Richard Widmark stars as Agent Hoyt in 'Rollercoaster'

RECENT CREDITS
True Colors (FILM)  Apr. 1, 1991
Against All Odds (FILM)  Mar. 2, 1984
Coma (FILM)  Apr. 1, 1978
Twilight's Last Gleaming (FILM)  Feb. 9, 1977
Murder on the Orient Express (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1974


HIGHLIGHTS
Attended college on a full scholarship intending to study law; after graduation he stayed on for two years as an acting instructor in the drama department.
Made his Broadway debut in 1943 in Kiss and Tell.
Received his only Oscar nomination for his first film, Kiss of Death (1947), making one of the most memorable debuts in film history as a sadistic killer who giggles maniacally as he pushes a w
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

True Colors  1991 -Senator James B. Stiles
Actor
Film


Coma  1978 -Dr. Harris
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Madigan   -Sgt. Dan Madigan
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Against All Odds  1984 -Caxton
Actor
Film


Twilight's Last Gleaming  1977 -Gen. Martin MacKenzie
Actor
Film


Murder on the Orient Express  1974 -Ratchett
Actor
Film


When the Legends Die  1972 -Red Dillon
Actor
Film


Death of a Gunfighter  1969 -Marshal Frank Patch
Actor
Film


Madigan  1968 -Detective Daniel Madigan
Actor
Film


The Bedford Incident  1965 -Capt. Eric Finland
Producer, Actor
Film


Cheyenne Autumn  1964 -Capt. Thomas Archer
Actor
Film


Flight from Ashiya  1964 -Col. Glenn Stevenson
Actor
Film


How the West Was Won  1962 -Mike King
Actor
Film


Judgment at Nuremberg  1961 -Col. Tad Lawson
Actor
Film


The Secret Ways  1961 -Michael Reynolds
Producer, Actor
Film


Two Rode Together  1961 -Lt. Jim Gary
Actor
Film


The Alamo  1960 -Col. James Bowie
Actor
Film


The Trap  1959 -Ralph Anderson
Actor
Film


Warlock  1959 -Johnny Gannon
Actor
Film


The Tunnel of Love  1958 -Augie Poole
Actor
Film


Time Limit  1957 -Col. William Edwards
Producer, Actor
Film


Saint Joan  1957 -Charles the Dauphin
Actor
Film


Run for the Sun  1956 -Mike Latimer
Actor
Film


A Prize of Gold  1955 -Sgt. Joe Lawrence
Actor
Film


The Cobweb  1955 -Dr. Stewart McIver
Actor
Film


Broken Lance  1954 -Ben
Actor
Film


Hell and High Water  1954 -Adam Jones
Actor
Film


Garden of Evil  1954 -Fiske
Actor
Film


Pickup on South Street  1953 -Skip McCoy
Actor
Film


Destination Gobi  1953 -C.P.O. Sam McHale
Actor
Film


Halls of Montezuma  1950 -Lt. Carl Anderson
Actor
Film


Hanky Panky   -Ransom
Actor
Film


Don't Bother to Knock   -Jed Towers
Actor
Film


Down to the Sea in Ships   -Dan Lunceford
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Mr. Horn   -Al Sieber
Actor
Film


Kiss of Death   -Tommy Udo
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


Voice
Film


Voice
Film


Lincoln: The Pivotal Year, 1863   -Ward Hill Lamon
Voice
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Cold Sassy Tree   -E. Rucker Blakeslee
Actor
Film


All God's Children   -Judge Parke Denison
Actor
Film


Alvarez Kelly   -Col. Tom Rossiter
Actor
Film


Backlash   -Jim Slater
Actor
Film


Bear Island   -Prof. Otto Gervan
Actor
Film


Blackout   -Joe Steiner
Actor
Film


Brock's Last Case   -Lt. Max Brock
Actor
Film


A Gathering of Old Men   -Sheriff Mapes
Actor
Film


Red Skies of Montana   -Cliff Mason
Actor
Film


Road House   -Jefty Robbins
Actor
Film


Rollercoaster   -Agent Hoyt
Actor
Film


Slattery's Hurricane   -Will Slattery
Actor
Film


Take the High Ground   -Sgt. Thorne Ryan
Actor
Film


My Pal Gus   -Dave Jennings
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Night and the City   -Harry Fabian
Actor
Film


No Way Out   -Ray Biddle
Actor
Film


O. Henry's Full House   -Johnny Kernan, The Clarion Call
Actor
Film


Once Upon a Texas Train   -Captain Oren Hayes
Actor
Film


Panic in the Streets   -Dr. Clinton Reed
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Frogmen   -Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence
Actor
Film


The Hungnam Story   -Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film


The Last Day   -Will Spence
Actor
Film


The Last Wagon   -Comanche Tod
Actor
Film


The Law and Jake Wade   -Clint Hollister
Actor
Film


The Long Ships   -Rolfe
Actor
Film


The Moonshine War   -Dr. Taulbee
Actor
Film


To the Devil, a Daughter   -John Verney
Actor
Film


The Way West   -Lije Evans
Actor
Film


The Sell Out   -Sam Lucas
Actor
Film


The Street with No Name   -Alec Stiles
Actor
Film


The Swarm   -Gen. Slater
Actor
Film


Who Dares Wins   -Secretary of State
Actor
Film


Yellow Sky   -Dude
Actor
Film


Actor
Film




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Highlights

Attended college on a full scholarship intending to study law; after graduation he stayed on for two years as an acting instructor in the drama department.
Made his Broadway debut in 1943 in Kiss and Tell.
Received his only Oscar nomination for his first film, Kiss of Death (1947), making one of the most memorable debuts in film history as a sadistic killer who giggles maniacally as he pushes a w
Madigan (1972) was his only TV series, a short-lived 6-episode cop show based on his 1968 movie of the same name, despite the fact that he died at the end of the film.
Married his college sweetheart in 1942 and stayed married to her until her death in 1997; his second wife was once married to Henry Fonda.


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