Richard Todd

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Todd
Occupation	Movie Actor
Date Of Birth	Jun 11, 1919(1919-06-11)
Age	105
Date Of Death	December 3, 2009, Humby, United Kingdom
Birthplace	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Horoscope	Gemini

Richard Todd Biography

Richard Todd is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on June 11, 1919 in Dublin, Ireland. He is remembered for his contributions to stage and screen. His role as Yank in The Hasty Heart’s London stage production was his first major success. In 1948, Warner Brothers adapted the play and nominated him for an Oscar.

Todd was originally cast as James Bond in Dr. No 1962 film. However, scheduling problems led to the casting of Todd was the original choice for the James Bond role in the 1962 film Dr. No; however, scheduling difficulties resulted in the re-casting of Sean Connery..

Richard Todd was the son of Andrew William Palethorpe Todd (a professional rugby player and doctor) and spent his youth in Ireland and England. He had four children through his marriages to Virginia Mailer, Catherine Grant-Bogle, and one with Patricia Nelson.

Richard Todd Net Worth

Richard Todd is one of the richest Movie Actor from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Todd 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His professional acting career began at London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. He performed in a production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, which was staged in the middle 1930s.

As a captain of the British 6th Airborne Division, he participated in the D-Day landings in 1944. Later, he appeared in The Longest Day (a war movie about the historic event). However, he didn’t play himself in the film, but he portrayed Major John Howard.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Richard Todd height 5 ft 9 in Richard weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Richard Todd Dating?

According to our records, Richard Todd married to Virginia Mailer , Catherine Stewart Crawford Grant-Bogle. As of December 1, 2023, Richard Todd’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Richard Todd celebrates birthday on June 11 of every year.

Was Richard Todd married to Elizabeth Taylor?

Mike Todd
Spouse(s)| Bertha Freshman ​ ​ ( m. 1927; died 1946)​ Joan Blondell ​ ​ ( m. 1947; div. 1950)​ Elizabeth Taylor ​ ( m. 1957)​
Children| 2

What did Richard Todd do in ww2?

On 6 June 1944, as a lieutenant, he participated in Operation Tonga during the D-Day landings. He was among the first British soldiers to land in Normandy as part of Operation Overlord, and the first Irishman. His battalion parachuted in after glider-borne forces had landed to capture the Pegasus Bridge near Caen.

Was Richard Todd Scottish?

Most people assumed Todd was English. Some thought he was Scottish, because he played so many notable Scottish roles. In fact, he was Irish by birth , born Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd in Dublin, in 1919, though he spent part of his childhood in India.

Was Richard Todd a war hero?

Todd was himself a war hero , one of the first British officers to parachute into Normandy during the D-Day landings in 1944, and he re-lived some of that experience when he played Major John Howard in the film The Longest Day (1962). His private life was marked by the tragic suicides of two of his sons.

Who was Liz Taylors first husband?

1950: First marriage at 18 Taylor met Conrad “Nicky” Hilton Jr. —son of the Hilton hotel magnate Conrad Hilton and Paris Hilton’s future great- uncle—at age 17 at a nightclub in LA; they married less than a year later.