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.

Filmography

• 2002The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller — Skip McCoy (archive footage)
• 1999Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
• 1992John Wayne's 'The Alamo' — Jim Bowie
• 1992Lincoln — Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
• 1991True Colors — Sen. James Stiles
• 1989Cold Sassy Tree — Enoch Rucker Blakeslee
• 1988Once Upon a Texas Train — Capt. Owen Hayes
• 1987A Gathering of Old Men — Sheriff Mapes
• 1985Blackout — Joe Steiner
• 1984Against All Odds — Ben Caxton
• 1982Hanky Panky — Ransom
• 1982National Lampoon's Movie Madness — Stan Nagurski ("Municipalians")
• 1982Who Dares Wins — Secretary of State Arthur Currie
• 1981A Whale for the Killing — Tom Goodenough
• 1980All God's Children — Judge Parke Denison
• 1979Bear Island — Otto Gerran
• Mr. Horn — Al Sieber
• 1978Coma — Dr. Harris
• 1978The Swarm — General Slater
• 1977Rollercoaster — Agent Hoyt
• 1977The Domino Principle — Tagge
• 1977Twilight's Last Gleaming — Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA
• 1976The Sell Out — Sam Lucas
• 1976To the Devil a Daughter — John Verney
• 1975The Last Day — Will Spence
• 1974Murder on the Orient Express — Mr. Ratchett
• The Lives of Benjamin Franklin — Rebel Benjamin Franklin
• 1973Brock's Last Case — Lieutenant Max Brock
• Madigan — Dan Madigan
• 1972When the Legends Die — Red Dillon
• 1971Directed by John Ford — (archive footage)
• Vanished — President Paul Roudebush
• 1970The Moonshine War — Dr. Emmett Taulbee
• 1969A Talent for Loving — Major William Patten
• 1969Death of a Gunfighter — Marshal Frank Patch
• 1968Madigan — Det. Daniel Madigan
• 1967The Way West — Lije Evans
• 1966Alvarez Kelly — Col. Tom Rossiter
• 1965The Bedford Incident — Captain Eric Finlander, U.S.N., Producer
• 1964Cheyenne Autumn — Capt. Thomas Archer
• 1964Flight from Ashiya — L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson
• 1964The Long Ships — Rolfe
• 1962Exercise No. One
• 1962How the West Was Won — Mike King
• 1961Judgment at Nuremberg — Tad Lawson
• 1961The Secret Ways — Michael Reynolds, Producer
• 1961Two Rode Together — First Lt. Jim Gary
• Here's Hollywood
• 1960The Alamo — Jim Bowie
• 1959The Trap — Ralph Anderson
• 1959Warlock — Johnny Gannon
• 1958The Law and Jake Wade — Clint Hollister
• 1958The Tunnel of Love — August 'Augie' Poole
• 1957Saint Joan — The Dauphin, Charles VII
• 1957Time Limit — Col. William Edwards, Producer
• 1956Backlash — Jim Slater
• 1956Boy with a Knife — Narrator
• 1956Run for the Sun — Michael 'Mike' Latimer
• 1956The Last Wagon — Comanche Todd
• 1955A Prize of Gold — Sgt. Joe Lawrence
• 1955The Cobweb — Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver
• 1954Broken Lance — Ben Devereaux
• 1954Garden of Evil — Fiske
• 1954Hell and High Water — Capt. Adam Jones
• 1953Destination Gobi — Sam McHale
• 1953Pickup on South Street — Skip McCoy
• 1953Take the High Ground! — Sgt. Thorne Ryan
• 1952Don't Bother to Knock — Jed Towers
• 1952My Pal Gus — Dave Jennings
• 1952O. Henry's Full House — Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
• 1952Red Skies of Montana — Cliff Mason
• 1951Halls of Montezuma — Lt. Carl Anderson
• I Love Lucy — Richard Widmark
• 1951The Frogmen — Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence
• 1950Night and the City — Harry Fabian
• 1950No Way Out — Ray Biddle
• 1950Panic in the Streets — Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
• 1949Down to the Sea in Ships — Dan Lunceford
• 1949Slattery's Hurricane — Lt. Willard Francis Slattery
• 1948Road House — Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins
• 1948The Street with No Name — Alec Stiles
• 1948Yellow Sky — Dude
• 1947Kiss of Death — Tommy Udo
• The West of the Imagination

Appearances as themselves (19)

• 2000Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters — Self
• 1999Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait — Self - Actor
• 1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western — Self
• 1995Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick — Self
• The World of Hammer — Self (archive footage)
• 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — Self (archive footage)
• Biography — Self - Actor
• 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)
• 1986Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend — Self - Narrator
• 1986The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Yesteryear — Self
• 1979All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee