- Films
- 56
- Avg rating
- 6.62
- Peak run
- 1948’50
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Richard by the numbers
Average
6.62
47 rated films
Vote weighted
6.65
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.67
rating spread
Career
45y
1947 to 1991
Total votes
384K
across every film
Best
8.3
Judgment at Nuremberg
Worst
4.5
The Swarm
Newest first
Filmography
| 1991 | True Colors | Sen. James Stiles | 6.3 | 5,966 |
| 1984 |  Against All Odds | Ben Caxton | 6.0 | 15,862 |
| 1982 | The Final Option | Secretary of State | 6.4 | 4,272 |
| 1982 | Hanky Panky | Ransom | 5.6 | 3,561 |
| 1979 | Bear Island | Prof. Otto Gerran | 5.9 | 3,129 |
| 1978 |  Coma | Dr. George Harris | 6.9 | 23,233 |
| 1978 | The Swarm | Gen. Slater | 4.5 | 9,516 |
| 1977 | The Domino Principle | Tagge | 5.7 | 3,698 |
| 1977 | Rollercoaster | Hoyt | 6.3 | 7,620 |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA | 6.7 | 4,254 |
| 1976 | The Sell-Out | Sam Lucas | · | 535 |
| 1976 | To the Devil a Daughter | John Verney | 5.8 | 5,891 |
| 1972 | When the Legends Die | Red Dillon | · | 606 |
| 1970 | The Moonshine War | Dr. Emmett Taulbee | · | 737 |
| 1969 | Death of a Gunfighter | Marshal Frank Patch | 6.2 | 1,923 |
| 1968 | Madigan | Det. Daniel Madigan | 6.5 | 4,497 |
| 1967 | The Way West | Lije Evans | 6.2 | 4,393 |
| 1966 | Alvarez Kelly | Col. Tom Rossiter | 6.3 | 3,024 |
| 1965 | The Bedford Incident | Capt. Eric Finlander U.S.N. | 7.3 | 6,770 |
| 1964 | The Long Ships | Rolfe | 6.0 | 3,503 |
Better together?
Richard Widmark's regulars
- Henry HathawayDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.13 avg▲+0.46
- Sidney PoitierCo-star · 3 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.13
- Edward DmytrykDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.77 avg▲+0.17
- Henry FondaCo-star · 3 films · 6.63 avg▼−0.13
- Karl MaldenCo-star · 3 films · 6.43 avg▼−0.26
- Stanley KramerDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.17
- Samuel FullerDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.85 avg▲+0.16
- John SturgesDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.06
- John FordDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.70 avg▼−0.11
- Don SiegelDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.35 avg▼−0.33
- Don SharpDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.85 avg▼−0.38
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Richard Widmark
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1948Richard Widmark
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