwood, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray and Roger Livesey – also toured South Africa
  • Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith (1967) – Haymarket Theatre, London
  • "The Winslow Boy" (1971) – national tour with Patrick Barr, Elizabeth Sellars, David Nicholas Wilkinson
  • " A Christmas Carol" (1971–72) – Theatre Royal, Brighton with Patrick Barr, Elizabeth Sellars, Mervyn Johns, David Nicholas Wilkinson,
  • Sleuth (1972–73) – Australian tour
  • Equus (1975) – Australian tour
  • The Business of Murder (1983–91) – Mayfair Theatre, London
  • Books

  • Caught in the Act (1986)
  • In Camera An Autobiography Continued (1989)
  • Filmography

    Actor
    2007
    Heartbeat (TV Series) as
    Harold Beecham
    - Seeds of Destruction (2007) - Harold Beecham
    2004
    Holby City (TV Series) as
    Ron Archer
    - We'll Meet Again (2004) - Ron Archer
    2003
    The Royal (TV Series) as
    Hugh Hirst
    - Kiss and Tell (2003) - Hugh Hirst
    2003
    Midsomer Murders (TV Series) as
    Charles Edmonton
    - Birds of Prey (2003) - Charles Edmonton
    2000
    Silent Witness (TV Series) as
    Professor Newman
    - The World Cruise: Part 2 (2000) - Professor Newman
    - The World Cruise: Part 1 (2000) - Professor Newman
    2000
    Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (TV Series) as
    Cecil Waterman
    - Mental Apparition Disorder (2000) - Cecil Waterman
    1992
    Encounters (TV Series) as
    H.G. Wells
    - Beautiful Lies (1992) - H.G. Wells
    1992
    Virtual Murder (TV Series) as
    Judge Rawcliffe
    - Last Train to Hell & Back (1992) - Judge Rawcliffe
    1992
    Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (TV Movie) as
    Lord Roberts
    1989
    Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) as
    Col. Alec Scofield
    - Appointment in Athens (1989) - Col. Alec Scofield
    1988
    Olympus Force: The Key as
    Lord Wisden
    1985
    The Last Place on Earth (TV Mini Series) as
    Mr. Barnes
    - Poles Apart (1985) - Mr. Barnes
    - Minor Diversions (1985) - Mr. Barnes
    1985
    Jenny's War (TV Mini Series) as
    Gen. Benjamin Cutler
    - Episode #1.4 (1985) - Gen. Benjamin Cutler
    - Episode #1.3 (1985) - Gen. Benjamin Cutler
    - Episode #1.2 (1985) - Gen. Benjamin Cutler
    - Episode #1.1 (1985) - Gen. Benjamin Cutler
    1983
    House of the Long Shadows as
    Sam Allyson
    1982
    Doctor Who (TV Series) as
    Sanders
    - Kinda: Part Four (1982) - Sanders
    - Kinda: Part Three (1982) - Sanders
    - Kinda: Part Two (1982) - Sanders
    - Kinda: Part One (1982) - Sanders
    1980
    The Dick Emery Hour (TV Movie) as
    Colonel Trent
    1980
    Matt and Jenny (TV Series) as
    Cowall Lamont
    - The Highlanders (1980) - Cowall Lamont
    - The Actress (1980) - Cowall Lamont
    1975
    The Dick Emery Show (TV Series)
    - Episode #18.5 (1980)
    - Episode #14.9 (1975)
    1979
    Home Before Midnight as
    Geoffrey Steele
    1978
    The Big Sleep as
    Commander Barker
    1977
    No. 1 of the Secret Service as
    Arthur Loveday
    1976
    Dominic (TV Mini Series) as
    Captain Charles Bulman
    - Hangman's Hollow (1976) - Captain Charles Bulman
    1975
    Bloodbath as
    Terence
    1974
    Thriller (TV Series) as
    George Tulliver
    - Not Guilty! (1974) - George Tulliver
    1974
    Boy Dominic (TV Series) as
    Captain Charles Bulman
    - Charles and Emma (1974) - Captain Charles Bulman
    - Lady Bulman Regrets (1974) - Captain Charles Bulman
    - A Ghost in Greenwich (1974) - Captain Charles Bulman
    - Friends of the Family (1974) - Captain Charles Bulman
    - Sermons and Snuff (1974) - Captain Charles Bulman
    - A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1974) - Captain Charles Bulman
    - The Man with the Painted Face (1974) - Captain Charles Bulman
    - Medicine Man (1974) - Captain Charles Bulman
    - Fair Game (1974) - Captain Charles Bulman
    - Captain Darkness (1974) - Captain Charles Bulman
    - The Man Who Loved Children (1974) - Captain Charles Bulman
    - Lodgings to Let (1974) - Captain Charles Bulman
    - Lost at Sea (1974) - Captain Charles Bulman
    1972
    Asylum as
    Walter (segment "Frozen Fear")
    1970
    Dorian Gray as
    Basil Hallward
    1968
    Last of the Long-haired Boys as
    Trigg
    1968
    Subterfuge as
    Col. Victor Redmayne
    1968
    The Danny Thomas Hour (TV Series) as
    Stafford
    - The Last Hunters (1968) - Stafford
    1967
    Theatre 625 (TV Series) as
    Edmund Gurney
    - The Magicians: Edmund Gurney and the Brighton Mesmerist (1967) - Edmund Gurney
    1967
    The Love-Ins as
    Dr. Jonathan Barnett
    1965
    The Battle of the Villa Fiorita as
    Darrell
    1965
    Operation Crossbow as
    Wing Commander Kendall
    1965
    Coast of Skeletons as
    Harry Sanders
    1963
    Death Drums Along the River as
    Inspector Harry Sanders
    1963
    The Very Edge as
    Geoffrey Lawrence
    1962
    The Boys as
    Victor Webster
    1962
    The Longest Day as
    Maj. John Howard
    1962
    BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) as
    Michael Carrington
