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| Actor Richard Widmark dies at 93 | Actor Richard Widmark dies at 93 |
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| Hollywood star Richard Widmark has died at the age of 93 after a long illness, his wife Susan Blanchard has announced. | |
| The prolific actor, who often portrayed killers and gunslingers, made a memorable big-screen debut in 1947 as a giggling psychopath in Kiss of Death. | The prolific actor, who often portrayed killers and gunslingers, made a memorable big-screen debut in 1947 as a giggling psychopath in Kiss of Death. |
| He went on to star in such 50s classics as Night and the City, Pickup on South Street and the western Broken Lance. | He went on to star in such 50s classics as Night and the City, Pickup on South Street and the western Broken Lance. |
| The craggy-faced actor died at his home in Connecticut on Monday, his wife told the Associated Press news agency. | |
| Born in Minnesota in 1914, Widmark began his career in radio and theatre before playing Tommy Udo in Kiss of Death. | |
| 'Damned laugh' | |
| The film landed him an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe award for best newcomer. | |
| "That damned laugh of mine!" he said in 1961. "For two years after that picture, you couldn't get me to smile. | |
| "I played the part the way I did because the script struck me as funny and the part I played made me laugh." | |
| Subsequent films included 1952's Don't Bother to Knock, in which he co-starred with Marilyn Monroe, and Cold War submarine drama The Bedford Incident, which he also produced. | |
| Madigan, in which he played a loner detective, became a short-lived TV series in 1972. |