Richard Weedt Widmark (December 26, 1914 – March 24, 2008) was an American actor whose career on film and television stretched from the late '40s to the early '90s.
Born in Minnesota and raised in Illinois, Widmark appeared on the stage and in radio – where he was an occasional supporting player on the iconic program The Shadow – prior to making his film debut as the giggling, psychotic criminal Tommy Udo in the 1947 noir Kiss of Death, a role which garnered him an Academy Award nomination and left such an indelible impression on audiences (and producers) that he would continue to get typecast as heavies throughout the early part of his career.
Widmark was married to screenwriter Jean Hazlewood from 1942 until her death in 1997, and then to socialite Susan Blanchard from 1999 until his death in 2008. He had one daughter with Hazlewood.
Filmography on TV Tropes:
- Kiss of Death (1947) as Tommy Udo
- Road House (1948) as Jefferson T. Robbins
- Night and the City (1950) as Harry Fabian
- Panic in the Streets (1950) as Lt. Cmdr. Clinton Reed
- Don't Bother to Knock (1952) as Jed Towers
- O. Henry's Full House (1952) as Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
- Pickup on South Street (1953) as Skip McCoy
- The Cobweb (1955) as Dr. Stewart McIver
- The Last Wagon (1956) as Comanche Todd
- Run for the Sun (1956) as Michael 'Mike' Latimer
- Warlock (1959) as Johnny Gannon
- The Alamo (1960) as Col. Jim Bowie
- Two Rode Together (1961) as 1st Lt. Jim Gary
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1962) as Col. Tad Lawson
- How the West Was Won (1962) as Mike King
- The Long Ships (1964) as Rolfe
- Cheyenne Autumn (1964) as Capt. Thomas Archer
- The Bedford Incident (1965) as Capt. Eric Finlander
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974) as Samuel Ratchett aka Lanfranco Cassetti
- Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) as Gen. Martin MacKenzie
- Rollercoaster (1977) as Agent Hoyt
- The Swarm (1978) (1978) as Gen. Slater
- Blackout (1985) as Joe Steiner
- I Love Lucy (episode "The Tour", 1955) as Himself
- Once Upon a Texas Train (TV movie, 1988) as Capt. Owen Hayes