    - Member of the Family (1962) - Michael Carrington
    1962
    Crime Does Not Pay as
    Col. Roberts William (segment "L'homme de l'avenue")
    1961
    The Hellions as
    Sam Hargis
    1961
    Why Bother to Knock as
    Bill
    1961
    Jungle Fighters as
    Sgt. Mitchem
    1960
    5 Minutes qui ont changé le monde (TV Series short) as
    Alexander Fleming
    1960
    Never Let Go as
    John Cummings
    1960
    ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) as
    Carrington
    - Carrington V.C. (1960) - Carrington
    1960
    ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
    Stephen Mason
    - The Man Who Could Find Things (1960) - Stephen Mason
    1959
    Breakout as
    Lt. Col. David Baird, M.C.
    1958
    Intent to Kill as
    Bob McLaurin
    1958
    The Naked Earth as
    Danny
    1958
    Chase a Crooked Shadow as
    Ward Prescott
    1957
    Saint Joan as
    Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
    1957
    Battle Hell as
    Lt. Cmdr. Kerans, RN
    1956
    D-Day the Sixth of June as
    Lt. Col. John Wynter
    1956
    Shadow of the Guillotine as
    Comte Axel von Fersen
    1955
    The Virgin Queen as
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    1955
    The Dam Busters as
    Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.
    1955
    A Man Called Peter as
    The Rev. Peter Marshall
    1954
    The Bed as
    Capitaine Davidson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")
    1953
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) as
    Heathcliff
    - Wuthering Heights (1953) - Heathcliff
    1953
    Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue as
    Rob Roy MacGregor
    1953
    The Sword and the Rose as
    Charles Brandon
    1952
    The Assassin as
    Edward Mercer
    1952
    Affair in Monte Carlo as
    The Young Man
    1952
    The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men as
    Robin Hood
    1951
    Lightning Strikes Twice as
    Richard Trevelyan
    1951
    Flesh and Blood as
    Charles Cameron / Sutherland
    1950
    Portrait of Clare as
    Robert Hart
    1950
    Stage Fright as
    Jonathan Cooper
    1949
    The Interrupted Journey as
    John North
    1949
    The Hasty Heart as
    Lachie
    1949
    For Them That Trespass as
    Herbert Edward Logan
    1938
    Old Bones of the River as
    Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)
    1938
    A Yank at Oxford as
    Extra in sporting event (uncredited)
    1937
    Good Morning, Boys! as
    Extra in crowd scene (uncredited)
    Producer
    1961
    Why Bother to Knock (executive producer - uncredited)
    Self
    2007
    British Film Forever (TV Mini Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Bullets, Bombs and Bridges: The Story of the War Film (2007) - Self (as Richard Todd OBE)
    - Magic, Murder and Monsters: The Story of British Horror and Fantasy (2007) - Self
    2006
    War Stories (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2005
    Songs of Praise (TV Series) as
    Self
    - National Commemoration Day (2005) - Self
    2005
    The 100 Greatest War Films (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    1960
    This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary) as
    Self / Self - Guest
    - Vic Armstrong (2003) - Self
    - The Night of 1000 Lives (2000) - Self
    - Lord Brabourne (1990) - Self
    - Richard Todd (1988) - Self - Guest
    - Joyce Carey (1985) - Self - Guest
    - H.J. Sweeney (1985) - Self
    - Michael Denison (1977) - Self - Guest
    - Harold French (1970) - Self
    - Colonel Alastair Pearson (1961) - Self - Guest
    - Richard Todd (1960) - Self - Guest
    2003
    Big Screen Britain (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - The Dambusters (2003) - Self
    2001
    History vs. Hollywood (TV Series documentary) as
    Self - Actor, Lt., 6th Airborne
    - The Longest Day: A Salute to Courage (2001) - Self - Actor, Lt., 6th Airborne
    1997
    Homeground (TV Series documentary) as
    Narrator
    1996
    Marlene Dietrich: Shadow and Light (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self - Co-Star
    1993
    Those British Faces: A Tribute to Jack Hawkins 1910-1973 (TV Movie documentary) as
    Narrator (voice)
    1993
    Those British Faces: A Tribute to Dennis Price 1915-1973 (TV Short documentary) as
    Narrator (voice)
    1993
    Those British Faces: A Tribute to Alastair Sim 1900-1976 (TV Short documentary) as
    Narrator (voice)
    1993
    Those British Faces: A Tribute to Margaret Leighton (TV Movie documentary) as
    Narrator (voice)
    1993
    Lipstick on Your Collar (TV Mini Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.2 (1993) - Self (uncredited)
    1993
    Those British Faces: A Tribute to Gracie Fields 1898-1979 (TV Short documentary)(voice)
    1992
    On a Wing and a Prayer (Documentary) as
    Self - Presenter
    1991
    This Is Your Life (Highlights from the 1950's and 1960's) (TV Movie) as
    Self
    1990
    Igor Sikorsky: A Man and His Dream (Video documentary) as
    Narrator (voice)
    1990
    Primetime (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.4 (1990) - Self
    1989
