Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd (11 June 1919 – 3 December 2009) was an Irish actor known for his leading man roles of the 1950s. He received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, and an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance as Corporal Lachlan MacLachlan in the 1949 film The Hasty Heart. His other notable roles include Jonathan Cooper in Stage Fright (1950), Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters (1955), Sir Walter Raleigh in The Virgin Queen (1955), and Major John Howard in The Longest Day (1962). He was previously a Captain in the British Army during the Second World War, fighting in the D-Day landings as a member of the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion.
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| 1 | House of the Long Shadows (1983) | Sam Allyson | 7 | |
| 2 | Home Before Midnight (1979) | Geoffrey Steele | 6 | |
| 3 | The Big Sleep (1978) | Commander Barker | 4.5 | |
| 4 | Asylum (1972) | Walter | 8 | |
| 5 | Dorian Gray (1970) | Basil Hallward | - | - |
| 6 | Operation Crossbow (1965) | Wing Cmdr. Kendall | 8.5 | |
| 7 | Coast of Skeletons (1965) | Harry Sanders | - | - |
| 8 | Death Drums Along the River (1963) | Inspector Harry Sanders | - | - |
| 9 | The Longest Day (1962) | Maj. John Howard | 8.3 | |
| 10 | Never Let Go (1960) | John Cummings | 7 | |
| 11 | Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) | Williams, alias Ward McKenzie Prescott Jr. | 5 | |
| 12 | Saint Joan (1957) | Dunois, Bastard of Orleans | - | - |
| 13 | The Dam Busters (1955) | Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C. | 7.5 | |
| 14 | Venetian Bird (1952) | Edward Mercer | - | - |
| 15 | Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Richard Trevelyan | 5 | |
| 16 | Stage Fright (1950) | Jonathan Cooper | 7.3 | |
| 17 | The Hasty Heart (1949) | Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan | - | - |
| 18 | Good Morning, Boys! (1937) | Extra in crowd scene (uncredited) | 5 |
