Richard Todd RIP

[Foxbat]

Has died age 90.

I grew up watching this actor. His most famous roles in the Dambusters and at Pegasus Bridge in The Longest Day. He played war heroes on the screen and was actually one of the first British soldiers to land in Normandy in 1944.

Goodbye Richard. thanks for the great films.

Nobody can ever doubt that you 'held until relieved'.

I salute you.

 

[Daisy-Boo]

Oh my! How sad.

I just watched him this weekend in Stage Fright.

 

[Boneman]

by Foxbat
I grew up watching this actor.

Me too. 'Robin Hood' and others... amusingly, when making the longest day he met the character playing him on one of the bridges...

 

[The Ace]

I can always remember Lee Marvin and some guy whose name escapes me having some fun with Todd's lack of inches on the set of 'The Wild Geese.' Todd just smiled along with them, too much of a gentleman to point out that neither of them had ever been shot at for real.

 

[Boneman]

Hmm, can't have been Lee Marvin, he got a purple heart in the pacific in the marines in WWII. Probably Richard Burton...

 

[Pyan]

It was "The Dambusters" for me.

Great actor, real-life hero and gentleman.

 

[j d worthington]

As with D-B, I recently watched him in Stage Fright, where he put in an excellent performance... as he so often did. An actor whose work I have always enjoyed, and he will be missed....

 

[blacknorth]

I can always remember Lee Marvin and some guy whose name escapes me having some fun with Todd's lack of inches on the set of 'The Wild Geese.' Todd just smiled along with them, too much of a gentleman to point out that neither of them had ever been shot at for real.

Funny, neither Lee Marvin nor Richard Todd were in The Wild Geese. Richard Burton was; he served in the RAF, but I don't think he ever saw combat...

I loved The Wild Geese.

RIP Mr Todd, thoroughlly enjoyed Venetian Bird.

 

[Purdy Bear]

Iv loved Richard Todd's work since a child, I was brought up on the Black and White movies. He also did the voice overs (under another name) for the Edinburgh Tatoo.

Im sure Heaven has recieved a very special guy and I for one will miss him.

 

[clovis-man]

For me, Richard Todd WAS Robin Hood. Erroll Flynn could just eat his heart out as far as I was concerned.