RIP, Richard Widmark

Dead at 93.
What a career! If my memory serves me right (which it often doesn’t) it was Widmark who said “you dirty rat!” not Cagney (who always denied ever saying it).
See ya’ Granny!

7 Responses to “RIP, Richard Widmark”

1. Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life says:

   March 26, 2008 at 2:16 pm

   Oh man. RIP, big guy.

2. The_Real_JeffS says:

   March 26, 2008 at 2:56 pm

   A good actor; if he was in the movie, even as second string, I knew that it was going to be a good flick.

3. tree hugging sister says:

   March 26, 2008 at 4:46 pm

   So that’s where Obama got the granny thing from…
   I never could stand him ~ probably because he WAS such a good BAD guy. They sure don’t make ’em like that anymore.

4. anthony mike. says:

   March 26, 2008 at 5:32 pm

   im 37 years old. i love the older films much better. Richard Widmark was on of the greats. may GOD rest his soul. anthony, mullen.

5. The_Real_JeffS says:

   March 26, 2008 at 7:44 pm

   Sis, Richard Widmark once portrayed a Marine. That ought to make him a Good Guy For life, no?

6. Jim - PRS says:

   March 26, 2008 at 8:37 pm

   He was great. The Bedford Incident comes to mind (with the amazing performance of Wally Cox of all people). Still, it’s the push-granny-in-the-wheelchair-down-the-stairs scene that is burned forever more in my memory.

7. Mr. Bingley says:

   March 27, 2008 at 6:56 am

   It’s seared into my memory, Jim; seared I tells ya!