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Post by teleadm on Dec 27, 2019 19:07:18 GMT
Richard Widmark was born on The Second Day of Christmas in 1914, the last kid in a long line of kids in an Italian family, but the nice Widmark family, who were neighbours, adobted him, thus he got a Swedish-American upbringinging, and his blondish hair made him fit in. More than thirty years later he would become famous for throwing a wheelchair bound woman down the stairs. A man whose smile you could never trust.  Richard Widmark 1914 - 2009
Widmark appeared on Broadway in 1943 in F. Hugh Herbert's Kiss and Tell and in William Saroyan's Get Away Old Man, directed by George Abbott, which ran for 13 performances. He was unable to join the military during World War II because of a perforated eardrum. He was in Chicago appearing in a stage production of Dream Girl with June Havoc when 20th Century Fox signed him to a seven-year contract. Here follow examples:  Kiss of Death 1947, earning his only Oscar nomination, as Tommy Udo  The Street with No Name 1948  Road House 1948  Night and the City 1950  Panic in the Streets 1950  No Way Out 1950  Halls of Montezuma 1951  Pickup on South Street 1953  Hell and High Water 1954  Broken Lance 1954  Mystery Guest on What's My Line? 1954  The Tunnel of Love 1958  The Alamo 1960  Cheyenne Autumn 1964  The Bedford Incident 1965  Madigan 1968  Coma 1978  Against All Odds 1984  True Colours 1991, became his screen farewell. ...and many more!  Thanks for watching! |
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 27, 2019 19:15:58 GMT
I liked him as the hard-driving destroyer captain in The Bedford Incident.
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Post by biker1 on Dec 27, 2019 19:26:20 GMT
I've had a good year for Widmark. I finally watched night and the city (1950) which has been one of very few ☆☆☆☆ views of the year. Watched it 3x now. And also watched kiss of death (1957), a solid FOX crime drama, which owes most of it's entertainment value to Widmark's performance.
current Widmark 10..
pickup on south street (1953)
night and the city (1950)
judgment at nuremberg (1961)
road house (1948)
kiss of death (1947)
panic in the streets (1950)
warlock (1959)
the street with no name (1948)
madigan (1968)
the law and jake wade (1958)
to see..
no way out (1950)
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Post by politicidal on Dec 27, 2019 19:35:01 GMT
Terrific actor. Always interesting.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 27, 2019 19:36:31 GMT
SOOOOOO good in everything ! Here he's Bein' Uber-Evil again on the Orient Express  |
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Post by petrolino on Dec 27, 2019 19:38:21 GMT
Great actor.
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Post by OldAussie on Dec 27, 2019 22:07:00 GMT
so many still to see.....some favourites -
Down to the Sea in Ships
Pickup on South Street
Warlock
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Bedford Incident
Murder on the Orient Express
Against All Odds
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Post by vegalyra on Dec 28, 2019 1:03:31 GMT
I watched Madigan a week or so ago, great film. He was excellent in the Law and Jake Wade.  Two Rode Together was a good one too.  |
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Post by koskiewicz on Dec 28, 2019 1:29:33 GMT
"Warlock" is my favorite with Widmark. I'll watch him in anything, though.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 28, 2019 1:59:05 GMT
"Warlock" is my favorite with Widmark. I'll watch him in anything, though. I even watched Kiss of Death so I could see Widmark .. I hate, loath and despise Victor Mature and had avoided the film for ages but finally gave in and watched it. Really good film ! Even VM (ugh) was tolerable !
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Post by london777 on Dec 28, 2019 4:34:32 GMT
He looks so Swedish and un-Italian. Maybe the Swedish father had been playing around? A common scenario where I live. Father's Day is the most baffling day in the calendar here.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 28, 2019 4:56:13 GMT
Richard Widmark was born on The Second Day of Christmas in 1914, the last kid in a long line of kids in an Italian family, but the nice Widmark family, who were neighbours, adobted him, thus he got a Swedish-American upbringinging, and his blondish hair made him fit in. WHERE did you find that bit of interesting "information ? Because : IMDb Biog: "Richard Weedt Widmark was born in Sunrise Township, Minnesota, to Ethel Mae (Barr) and Carl Henry Widmark. His father was of Swedish descent and his mother of English and Scottish ancestry." wiki biog" "Widmark was born December 26, 1914 in Sunrise Township, Minnesota, the son of Ethel Mae (née Barr) and Carl Henry Widmark. His father was of Swedish descent, and his mother was of English and Scottish ancestry.Widmark grew up in Princeton, Illinois, and lived in Henry, Illinois for a short time, moving frequently because of his father's work as a traveling salesman. He attended Lake Forest College, where he studied acting and taught acting after he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech in 1936."
