Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd OBE (11 June 1919 – 3 December 2009) was an Irish-British 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 World War II, fighting in the D-Day landings as a member of the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion. More about Richard Todd
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Richard Todd was born in Dublin. His father, Andrew William Palethorpe-Todd, was an Irish physician and an international Irish rugby player who gained three caps for his country. Richard spent a few of his childhood years in India, where his father, an officer in the British Army, served as a physician. Later his family moved to Devon, and Todd attended Shrewsbury School.In total, we tracked 118 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Richard Todd (RICHARD TODD & MAGGIE SMITH - ORIGINAL HAND-SIGNED ALBUM PAGE 1950s/1960s) was sold in May 2022 for £79.99 while the cheapest item (Richard Todd Signed 8 x 10 Photo No COA New York Jets) found a new owner for £0.72 in July 2021. The month with the most items sold (5) was April 2019 with an average selling price of £3.00 for an autographed item of Richard Todd. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2022 with £60.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.50 was August 2019. In average, an autographed item from Richard Todd is worth £11.95.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Richard Todd were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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1989 THE DAMBUSTERS 617 SQUADRON SPECIAL COVER SIGNED BY CAPTAIN RICHARD TODD -1 | £9.99 | ||
1989 THE DAMBUSTERS 617 SQUADRON SPECIAL COVER SIGNED BY CAPTAIN RICHARD TODD-18 | £9.99 | ||
1989 THE DAMBUSTERS 617 SQUADRON SPECIAL COVER SIGNED BY CAPTAIN RICHARD TODD-19 | £9.99 | ||
50th Anniversary D-Day landings covers Signed John Howard Richard Todd X 4 | £28.00 | ||
D-Day Military FDCs x 4,signed Richard Todd,Lord Lovat & Piper Bill Millin. | £70.00 | ||
D-Day Paratrooper & Actor RICHARD TODD OBE Signed DAMBUSTERS Anniversary Cover | £9.99 | ||
RICHARD TODD OBE Signed LANCASTER BAILOUT COVERS X 4 | £10.00 | ||
Richard Todd signed 10 x 8 inch b/w photo as Dambuster Guy Gibson VC 617 sqn WW2 | £9.99 | ||
Richard Todd – signed autograph – Actor and WW2 – 1950s | £0.99 | ||
Sir B Wallis Signed R Pooley 617 Sqn, and Richard Todd & Pegasus Bridge. Actor | £16.95 |