Richard Widmark
Birthday: 1914-12-26
Place of Birth: Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA
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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Judgment at Nuremberg
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal ...
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Rollercoaster
A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosiv...
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Murder on the Orient Express
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a mu...
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Madigan
NYPD detectives Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, they...
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Yellow Sky
In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost t...
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The Alamo
The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat a...
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Road House
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for emb...
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Coma
When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up...
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Kiss of Death
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge....
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Against All Odds
Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan is in despera...
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Hell and High Water
A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan subm...
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Don't Bother to Knock
An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stab...
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How the West Was Won
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the en...
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The Domino Principle
Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison sentence ...
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Hanky Panky
Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious pac...
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Panic in the Streets
A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. W...
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Two Rode Together
Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages....
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Pickup on South Street
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when ...
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Slattery's Hurricane
A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscien...
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Exercise No. One
A lone motorist, changing a wheel on a deserted road in the middle of nowhere, is attacked by a deme...
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To the Devil a Daughter
An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led ...
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No Way Out
Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accu...
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Cheyenne Autumn
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne....
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Garden of Evil
A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue...
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Broken Lance
Tensions erupt within an Arizona cattle baron's household when his three sons vie for control of the...
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Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Linda Darnell had the looks and talent to be a great Hollywood leading lady, but never quite deliver...
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The Street with No Name
After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released o...
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The Way West
In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to...
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Alvarez Kelly
In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with catt...
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Warlock
A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff h...
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The Secret Ways
Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Michael Reynolds i...
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Backlash
Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is search...
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The Long Ships
Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of ...
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The Law and Jake Wade
Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some...
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The Frogmen
The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect o...
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The Last Wagon
When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives i...
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The Tunnel of Love
A series of misunderstandings leaves a married man believing he has impregnated the owner of an adop...
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Bear Island
A group of people converge on a barren Arctic island. They have their reasons for being there but wh...
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Halls of Montezuma
Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner,...
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Time Limit
Military investigator Colonel Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Cargill, a Korean War POW w...
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Run for the Sun
Mike, a Hemingway-esque adventure novelist, is spending his days in a self-imposed exile somewhere i...
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The Swarm
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisibl...
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The Bedford Incident
During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and...
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western....
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Night and the City
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with ...
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Who Dares Wins
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary ...
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The Trap
Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary...
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Death of a Gunfighter
In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style la...
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Twilight's Last Gleaming
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo n...
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The Cobweb
Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but...
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A Gathering of Old Men
A group of elderly Black men on a Louisiana plantation gather to claim responsibility for the murder...
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Take the High Ground!
Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to n...
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The Sell Out
This action drama centers on a former CIA operative who grudgingly rejoins the spy game due to the m...
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The Moonshine War
A federal agent attempts to make some real money before the alcohol ban is lifted so he sets his sig...
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Saint Joan
In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan o...
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Destination Gobi
A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to s...
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Red Skies of Montana
When a large forest fire breaks out in the mountains of Montana, a squad of 'Smoke Jumpers', the par...
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Flight from Ashiya
Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air F...
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A Prize of Gold
A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orpha...
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Down to the Sea in Ships
During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and ...
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Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
A career overview of film and TV actor Richard Widmark....
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally ...
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Blackout
A police officer suspects that a local husband and father, who has recently undergone facial surgery...
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When the Legends Die
An elderly rodeo rider becomes mentor to a young man attempting to make his own name in the business...
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips....
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A Whale for the Killing
A conservationst, stranded with his family at a Newfoundland coastal resort, flies in the face of cu...
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The Last Day
The Dalton gang is riding again, forcing a retired gunman to use his weapons once more....
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Cold Sassy Tree
In the early 20th century, an independent lady from up North causes a scandal when she decides to we...
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O. Henry's Full House
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the...
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National Lampoon's Movie Madness
A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas...
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Lincoln
Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civ...
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Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Documentary exploring the career of noted film directer William A. Wellman....
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Once Upon a Texas Train
Captain Hayes of the mighty law enforcement squad named the Texas Rangers reached the pinnacle of hi...
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Brock's Last Case
A New York City cop who has retired to a small Western town is drawn into the local case of an India...
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A Talent for Loving
This Western spoof stars Richard Widmark as an American gambler who wins the deed to a Mexican ranch...
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Boy with a Knife
A boy on the wrong path finds a trusted mentor and group of friends to guide back on his way....
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Mr. Horn
Western saga based on the legend of frontier folk hero Tom Horn, including his role in the trackdown...
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True Colors
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the ...
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All God's Children
Big city judge Parke Denison is involved in a forced busing dispute at the climax of his long career...
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Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
A&E Biography about life and times of the beautiful actress of the '40s and feature interview of...
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scen...
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life....
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director O...
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John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Documentary about the making of the John Wayne film The Alamo (1960). Included are behind-the-scenes...
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All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Frank Sinatra, Goldie Hawn, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart and many more pay tribute to Ingrid Bergman....
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