FrameThrower · Actors · Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark
2 films · 115 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1953–1976
Born 26 December 1914 · Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA · died 24 March 2008
Richard Widmark was an American actor of films, stage, radio and television.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, Kiss of Death. Early in his career Widmark specialized in similar villainous or anti-hero roles in film noirs, but he later branched out into more heroic leading and support roles in westerns, mainstream dramas and horror films, among others.
At his death, Widmark was the earliest surviving Oscar nominee in the Supporting Actor category, and one of only two left from the 1940s (the other having been James Whitmore).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 115 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1953–1976
- Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor1948
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 115 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Richard takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 57% of their frames are night, 52% low key — the look of the work Richard takes.
Time of day
Lighting
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 115 frames from Richard Widmark's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.