Born in Sunrise Township, Minnesota, and raised in Illinois, Widmark completed a BA in speech at Lake Forest College where he also studied and taught acting before a wartime medical disqualification ended his Army service. He began performing on radio in 1938, later headlining the daytime serial Front Page Farrell and appearing on various network shows. After a short Broadway appearance in 1943, h… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Murder on the Orient Express 1974 Judgment at Nuremberg 1961 How the West Was Won 1962 Coma 1978 Series ★ 7.9 I Love Lucy 1951
Richard Widmark ★ 6.8 Coma 1978
Dr. Harris ★ 7 Kiss of Death 1947
Tommy Udo ★ 7 Yellow Sky 1948
Dude ★ 6.9 Panic in the Streets 1950
Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D. ★ 7 No Way Out 1950
Ray Biddle ★ 7 The Bedford Incident 1965
Captain Eric Finlander, U.S.N. ★ 6.8 Warlock 1959
Johnny Gannon ★ 6.7 Cheyenne Autumn 1964
Capt. Thomas Archer ★ 7 Directed by John Ford 1971
(archive footage) ★ 6.9 O. Henry's Full House 1952
Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call") ★ 7.2 Time Limit 1957
Col. William Edwards ★ 6.6 Don't Bother to Knock 1952
Jed Towers ★ 7.2 Down to the Sea in Ships 1949
Dan Lunceford ★ 6.7 Road House 1948
Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins ★ 6.6 The Law and Jake Wade 1958
Clint Hollister ★ 6.5 The Last Wagon 1956
Comanche Todd ★ 6.5 Broken Lance 1954
Ben Devereaux ★ 6.5 Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977
Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA ★ 6.5 Backlash 1956
Jim Slater ★ 6.4 Two Rode Together 1961
First Lt. Jim Gary ★ 6.4 Saint Joan 1957
The Dauphin, Charles VII ★ 6.4 The Street with No Name 1948
Alec Stiles ★ 6.3 Death of a Gunfighter 1969
Marshal Frank Patch ★ 6.3 Who Dares Wins 1982
Secretary of State Arthur Currie ★ 6.2 The Frogmen 1951
Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence ★ 6.3 Garden of Evil 1954
Fiske ★ 5.9 Destination Gobi 1953
Sam McHale ★ 6.2 Alvarez Kelly 1966
Col. Tom Rossiter ★ 5.9 The Tunnel of Love 1958
August 'Augie' Poole ★ 6.2 True Colors 1991
Sen. James Stiles ★ 6.2 Madigan 1968
Det. Daniel Madigan ★ 6 Halls of Montezuma 1951
Lt. Carl Anderson ★ 6.1 The Long Ships 1964
Rolfe ★ 5.4 Blackout 1985
Joe Steiner ★ 6 Hell and High Water 1954
Capt. Adam Jones ★ 6 Bear Island 1979
Otto Gerran ★ 5.7 The Cobweb 1955
Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver ★ 6.1 The Way West 1967
Lije Evans ★ 5.8 The Domino Principle 1977
Tagge ★ 6 Rollercoaster 1977
Agent Hoyt ★ 5.3 Hanky Panky 1982
Ransom ★ 5.4 To the Devil a Daughter 1976
John Verney ★ 5.7 Against All Odds 1984
Ben Caxton ★ 3.5 National Lampoon's Movie Madness 1982
Stan Nagurski ("Municipalians") ★ 5 The Swarm 1978
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