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Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd OBE (1919 - 2009)

Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd OBE
Born in Dublin, Irelandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
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Died at age 90 in Little Humby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdommap
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Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd OBE was "an Irish born English actor. He received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, as well as an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination for his role in the film The Hasty Heart (1949)."[1]

"He portrayed Wing Commander Guy Gibson in "The Dam Busters" (1955), Sir Walter Raleigh in "The Virgin Queen" (1955) and Major John Howard in "The Longest Day" (1962) Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk in "The Sword and the Rose" (1953), Dunois, Bastard of Orléans in "Saint Joan" (1957), Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans, RN in "Yangtse Incident" (1957)"[2]

He was born 11 June 1919 in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Andrew William Palethorpe-Todd and Marvilla Rose Agar Daly.[3]

He married Catherine Stewart Crawford Grant-Bogle 13 August 1949 at Chelsea, London.[4] His second wife, whom he married April 1970, was Virginia A. Miler.[5]

Richard died 3 December 2009 at Grantham, Lincolnshire, at the age of 90.[6]

Tombstone Inscription: "Husband of Virginia and Kitty, Loving father of Peter and Fiona, Andrew, Seamas and Jeremy. A dashing young blade."

Obituary:[7]

Richard Todd, 90
Irish actor Todd dies
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (TX) - Saturday, December 5, 2009
ACTOR TODD DIES AT 90
LONDON (AP) - Irish actor Richard Todd has died of cancer at age 90. His family said Todd died Thursday in England. Todd drew on his wartime exploits as a British army paratrooper in the 1962 film "The Longest Day."

Sources

  1. Richard Todd on Wikipedia.
  2. Richard Todd on Wikipedia.
  3. Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958. Name Richard A P Todd Date of Registration 1919Jul-Aug-Sep Registration district Dublin South Birth Country Ireland Volume 2 Page 610 FHL Film Number 101078.
  4. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005. Name Richrd A P Todd Registration Date Jul 1949 Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep Registration district Chelsea Inferred County London Spouse Catherine S C Bogle Volume Number 5c Page number 746.
  5. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005. Name Richard A P Todd Registration Date Apr 1970 Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun Registration district Chelsea Inferred County Greater London Spouse Virginia A Miler Volume Number 5a Page number 1697.
  6. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45091349/richard-todd: accessed 05 February 2023), memorial page for Richard Todd (11 Jun 1919–3 Dec 2009), Find A Grave: Memorial #45091349, citing St. Guthlac Churchyard, Little Ponton, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.
  7. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal () , obit for Irish actor Richard Todd dies, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/12C69EB664432C30 : accessed 15 April 2022)




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