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Acting

Richard Widmark

Career: Active from 1947 to 2002, busiest in 1952 and 1956 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 61
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Yellow Sky
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Richard Widmark Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.8, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.4, average 3.0
Pop Culture
0.5, average 2.2
Situational Comedy
1.4, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Moral Ambiguity 9
Social Commentary 9
Character Study 8
Historical Drama 7
Character-Driven 7
Western 6
Classic Western 5
Classic Hollywood 5
Psychological Thriller 5
Period Piece 4
Political Intrigue 4
Psychological Tension 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

82

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

The West of the Imagination

TV show

2000s

1 title

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

as Skip McCoy (archive footage)

1990s

3 titles · average score 57

71

as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

as Jim Bowie

True Colors

43

as Sen. James Stiles

1980s

10 titles · average score 51

Cold Sassy Tree

63

as Enoch Rucker Blakeslee

Once Upon a Texas Train

50

as Capt. Owen Hayes

A Gathering of Old Men

62

as Sheriff Mapes

Blackout

57

as Joe Steiner

Against All Odds

54

as Ben Caxton

Who Dares Wins

64

as Secretary of State Arthur Currie

Hanky Panky

44

as Ransom

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

14

as Stan Nagurski ("Municipalians")

A Whale for the Killing

as Tom Goodenough

All God's Children

as Judge Parke Denison

1970s

18 titles · average score 57

Bear Island

50

as Otto Gerran

Mr. Horn

65

TV show · as Al Sieber

The Swarm

28

as General Slater

Coma

68

as Dr. Harris

Rollercoaster

55

as Agent Hoyt

The Domino Principle

30

as Tagge

To the Devil a Daughter

39

as John Verney

The Sell Out

51

as Sam Lucas

Madigan

69

TV show · as Dan Madigan

When the Legends Die

67

as Red Dillon

Vanished

TV show · as President Paul Roudebush

The Moonshine War

50

as Dr. Emmett Taulbee

1960s

15 titles · average score 61

Death of a Gunfighter

59

as Marshal Frank Patch

Madigan

67

as Det. Daniel Madigan

The Way West

40

as Lije Evans

Alvarez Kelly

58

as Col. Tom Rossiter

The Bedford Incident

80

as Captain Eric Finlander, U.S.N.

Cheyenne Autumn

59

as Capt. Thomas Archer

The Long Ships

53

as Rolfe

Flight from Ashiya

46

as L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson

Judgment at Nuremberg

81

as Tad Lawson

Two Rode Together

73

as First Lt. Jim Gary

The Secret Ways

58

as Michael Reynolds

The Alamo

60

as Jim Bowie

1950s

28 titles · average score 66

Warlock

71

as Johnny Gannon

The Trap

67

as Ralph Anderson

The Law and Jake Wade

65

as Clint Hollister

The Last Wagon

68

as Comanche Todd

The Cobweb

61

as Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver

Garden of Evil

71

as Fiske

Hell and High Water

66

as Capt. Adam Jones

Pickup on South Street

85

as Skip McCoy

Don't Bother to Knock

72

as Jed Towers

Night and the City

83

as Harry Fabian

Panic in the Streets

84

as Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.

No Way Out

80

as Ray Biddle

1940s

6 titles · average score 72

Down to the Sea in Ships

71

as Dan Lunceford

Slattery's Hurricane

51

as Lt. Willard Francis Slattery

Yellow Sky

87

as Dude

The Street with No Name

82

as Alec Stiles

Road House

69

as Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins

Kiss of Death

72

as Tommy Udo