Richard Widmark, who made a sensational film debut as the giggling killer in "Kiss of Death" and became a Hollywood leading man in "Broken Lance," "Two Rode Together" and 40 other films, has died ...

Richard Widmark, a self-effacing actor who played cackling maniacs, dedicated public servants and maverick leading men with equal distinction during a five-decade career in film and television ...

— A Minnesota man who runs a museum in honor of Richard Widmark is remembering the late actor. Wade Olson is a construction worker from Sunrise, Widmark’s birthplace in eastern Minnesota.

Richard Widmark was born Dec. 26, 1914, in Sunrise, Minn., where his father ran a general store, then became a traveling salesman. The family moved around before settling in Princeton, Ill.

Actor Richard Widmark, who starred in such films as "Kiss of Death" and "Panic in the Streets," has died at 93, an official in his home state of Connecticut said on Wednesday.

No one ever made a more haunting film debut than Richard Widmark. Just recruited from Broadway, the young actor lucked out at Fox in his first screen role as the handsome homicidal heavy in Henry ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Richard Widmark, who played a giggling killer in the 1947 thriller “Kiss of Death,” has died after a long illness. He was 93. His wife says the actor died Monday at ...

Actor Richard Widmark, who earned an Oscar nomination playing a psychopath in 1947's film noir "Kiss of Death," has died aged 93, a medical official in his home state of Connecticut said on Wednesday.

After graduating from college, Widmark started working as an actor on Broadway and network radio programs. Widmark’s big break came when he appeared in the 1947 movie “Kiss of Death.” ...

Movie and TV actor Richard Widmark, shown here playing a pilot in the 1949 film "Slattery's Hurricane," was born in Sunrise, Minn., where a small museum has been erected in his honor.

Director Henry Hathaway thought the actor too clean-cut to play Udo, but Darryl Zanuck, the boss of 20th Century-Fox, detected psychological turbulence beneath Widmark’s stark, chiseled features ...