To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 September 2015. His luck changed for the better when he got a chance to act in films where he was more successful in portraying characters from the armed forces. He was cast for ‘D-Day, the Sixth of June’ in 1956. Was the first Oscar nominee to act in the Doctor Who Series. The Times Digital Archive. In the 1970s, he gained new fans when he appeared as the reader for Radio Four's Morning Story. He starred in the films ‘Saint Joan’ and the ‘The Yangtse Incident’ in 1957 and ‘Chase a Crooked Shadow’ in 1958. Ah well. I have "Caught in the Act." - IMDb Mini Biography By: Todd was the officer who made contact. Refresh and try again. He also appeared as an extra in British films including Good Morning, Boys (1937), A Yank at Oxford (1938) and Old Bones of the River (1939). He was a vocal supporter of the British Conservative Party. Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. It is regretable that I am unable to obtain the first volume of Richard Todd's autobiography, "Caught in the Act" for a sensible price but that's life. He founded the ‘Triumph Theater Productions’ in 1970 and toured abroad with many plays. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2015, Everything was fine was exactly as described thanks again. Todd's career received a boost when 20th Century-Fox signed him to a non-exclusive contract and cast him as the United States Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall in the film version of Catherine Marshall's best selling biography A Man Called Peter (1955), which was a popular success. He appeared in The Very Edge (1963), a thriller, then he played Harry Sanders in two films for Harry Alan Towers: Death Drums Along the River and Coast of Skeletons (both 1965). You just do it because that is what you are there for. I saw his film about leaving his Wayside house for the farm and thought. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2017. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Why me?' "[citation needed], Todd was a supporter of Second World War commemoration events, particularly those associated with the Normandy landings and No.617 ("Dambusters") Squadron, RAF. On the day he received his commission, he tried to join several friends at the Café de Paris in London, but could not get a table booked for the evening. Intent to Kill (1958) was another thriller, this time for Fox, with Betsy Drake. [7], After the war, Todd was unsure what direction to take in his career. Round the British studios.