Richard Todd
Irish-British actor (1919-2009) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd OBE (11 June 1919 – 3 December 2009) was an Irish-British actor. He won a Golden Globe Award and had an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for his role as Corporal Lachlan MacLachlan in the 1949 movie The Hasty Heart.[2]
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Born | Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd (1919-06-11)11 June 1919 |
Died | 3 December 2009(2009-12-03) (aged 90) |
Burial place | St. Guthlac's Church, Little Ponton, Lincolnshire, England |
Education | Shrewsbury School |
Alma mater | Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse(s) | Catherine Grant-Bogle (died 1998) (m. 1949; div. 1970) Virginia Mailer (m. 1970; div. 1992) |
Partner | Patricia Nelson |
Children | 5 (2 with Bogle, 2 with Mailer, and 1 with Nelson) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Years of service | 1941–1946 |
Rank | Captain |
Service number | 180649 |
Unit | King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Parachute Regiment |
Battles/wars | World War II
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