His role as first mate Lunceford in the whaling movie Down to the Sea in Ships was his first starring role as the principal hero. His father was of Swedish descent and his mother of English and Scottish ancestry. I suppose I wanted to act in order to have a place in the sun, he once told a reporter. He was part of an all-star cast in the 1974 film Murder on the Orient Express (playing the murder victim), the 1977 film Rollercoaster (as an FBI agent), and The Swarm (1978). It was testimony to the stature of both Stewart and Widmark as stars that this was as far as Ford's baiting went, as the great director could be extraordinarily cruel.Widmark continued to co-star in A-pictures through the 1960s. He was buried at Highgate Cemetery in London. Although he loved the movies and excelled at public speaking while attending high school, Widmark attended Lake Forest College with the idea of becoming a lawyer. On Two Rode Together (1961), Ford feuded with Jimmy Stewart over his hat. He even came back as a heavy, playing the villainous doctor in Coma (1978). Richard Widmark was an American actor of films, stage, radio and television.. In that same year, he appeared in Oscar-winning writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's No Way Out (1950) as a bigot who instigates a race riot.As the 1950s progressed, Widmark played in westerns, military vehicles, and his old stand-by genre, the thriller. Widmark was not afraid to play deeply troubled, deeply conflicted, or just downright deeply corrupt characters. Along with character actor Chill Wills, Widmark arguably was the best thing in the movie. His stardom would peak around the time he played the U.S. prosecutor in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) as the 1950s segued into the 1960s, but he would continue to act for another 30 years.Richard Weedt Widmark was born in Sunrise Township, Minnesota, to Ethel Mae (Barr) and Carl Henry Widmark. His seven-year contract at Fox was expiring, and Zanuck, who would not renew the deal, cast him in the western Broken Lance (1954) in a decidedly supporting role, billed beneath not only Spencer Tracy but even Robert Wagner and Jean Peters. The couple lived near Parliament Hill in Hampstead, London, and had four children, including the future actress Jane Wymark. He even came back as a heavy, playing the villainous doctor in Coma (1978). Clinton \"Clint\" Reed M.D.1950No Way OutRay BiddleCo-starringSidney Poitier1951Halls of MontezumaLt. He considered the character of Wilder a "bastard" and was described by his wife Olwen as "the most inefficient, dreamy muddler in the world. He was educated at St Mary's Catholic School and Wintringham Boys' Grammar School in Grimsby, before joining the Royal Navy and serving as a midshipman in the Mediterranean. On the night of his death, he was to appear on the TV variety programme In Melbourne Tonight. Los Angeles Times critic Kevin Thomas thought that Widmark should have won an Oscar nomination for his turn in When the Legends Die (1972) playing a former rodeo star tutoring Frederic Forrest's character. The Bedford Incident is an all time favorite for me. When his pressuring the studio to let him play other parts paid off, his appearance as a sailor in Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) made headlines: Life magazine's March 28, 1949, issue featured a three-page spread of the movie headlined "Widmark the Movie Villain Goes Straight". It is surprising to think that Kiss of Death (1947) represented his sole Oscar nomination, but with the rise of respect for film noir around the time his career began tapering off in the '70s, he began to be reevaluated as an actor. William EdwardsProducer1958The Law and Jake WadeClint Hollister1958The Tunnel of LoveAugust \"Augie\" Poole1959The TrapRalph Anderson1959WarlockJohnny Gannon1960The AlamoColonel Jim Bowie1961The Secret WaysMichael ReynoldsProducer; uncredited director1961Two Rode TogetherFirst Lt. Jim Gary1961Judgment at NurembergCol. "Sell Richard Widmark" advised the studio's publicity manual that an alert 20th Century-Fox sent to theater owners. On leaving the navy, he received a government grant to study at University College London, where he read English and performed in the university's dramatic society.[2]. Was on the first cover of German teen magazine Bravo together with Marilyn Monroe (1956). - 27th March 2008 at 04:36 Permalink He appeared with Marilyn Monroe (this time cast as the psycho) in Don't Bother to Knock (1952) and made Pickup on South Street (1953) that same year for director Samuel Fuller. The film is very accurate in its depiction of the Underwater Demolition Teams that removed obst&cles put on the beaches by the Japanese. British character actor with radio and stage experience from 1951. Born in Minnesota, he made his debut in radio acting. He was . Set in London, Widmark's Fabian manages to survive in the jungle of the English demimonde, but is doomed. Her writing was characterised by a flickering sense of. More info. After his debut, Widmark would work steadily until he retired at the age of 76 in 1990, primarily as a character lead. American actor . SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 20 Patrick Wymark, a wellknown British actor, was found dead in his hotel room in Melbourne this evening, apparently of natural causes. I dont care how