Editorials > Richard Widmark, 93

Richard Widmark, one of the last living legends of film noir, passed away Monday in Roxbury, Connecticut at age 93. Widmark appeared in nearly 75 films in his long and distinguished career, including Judgment at Nuremberg, How the West Was Won, and classic films noir like Night and the City and Pickup on South Street. His film debut was as psychotic killer Tommy Udo in 1947's Kiss of Death, the film that earned him his only Oscar nomination. His widow, Susan Blanchard, announced that he had died after a long illness, though details are still scarce at this time.

He is also survived by his daughter, Anne, who was the product of his first marriage to late writer Jean Hazlewood. Even though he retired in 1991, it's sad to realize that that magnificent creep isn't still out there somewhere. RIP, Richard Widmark.

(BBC) 

-David Morgan 

PS. And what a coincidence that he should pass on nearly the same day as Nuremberg writer Abby Mann.