Richard Widmark
Cunoscut Pentru
Acting
Born
December 26, 1914 (age 111)
Birth Place
Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA
Died
March 24, 2008
Biografie
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.
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.
Filmografie
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002 — Skip McCoy (archive footage)
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000 — Self
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999 — actor
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
1999 — Self - Actor
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997 — Self
American Cinema
1995 — Narrator
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995 — Self
Lincoln
1992 — Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992 — Jim Bowie
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 — Self (archive footage)
True Colors
1991 — Sen. James Stiles
Cold Sassy Tree
1989 — Enoch Rucker Blakeslee