well known an actor is, Mr. Widmark insisted. They think youre playing yourself. His seven-year contract at Fox was expiring, and Zanuck, who would not renew the deal, cast him in the western Broken Lance (1954) in a decidedly supporting role, billed beneath not only Spencer Tracy but even Robert Wagner and Jean Peters. The great director Elia Kazan cast Widmark in his thriller Panic in the Streets (1950), not as the heavy (that role went to Jack Palance) but as the physician who tracks down Palance, who has the plague, in tandem with detective Paul Douglas. American actor Richard Widmark, a veteran of more than 70 films as well as numerous theater and radio productions, died March 24 at his Connecticut home after a long illness. Fact Check: We strive for accuracy and fairness. Both he and Widmark were hard-of-hearing (as well as balding and in need of help from the makeup department's wigmakers), so Ford would sit far away from them while directing scenes and then give them directions in a barely audible voice. Sunrise Township, Chisago County, Minnesota, USA, Susan Blanchard (27 September1999 - 24 March2008)( his death), Jean Hazlewood (5 April1942 - 2 March1997)( her death)( 1 child). He appeared in more westerns, adventures and social dramas and pushed himself as an actor by taking the thankless role of the Dauphin in Otto Preminger's adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan (1957), a notorious flop that didn't bring anyone any honors, neither Preminger, his leading lady Jean Seberg, nor Widmark. Richard Widmark (December 26, 1914 - March 24, 2008) was an American actor of films, stage, radio and television. Widmark was not afraid to play deeply troubled, deeply conflicted, or just downright deeply corrupt characters.After his debut, Widmark would work steadily until he retired at the age of 76 in 1990, primarily as a character lead. Along with character actor Chill Wills, Widmark arguably was the best thing in the movie. Martin MacKenzie Commander in Chief, SAC1977The Domino PrincipleTagge1977RollercoasterAgent Hoyt1978ComaDr. The publicity department at 20th Century-Fox recommended that exhibitors market the film by concentrating on thumping the tub for their new antihero. The most famous Richard is Richard A Williams Jr. See other celebrities, athletes, actors, singers, politicians with the name Richard. [5] The Army turned him down during World War II because of a perforated ear drum.[6]. He is best known for his role as Tommy Udo in his first movie, Kiss of Death. Mr. Widmark, who hated the limelight, spent his Hollywood years living quietly on a large farm in Connecticut and an 80-acre horse ranch in Hidden Valley, north of Los Angeles. American actor Richard Widmark , circa 1975. His daughter with wife Jean Hazlewood, Anne Heath Widmark, an artist and author, married baseball legend Sandy Koufax on January 1, 1969. She is currently starring on stage in A View From Islington North. Among the 65 movies he made over the next five decades were The Cobweb (1955), in which he played the head of a psychiatric clinic where the staff seemed more emotionally troubled than the patients; Saint Joan (1957) , as the Dauphin to Jean Sebergs Joan of Arc; John Waynes The Alamo (1960), as Jim Bowie, the inventor of the Bowie knife; Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), as an American army colonel prosecuting German war criminals; and John Fords revisionist western Cheyenne Autumn (1963), as an army captain who risks his career to help the Indians. He played a Texas Ranger opposite Willie Nelsons train robber in Once Upon a Texas Train, a small-town police chief in Blackout and, most memorably, a bayou country sheriff faced with a group of aged black men who have confessed to a murder in A Gathering of Old Men.. If you see something that doesnt look right, contact us. - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00. In 1960, he was appearing in another notorious production, John Wayne's ode to suicidal patriotism, The Alamo (1960), with the personally liberal Widmark playing Jim Bowie in support of the very conservative Wayne's Davy Crockett. Premium Key Aero subscribers get access to read all our magazines online as soon as they leave the editors desk. Neat color shots of USAF SA-16 Albatross' & H-19 (Whirlwind) helicopters Id always lived in small towns, and acting meant having some kind of identity.. As the 1950s progressed, Widmark played in westerns, military vehicles, and his old stand-by genre, the thriller. Indeed, he became so adept at all types of roles that he consistently lent credibility to inferior movies and became an audience favorite over a career that spanned more than half a century. First Name: Richard. It was testimony to the stature of both Stewart and Widmark as stars that this was as far as Ford's baiting went, as the great director could be extraordinarily cruel. [speaking in 1976] The heavies in my day were kid's stuff compared to [3] Widmark grew up in Princeton, Illinois, and lived in Henry, Illinois for a short time, moving frequently because of his father's work as a traveling salesman. Olwen Wymark, who has died aged 81, was an American-born fringe theatre and BBC radio dramatist particularly active in the 1970s and 80s. Richard Widmark established himself as an icon of American cinema with his debut in the 1947 film