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Richard Widmark 1914–2008

Richard Widmark
  • Posted at 2:31pm
  • 04 April 2008
  • by AndrewCollins-RT
  • 1 comment

I was privileged to meet Richard Widmark in 2002 when he was at the National Film Theatre in London to discuss his work. He was smaller than you expected in real life – just 5ft 10in – yet a giant on the screen.

You can watch him on television this week as the sinister Dr Harris in medical thriller Coma, alongside Robert Taylor in western The Law and Jake Wade and as Chief Petty Officer Sam McHale in Second World War drama Destination Gobi. In all three he is equally commanding.

Though he never quite scaled the iconic heights of Henry Fonda, John Wayne or James Stewart, he played alongside them all and was a match for them. Sadly, another of the greats has gone.

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  • Posted on 19 August 2008
  • at 7:30pm
  • by Jenny

He was my favorite actor. I didn't even know he was dead until I typed his name into the web browser to see how he was doing. Hell of a guy.

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