- He was an officer in the 7th Battalion (LI) The Parachute Regiment. On D-Day this Battalion made contact with Major Howard at the Orne Bridge now called Pegasus Bridge. Todd was the officer who made contact. In the The Longest Day (1962) he played Major Howard and the meeting with Todd was one scene. In D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) he played the commander of his Battalion in the filming of the same scene.
- In his autobiography states that he became extremely affected after filming the final scene of the Dambusters where his character goes to write letters to the families of the men he has lost, Todd having done this for real in World War II.
- Was Ian Fleming's outright choice to play James "007" Bond in the film Dr. No (1962). Todd had to turn down the role due to scheduling conflicts.
- First had ambitions to become a playwright but discovered his love for performing on the stage after helping found the Dundee Repertory Company in Scotland in 1939.
- In 1997 Seamus Palethorpe-Todd, his son from his second marriage, shot himself in the head. Then on 21 September 2005, Todd's eldest son from his first marriage, Peter, killed himself with a shotgun.
- He laid poppies on the water of Derwent Reservoir, Derbyshire, UK, in honor of the 65th anniversary of the "Dambusters" mission in WWII. (May 2008)
- Something of an uproar was caused in February 2010, when Todd's name was omitted from the 'In Memoriam' segment at the The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2010). The Telegraph even published an article about it entitled 'Dismay that Bafta chooses not to commemorate Richard Todd's life'.
- Replaced Richard Basehart in the Broadway production of "The Hasty Heart". His authentic Scottish burr would help him secure the movie role when it transferred to film.
- He was named a Disney Legend in 2002.
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1993 Queen's New Year Honours List for his services to drama.
- Was the first Oscar nominee to act in the Doctor Who Series.
- In 1970 he founded Triumph Theatre Productions, with which he toured extensively abroad in many plays.
- The Cadbury World museum has a small exhibit about their film unit which reveals a publicity film made in 1940, entitled "Romance in the Making", featured a young Richard Todd. It appears to be a "how we make chocolate" documentary with some sort of romantic plot shoehorned in.
- Has played a number of TV and Film roles first intended for Trevor Howard.
- He is survived by his daughter, Fiona Todd, from his first marriage and his son, Andrew Todd, from his second marriage.
- He was an active farmer living on it in near the Lincolnshire village of Burton Goggles with his wife Virginia.
- He was a vocal supporter of the British Conservative Party.
- Eldest son Peter committed suicide in 2005 after the deterioration of his marriage.
- In his 1986 autobiography 'Caught in the Act', Richard Todd recalled that whilst at the Italia Conti School he appeared in the crowd scenes for two Will Hay movies and also in A Yank at Oxford (1938) as an extra in the university athletics meeting. He also made a government film called The Gap in 1937.
- He wrote the English dialogue for the segment of the French film The Bed (1954) that he was in.
- Has four children: Peter and Flora from his first marriage, and Seamus and Andrew from his second.
- His second wife, Virginia was a former model turned actress.
- Considered for the roles of Dr. Armstrong and Sir Percy Heseltine in Lifeforce (1985).
- Attended the drama school, "The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts" - other actors that have attended Italia Conti include Kelly Brook, Noël Coward, Stephen Manwaring & Martine McCutcheon.
- Head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1963
- 1982 he was due to appear in the film That Damned Apple - God but it was canceled.
- He was in a short film People and Places (1955).
- His son Seamus appeared in the film A Yank at Oxford.
- He enjoyed the country life being among farmers , wild fowling and hunting pheasants.
- His father was an Irish international rugby player and a surgeon in the cavalry during the First World War and very strict.
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