noir Kiss of Death (1947), in which he won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination as the killer Tommy Udo. Asked once if he had been astute with his money, he answered, No, just tight., He sold the ranch in 1997 after the death of Ms. Hazelwood, his wife of 55 years. [4] Widmark was almost not cast. Featured in "Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir" by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry (McFarland, 2003). His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Harris1978The SwarmGen. In 1960, he was appearing in another notorious production, John Wayne's ode to suicidal patriotism, The Alamo (1960), with the personally liberal Widmark playing Jim Bowie in support of the very conservative Wayne's Davy Crockett. It is surprising to think that Kiss of Death (1947) represented his sole Oscar nomination, but with the rise of respect for film noir around the time his career began tapering off in the '70s, he began to be reevaluated as an actor. They had a daughter, Anne Heath Widmark, an artist and author who was married to baseball player Sandy Koufax from 1969 to 1982. However, Wymark was a gentle person in real life and was, by his own admission, ignorant of business matters. After moving to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Wymark played a wide range of Shakespearean roles, including Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Stephano in The Tempest, Marullus in Julius Caesar and Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Widmark was establishing himself as a real presence in the genre that later would be hailed as film noir. In movies, he appeared primarily in supporting roles, albeit in highly billed fashion, in such films as Sidney Lumet's Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Robert Aldrich's Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977), and Stanley Kramer's The Domino Principle (1977). He even came back as a heavy, playing the villainous doctor in Coma (1978).In 1971, in search of better roles, he turned to television, starring as the President of the U.S. in the TV miniseries Vanished (1971). With Madigan, one can see Widmark's characters as a progression in the evolution of what would become the late 1960s nihilistic antihero, such as those embodied by Clint Eastwood in Siegel's later Dirty Harry (1971). I have a high forehead; he thought I looked too intellectual." He capped off the decade with one of his finest performances, as the amoral police detective in Don Siegel's gritty cop melodrama Madigan (1968). I could carry out projects which I liked but the studios didnt want., He added: The businessmen who run Hollywood today have no self-respect. Richard Weedt Widmark(December 26, 1914 March 24, 2008) was an American film, stage, and television actor andproducer.He was nominated for anAcademy Awardfor his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film,Kiss of Death(1947), for which he also won theGolden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. "Sell Richard Widmark" advised the studio's publicity manual that an alert 20th Century-Fox sent to theater owners. Product Information. My grandmother used to take me". In his first stage role, he played an Army lieutenant in F. Hugh Herberts Kiss and Tell, directed by George Abbott. In 1971, in search of better roles, he turned to television, starring as the President of the U.S. in the TV miniseries Vanished (1971). - 27th March 2008 at 05:39 Permalink After seeing his screen test for the role of Tommy Udo, 20th Century-Fox boss Darryl F. Zanuck insisted that the slight, blonde Widmark - no one's idea of a heavy, particularly after his stage work - be cast as the psychopath in Kiss of Death (1947), which had been prepared as a Victor Mature vehicle. In 1960, he was appearing in another notorious production, John Wayne's ode to suicidal patriotism, The Alamo (1960), with the personally liberal Widmark playing Jim Bowie in support of the very conservative Wayne's Davy Crockett. Discover Richard Widmark's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. He won a Golden Globe and an Oscar nod for the part, which led to an early bout with typecasting at the studio. Both he and Widmark were hard-of-hearing (as well as balding and in need of help from the makeup department's wigmakers), so Ford would sit far away from them while directing scenes and then give them directions in a barely audible voice. [15][16][17][18][19], Widmark's performance in Kiss of Death inspired the name of mystery and crime writer Donald E. Westlake's best-known continuing pseudonym, Richard Stark, under which he wrote some of his darkest, most violent books. Los Angeles Times critic Kevin Thomas thought that Widmark should have won an Oscar nomination for his turn in When the Legends Die (1972) playing a former rodeo star tutoring Frederic Forrest's character.It is surprising to think that Kiss of Death (1947) represented his sole Oscar nomination, but with the rise of respect for film noir around the time his career began tapering off in the '70s, he began to be reevaluated as an actor. After him are Miriam Makeba, Richard Wright, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Yma Sumac, Michael Crichton, and Heath Ledger. His seven-year contract at Fox was expiring, and Zanuck, who would not renew the deal, cast him in the western Broken Lance (1954) in a decidedly supporting role, billed beneath not only Spencer Tracy but even Robert Wagner and Jean Peters. The film was well respected, and it won an Oscar nomination for best screenplay for the front of Hollywood 10 blacklistee Albert Maltz. