Richard Todd

He was married to the actresses Catherine Grant-Bogle, who he met in Dundee Rep (1949-1970, two children) and Virginia Mailer (1970-1992, two children). He continues to play the voice of Peter Pan and pursue acting in Los Angeles, California. He has continued an active acting career into his eighties. A gritty movie about young delinquents in a mental hospital, it starred Weaver as well as actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In D-Day the Sixth of June, he portrayed the commanding officer of the unit in which Todd and Howard served, and the scene was filmed again. In 2001 the film Manic, co-written by Weaver, was a favorite at The Sundance Film Festival. An interesting note about this role - during the war, Todd met with Major John Howard on the Orne Bridge (later renamed as 'The Pegasus Bridge') in Normandy. In the movie, he played Major Howard, and the scene in which Howard met up with Todd appears in the film. In 2001 he became the new voice of Disney's Peter Pan and has performed that voice in various children's films as well as in recordings for the Disney theme parks.

He did appear in "Stage Fright" (1950), for Alfred Hitchcock, "The Dam Busters" (1955) (as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, VC), "The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men" (1952), "The Sword and the Rose" (1953), "Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue" (1954), "A Man Called Peter" (1955) (as Peter Marshall), "The Virgin Queen" (1955) (as Sir Walter Raleigh), "D-Day, the Sixth of June" (1956) and The Longest Day (1962). In the late 1990s he appeared in several TV movies and was also a guest star on several shows including ER, JAG and Chicago Hope. Todd was never able to repeat his success in the United States, appearing in several films which did not do as well as his first role. Weaver's first major film performance was in the independent film Where the Red Fern Grows (Part Two). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role in 1949. Blayne Weaver (born 1976) is an American actor and writer and was born in Bossier City, Louisiana. He served with distinction as an officer and paratrooper in the 7th Battalion (LI)The Parachute Regiment during World War II in the 6th Airborne Division, and gained fame in the London stage version of The Hasty Heart (as Lachlan MacLachlan), which took him to Broadway then Hollywood.

He began acting in regional theatres as a dark haired leading man in the 1930's, before co-founding the Dundee Repertory Theatre in 1939. He grew up in Devon and attended Shrewsbury School. Born Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd in Dublin, the son of a British officer, who also played international rugby for Ireland . Richard Todd (born June 11, 1919) is a British actor.