Richard Widmark
American actor and producer (1914–2008) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Richard Weedt Widmark (December 26, 1914 – March 24, 2008) was an American film, stage, and television actor and producer.
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Born | Richard Weedt Widmark (1914-12-26)December 26, 1914 |
Died | March 24, 2008(2008-03-24) (aged 93) Roxbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
Alma mater | Lake Forest College (B.A., 1936) |
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Years active | 1938–2001 |
Political party | Democratic |
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Children | 1 |
He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, Kiss of Death (1947), for which he also won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Early in his career, Widmark was typecast in similar villainous or anti-hero roles in films noir, 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 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.