Guest 658- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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4 December 2009
11:3334326#1
Just been on the news Richard Todd has died aged 90, Not only a fine actor and gentleman, but one of the first men to land on d day. Jumping in with 9bn the Parachute regt to reinforce the Ox and Bucks on Pegasus bridge.RIP sir you will be missed.
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Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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4 December 2009
11:5134333#2
I was talking to a Spencer Hitchcock the other day he runs a company called Digital Silver in Dover and is one of the sponsors for the H4H show and was a friend of Richard Todd's he was going to see if he could get him down for the show.Great actor will be sadly missed.RIP
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Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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4 December 2009
12:0634335#3
Yes, RIP to a war hero of great distinction. One of the best known faces in British Cinema in the 50s and 60s, I always found Richard Todd an actor made for the portrayal of stiff upper lip wartime British Officers, and his portrayal of Guy Gibson in The Dambusters was quite brilliant. RIP the great Richard Todd.
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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4 December 2009
12:3734340#4
yes indeed I echo all that has been said and him..... RIP
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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4 December 2009
12:3834341#5
Yes a fine man and quiet hero who endured for a long time in the acting game. Not only in the cinema but also on the West End stage. I saw him one time in the West End in An Inspector Calls, I think that was the one anyway, but it was a fair while ago, but it was very interesting to see him a movie star of note striding the stage. I saw many on the West End stage, but it was very good to see him. An Inspector Calls was one of those plays that ran and ran and Richard Todd was always there every night of the week, and matinees wed and sat. Clearly he enjoyed performing.
Yes Andy is right..The Dambusters was great and is still enjoyable today.
Guest 684- Registered: 26 Feb 2009
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4 December 2009
17:1234361#6
Very sad loss. A true English gent. They don't make them like that any more, sadly. RIP.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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4 December 2009
18:5234373#7
A Gentleman, Hero and a fine actor, it must have been something quite special to see him on the West End stage in the flesh so to speak. R.I.P. Richard Todd
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4 December 2009
18:5434374#8
i never realised that richard todd was a war hero, i just assumed that he played the part in films.
it is usually the ones that keep quiet about it.
condolences to his family and friends.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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4 December 2009
18:5634375#9
Saw him in`Coast of Skeletons` 3 or 4 times when it was on at the Gaumont? around 1964. Lose track over the years who`s still about, till you hear of their death.
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Guest 666- Registered: 25 Mar 2008
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5 December 2009
01:5734391#10
Sad news indeed - his portrayal of Gibson was spot-on and like yourself I never realised he also experienced the war first-hand....maybe like David Niven, the experience shone through his role.
The good thing is (as with all fine actors) we have the celluloid selves in whatever format that comes along in the future to witness their performances again and again.
RIP R.Todd
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Guest 675- Registered: 30 Jun 2008
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5 December 2009
19:1934405#11
In "The Longest Day" Richard Todd played the part of his own commanding officer from the action he actually took part in. As a side note the late Donald Pleasance who starred in "The Great Escape" was himself once a POW in that camp.
Todd was one of those great British actors who could be himself yet always make it right for the part. He will be missed.
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