Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark
Widmark as Max Brock, 1973
Born
Richard Weedt Widmark

(1914-12-26)December 26, 1914
Sunrise Township, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedMarch 24, 2008(2008-03-24) (aged 93)
Roxbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma materLake Forest College (B.A., 1936)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
Years active1938–2001
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Jean Hazlewood
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1942; died 1997)​
  • ​
    (m. 1999)​
Children1

Richard Weedt Widmark (December 26, 1914 – March 24, 2008) was an American actor and film producer. For his debut film role as the villainous Tommy Udo in the film noir Kiss of Death (1947), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won the inaugural Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer.

Early in his film 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. He also produced several films.

For his contributions to motion pictures, Widmark received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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