RICHARD WIDMARK
NAME: Richard Widmark
BORN: 26/12/1914
BIRTH PLACE: Sunrise, Minnesota, USA
BIOGRAPHY
American actor Richard Widmark was born the son of a travelling salesman, in Minnesota.
As a result, he journeyed widely across the mid-West as a child, before enrolling in Illinois’ Lake Forest College, majoring in law. Whilst there, he made a second home of the drama department, staying on after graduation as a drama instructor.
His brief teaching career was cut short by his moving to New York, where he soon found himself a radio star. For 9 years, from 1938, Widmark was a prolific radio presence.
So successful was he in radio that he quipped, regarding his switch to film: “I am the only actor who left a mansion and swimming pool to head to Hollywood.”