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Actor and actress Richard Widmark and Lola Jea. Before him are Goldie Hawn (1945), Bryan Cranston (1956), Ernest Borgnine (1917), Richard Chamberlain (1934), Warren Beatty (1937), and Liza Minnelli (1946). 1982 - WIONOK C HOAD ACTOR WIDMARK BORN RICHARD. Graduating in 1936, he spent two years as an instructor in the Lake Forest drama department, directing and acting in two dozen plays. Richard Widmark was born on the 26th of December, 1914. [citation needed], Widmark owned a cattle ranch near Green City, Missouri during the 1950s and 1960s. Net Worth: Undisclosed. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. The teenaged Widmark continued to go to the movies and was thrilled by Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931). Even though the role was small, Widmark stole the picture. Widmark was masterful in conveying the desperation of the criminal seeking to control his own fate but who is damned, and this performance also became an icon of film noir. The film was well respected, and it won an Oscar nomination for best screenplay for the front of Hollywood 10 blacklistee Albert Maltz. Thorne Ryan1954Hell and High WaterCapt. The performance won Mr. Widmark his sole Academy Award nomination, for best supporting actor. Once more details are available, we will update this section. Actor. Movie audiences fasten on to one aspect of the actor, and then they decide what they want you to be, Mr. Widmark once said. - 27th March 2008 at 13:52 Permalink He was unable to join the military during World War II because of a perforated eardrum. Richard Widmark established himself as an icon of American cinema with his debut in the 1947 film noir Kiss of Death (1947), in which he won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination as the killer Tommy Udo. Early in his career Widmark specialized in similar villainous or anti-hero roles in films noir, but he later branched out into . He has said that he loved the movies from his boyhood, claiming, "I've been a movie bug since I was 4. Among people deceased in 2008, Richard Widmark ranks 17. On a full scholarship at Lake Forest College in Illinois, he played end on the football team, took third place in a state oratory contest, starred in plays and was, once again, senior class president. However, he won the lead role in a college production of, fittingly enough, the play "Counsellor-at-Law", and the acting bug bit deep. [8] Kiss of Death was a commercial and critical success: Widmark won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.[9]. Patrick Wymark (11 July 1926 20 October 1970) was an English stage, film and television actor. Mr.. Characters played by Widmark were often tough. Actor Richard Widmark has Died Aged 93 | Key Aero Actor Richard Widmark has Died Aged 93 Home Forums General Discussion Read the forum code of contact Member for 15 years 11 months Posts: 9,718 Send private message By: Creaking Door - 26th March 2008 at 21:22 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7315340.stm Original post Member for She said that Mr. Widmark had fractured a vertebra in recent months and that his conditioned had worsened. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. He was popular, having captured the public imagination, and before the decade was out, his hand- and footprints were immortalized in concrete in the court outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Kiss of Death (1947) and other noir thrillers established Widmark as part of a new generation of American movie actors who became stars in the post-World War II era. Early in his career, Widmark was typecast in similar villainous oranti-heroroles infilms noirs, but he later branched out into more heroic leading and supporting roles in Westerns, mainstream dramas, and horror films among others.For his contributions to the motion picture industry, Widmark has a star on theHollywood Walk of Fameat 6800 Hollywood Boulevard. What interests them is not movies but the bottom line. There is even a story that Joey Gallo, the New York mobster, was so taken by Mr. Widmarks performance in Kiss of Death that he copied the actors natty posture, sadistic smirk and tittering laugh. Widmark played psychotics in The Street with No Name (1948) and Road House (1948) and held his own against new Fox superstar Gregory Peck in the William A. Wellman western Yellow Sky (1948), playing the villain, of course. prosecutor in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) as the 1950s segued into the 1960s, but he would continue to act for another 30 years. Net Worth 2020 Undisclosed Find out more about Patrick Wymark net worth here. He toured South Africa the following year and then directed plays for the drama department at Stanford University, California. They're respected for their deep thoughts and courageous actions, but sometimes show off when accomplishing something. He capped off the decade with one of his finest performances, as the amoral police detective in Don Siegel's gritty cop melodrama Madigan (1968). Read more on Wikipedia. Set in London, Widmark's Fabian manages to survive in the jungle of the English demimonde, but is doomed. In 1971, in search of better roles, he turned to television, starring as the President of the U. S. in the TV miniseries Vanished (1971). Sponsored. $19.99 Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, "Sunrise: Birthplace of Hollywood Actor Richard Widmark", "Richard Widmark, Film's Hoodlum and Flawed Hero, Dies at 93", "Tough-guy actor Richard Widmark dies at 93", "Marilyn Monroe was God-awful to work with. [13][14] Widmark's failing health in his final years was aggravated by a fall he suffered in 2007. Richard Widmark. Well into his later years, the nonviolent, gun-hating Mr. Widmark, who described himself as gentle, was accosted by strangers who expected him to be a tough guy. He made his Broadway debut in 1943 in the play "Kiss and Tell" and continued to appear on stage in roles that were light-years away from the tough cookies he would play in his early movies. My grandmother used to take me". Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. On the night of his death, he was to appear on the TV variety programme In Melbourne Tonight. Widmark was not afraid to play deeply troubled, deeply conflicted, or just downright deeply corrupt characters. He has said that he loved the movies from his boyhood, claiming, "I've been a movie bug since I was 4. Before he became a film actor, Widmark was busy with voice-over work on various radio programs during the 1930s and 1940s. Film noir actor who played Tommy Udo in Kiss of Death. Zanuck insisted that the slight, blonde Widmark - no one's idea of a heavy, particularly after his stage work - be cast as the psychopath in Kiss of Death (1947), which had been prepared as a Victor Mature vehicle. His mobsters were drenched in evil. His wife is Susan Blanchard (27 September1999 - 24 March2008)( his death), Jean Hazlewood (5 April1942 - 2 March1997)( her death)( 1 child). On Two Rode Together (1961), Ford feuded with Jimmy Stewart over his hat. Richard Widmarks birth sign is Capricorn and he had a ruling planet of Saturn. - Vintage Photograph 3876085. The great director Elia Kazan cast Widmark in his thriller Panic in the Streets (1950), not as the heavy (that role went to Jack Palance) but as the physician who tracks down Palance, who has the plague, in tandem with detective Paul Douglas. English actress Jane Wymark, the daughter of English actor Patrick Wymark and American writer Olwen Wymark, UK, 2nd October 1973. Tommy Udo made the 32-year-old Mr. Widmark, who had been an established radio actor, an instant movie star, and he spent the next seven years playing a variety of flawed heroes and relentlessly anti-social mobsters in 20th Century Foxs juiciest melodramas. The initials "G.I." Widmark was not afraid to play deeply troubled, deeply conflicted, or just downright deeply corrupt characters. "Sell Richard Widmark" advised the studio's publicity manual that an alert 20th Century-Fox sent to theater owners. Widmark finds Lucy sprawled out on his living room floor underneath a bearskin rug. is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue". The soon-to-be-blacklisted director Jules Dassin cast him in one of his greatest roles, as the penny-ante hustler Harry Fabian in Night and the City (1950). John Lawrence1952Red Skies of MontanaCliff Mason1952Don't Bother to KnockJed Towers1952O. He said, "The director, Henry Hathaway, didn't want me. His father was of Swedish descent and his mother of English and Scottish ancestry. Also learn how He earned most of Richard Widmark networth? My grandmother used to take me". So he turned, in 1943, to Broadway. In that same year, he appeared in Oscar-winning writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's No Way Out (1950) as a bigot who instigates a race riot. Richard Weedt Widmark (December 26, 1914 - March 24, 2008) was an American film, stage, and television actor and producer.He was nominated for an Academy Awa. Richard Weedt Widmark was born in Sunrise Township, Minnesota, to Ethel Mae (Barr) and Carl Henry Widmark. Richard Ward (March 15, 1915 - July 1, 1979) was a gravel-voiced African American actor on the stage, television, and in films, from 1949 until his death. After World War II, he was signed by 20th Century-Fox to a seven-year contract. Richard Widmark established himself as an icon of American cinema with his debut in the 1947 film noir, He was a presenter at the Golden Globe Awards. - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00. He had been due to star in the play Sleuth at the Comedy Theatre three days later. His seven-year contract at Fox was expiring, and Zanuck, who would not renew the deal, cast him in the western Broken Lance (1954) in a decidedly supporting role, billed beneath not only Spencer Tracy but even Robert Wagner and Jean Peters. Widmark was establishing himself as a real presence in the genre that later would be hailed as film noir. His stardom would peak around the time he played the U.S. prosecutor in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) as the 1950s segued into the 1960s, but he would continue to act for another 30 years. Generation. War movie buffs identify this little known film as one of the best war movies ever made. 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