    An Invitation to Remember (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Richard Todd (1989) - Self
    1989
    Elstree Britain's Hollywood (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    1986
    Wogan (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #6.101 (1986) - Self
    1985
    A Royal Night of One Hundred Stars (TV Special)
    1985
    Vintage Quiz (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 5 February 1985 (1985) - Self
    1984
    From the Maralinga Event (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self / Narrator (voice)
    1983
    The Kenny Everett Television Show (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode #2.6 (1983) - Self - Guest
    1982
    Movie Memories (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode #2.3 (1982) - Self - Guest
    1981
    Saturday Night at the Mill (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #6.5 (1981) - Self
    1980
    Night of One Hundred Stars (TV Movie) as
    Self
    1978
    Canada After Dark (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 16 October 1978 (1978) - Self
    1978
    Celebrity Squares (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #3.3 (1978) - Self
    1977
    Night of 100 Stars (TV Special) as
    Self
    1973
    Stars on Sunday (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Glories of Christmas (1973) - Self
    1973
    The Movie Quiz (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.4 (1973) - Self
    - Episode #2.3 (1973) - Self
    1968
    Miss World 1968 (TV Special) as
    Self - Judge
    1968
    Gala Variety: The Royal Air Forces Association Jubilee Festival (TV Special) as
    Self
    1967
    Call My Bluff (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #3.13 (1967) - Self
    1967
    Studio of the Stars: The Elstree Story (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    1962
    Here's Hollywood (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.156 (1962) - Self
    1960
    Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1959 (TV Special documentary short) as
    Self - Introduced
    1958
    The Curtain Goes Up (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    1957
    The Making of 'Saint Joan' (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    1956
    Film Fanfare (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.14 (1956) - Self
    - Episode #1.12 (1956) - Self
    - Episode #1.11 (1956) - Self
    1955
    Film Time (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Film Festival at Venice British and Italian stars at the Venice Film Festival/Above Us the Waves Premiere (1955) - Self
    1952
    Current Release (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Christmas Party Edition (1952) - Self
    1952
    Elstree Story (Documentary) as
    Self - Host / Narrator
    1937
    The Gap (Documentary short) as
    Orderly (uncredited)
    Archive Footage
    2022
    My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (Documentary) as
    Self
    2019
    Helmut Berger, My Mother and Me (Documentary) as
    Basil Hallward (uncredited)
    2014
    Geheimnis Möhnetalsperre (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2011
    Dream Time: The Making of 'Kinda' (Video documentary short) as
    Sanders (uncredited)
    2010
    Dambusters Declassified (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2010
    16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - In Memoriam
    2004
    Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' (Video documentary short) as
    Self / Jonathan Cooper
    2003
    Inside the Fear Factory (Video documentary short) as
    Walter / Asylum
    2002
    Heroes of Comedy (TV Series documentary)
    - Dick Emery (2002)
    1997
    Secret History (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Lords of the Underworld (1997) - Self
    1991
    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (Documentary) as
    Self
    1988
    The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (Video documentary) as
    Self
    1979
    V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV Series documentary) as
    Maj. John Howard
    - Episode #9.3 (1979) - Maj. John Howard
    1977
    Um Homem e o Cinema (Documentary)(uncredited)
    1961
    Film Profile (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Richard Todd (1961) - Self
    1959
    Words and Music (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #3.3 (1959) - Self
    1955
    The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
    Robin Hood / Rob Roy MacGregor / Charles Brandon
    - Robin Hood and his Merry Men of Sherwood: Part 2 (1959) - Robin Hood
    - Rob Roy: Part 2 (1956) - Rob Roy MacGregor
    - Rob Roy: Part 1 (1956) - Rob Roy MacGregor
    - When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 2 (1956) - Charles Brandon
    - When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 1 (1956) - Charles Brandon
    - The Story of Robin Hood: Part 2 (1955) - Robin Hood
    - The Story of Robin Hood: Part 1 (1955) - Robin Hood
    1955
    The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #8.34 (1955) - Self

    References

    Richard Todd Wikipedia