Richard Widmark

1914 -
American born Sunrise

Height 5' 10" (1.78 m) . Richard Widmark grew up in Princeton, Illinois, and attended Lake Forest (IL) College, where he first began acting. He taught acting at Lake Forest after graduation until 1938, when he made his radio debut in New York in "Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories". Widmark made his Broadway stage debut in 1943 in "Kiss and Tell". He had been rejected as unsuitable for military service because of a perforated eardrum. In 1947 he got his big break, making film history as Tommy Udo in Kiss of Death (1947), beginning a seven-year contract with 20th Century-Fox. His hand and footprints were cast in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in 1949. After his contract with Fox expired, Widmark went independent. He first appeared on TV as himself in an episode of "I Love Lucy" (1951), and began producing films om the late 1950s. His film career slowed after the 1970s, but he remained active in made-for-TV movies. He starred in his own TV series in 1972, "Madigan" (1972), based on his hit movie of 1968, but only six episodes were produced before the show was canceled. In 1988 The American Movie Classics cable TV channel honored Widmark by airing "The Richard Widmark Film Festival." Spouse Susan Blanchard (September 1999 - present), Jean Hazlewood (5 April 1942 - 2 March 1997) (her death) 1 child.

Lincoln (1992) , True Colors (1991) , Cold Sassy Tree (1989) , Once Upon a Texas Train (1988) , A Gathering of Old Men (1987) , Blackout (1985) , Against All Odds (1984) , Who Dares Wins (1982) , Hanky Panky (1982) , National Lampoon Goes to the Movies (1982) , A Whale for the Killing (1981) , All God's Children (1980) , Bear Island (1979) , Mr. Horn (1979) , The Swarm (1978) , Coma (1978/I) , Rollercoaster (1977) , The Domino Principle (1977) , Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) , The Sell-Out (1976) , To the Devil a Daughter (1976) , The Last Day (1975) , Murder on the Orient Express (1974) , "Benjamin Franklin" (1974) , Brock's Last Case (1973) ,
"Madigan" (1972) , When the Legends Die (1972) , Vanished (1971) , The Moonshine War (1970) , Death of a Gunfighter (1969) , A Talent for Loving (1969) , Madigan (1968) , The Way West (1967) , Alvarez Kelly (1966) , The Bedford Incident (1965) , Cheyenne Autumn (1964) , Flight from Ashiya (1964) , The Long Ships (1963) , How the West Was Won (1962) , Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) , Two Rode Together (1961) , The Secret Ways (1961) , The Alamo (1960) , Warlock (1959) , The Trap (1959) , The Tunnel of Love (1958) , The Law and Jake Wade (1958), Time Limit (1957) , Saint Joan (1957) , The Last Wagon (1956) , Run for the Sun (1956) , Backlash (1956) , The Cobweb (1955) , A Prize of Gold (1955) , Broken Lance (1954) , Garden of Evil (1954) , Hell and High Water (1954) , Take the High Ground! (1953) , Pickup on South Street (1953) , Destination Gobi (1953) , My Pal Gus (1952) , O. Henry's Full House (1952) , Don't Bother to Knock (1952) , Red Skies of Montana (1952) , The Frogmen (1951) , Halls of Montezuma (1950) , No Way Out (1950) , Panic in the Streets (1950) , Night and the City (1950) , Slattery's Hurricane (1949) , Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) , Yellow Sky (1948) , Road House (1948) , The Street with No Name (1948) , Kiss of Death (1947)