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 28, 2019 5:09:14 GMT
More trivia: Widmark was married to screenwriter Jean Hazlewood from 1942 until her death in 1997.  They had a daughter, Anne Heath Widmark, an artist and author who was married to baseball player Sandy Koufax from 1969 to 1982. In 1999, Widmark married Susan Blanchard, the daughter of Dorothy Hammerstein and stepdaughter of Oscar Hammerstein II; she had been Henry Fonda's third wife. Green City, Missouri is the site of Widmark Airport in northeastern Missouri. Towns that are the size of Green City, with a population numbered at 688 inhabitants in 2000, usually do not have airports, but Widmark owned a cattle ranch in the area during the 1950s and 1960s. Widmark contributed funds to the construction of an airport, which led to its being named in his honor. Despite having spent a substantial part of his career appearing in gun-toting roles such as cowboys, police officers, gangsters and soldiers, Widmark disliked firearms and was involved in several gun-control initiatives. In 1976, he stated: I know I've made kind of a half-assed career out of violence, but I abhor violence. I am an ardent supporter of gun control. It seems incredible to me that the United States are the only civilized nation that does not put some effective control on guns. |
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Post by Prime etc. on Dec 28, 2019 6:24:06 GMT
Madigan the series was pretty good too.
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Post by london777 on Dec 28, 2019 6:28:52 GMT
I hate, loath and despise Victor Mature You see, BAT, we do have something in common. Let's build on that.
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Post by teleadm on Dec 28, 2019 8:43:15 GMT
Richard Widmark was born on The Second Day of Christmas in 1914, the last kid in a long line of kids in an Italian family, but the nice Widmark family, who were neighbours, adobted him, thus he got a Swedish-American upbringinging, and his blondish hair made him fit in. WHERE did you find that bit of interesting "information ? Because : IMDb Biog: "Richard Weedt Widmark was born in Sunrise Township, Minnesota, to Ethel Mae (Barr) and Carl Henry Widmark. His father was of Swedish descent and his mother of English and Scottish ancestry." wiki biog" "Widmark was born December 26, 1914 in Sunrise Township, Minnesota, the son of Ethel Mae (née Barr) and Carl Henry Widmark. His father was of Swedish descent, and his mother was of English and Scottish ancestry.Widmark grew up in Princeton, Illinois, and lived in Henry, Illinois for a short time, moving frequently because of his father's work as a traveling salesman. He attended Lake Forest College, where he studied acting and taught acting after he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech in 1936." He did an interview for Swedish television in the mid 1980's were he explained his ancestry. His Italian parents couldn't take care of him, but in Widmark's own words "the nice Widmark family, who were neighbours, agreed to take care of me", and adobted him.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 28, 2019 15:54:12 GMT
teleadmI suspect the Italian ancestry and adoption story was a bit of a Widmark tall tale but ya never know … anything is possible ! 
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Post by Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh on Dec 28, 2019 19:28:20 GMT
Widmark became one of my favorite actors even as a kid when I saw his early work after school on Dialing for Dollars Movie Showcase. I like his Westerns especially.
Tommy Udo was my Mom’s favorite villain too. She loved the wheelchair scene.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 28, 2019 19:36:55 GMT
Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh I wonder what it is with that generation of Moms ? This attraction to the bad boys Mom  loved his laugh and never missed a Widmark picture … lucky me got to see them too !
Dialing for Dollars Movie Showcase was probably similar to Milion Dollar Movie … early introduction to the classics starring wonderfully iconic actors ... some of whom who were already dead by the time we got to see them !
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Post by Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh on Dec 28, 2019 19:42:52 GMT
I've had a good year for Widmark. I finally watched night and the city (1950) which has been one of very few ☆☆☆☆ views of the year. Watched it 3x now. And also watched kiss of death (1957), a solid FOX crime drama, which owes most of it's entertainment value to Widmark's performance. current Widmark 10.. pickup on south street (1953)
night and the city (1950)
judgment at nuremberg (1961)
road house (1948)
kiss of death (1947)
panic in the streets (1950)
warlock (1959)
the street with no name (1948)
madigan (1968)
the law and jake wade (1958)to see.. no way out (1950) Warlock is a very weird, almost homoerotic film. Quinn and Fonda’s relationship in the movie is sick.
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