Whats my line? - Richard Widmark

[Muirmaiden]

It's disgraceful that Richard Widmark was never awarded an Oscar! He deserved one! And the tragic Bella Darvi - concentration camp survivor, used and thrown away by Darryl F. Zanuck and his wife when she became inconvenient. Ended her life by committing suicide. Utterly tragic.

[Andyfreedom1]

Great screen star. He'd be even bigger now I believe.

[billyfuryfan64]

The marvelous Richard WIDMARK one of my favourite actors. Lovely gentle man and a superb actor.

[207nkf]

I believe his daughter is married to Sandy Koufax..

[snoops71]

@207nkf Well she was, but they divorced in the mid '80s.

[pyrofella]

Love Victor Borge...always funny.....now, sadly gone...like many of the folk

[ohsnapitsme59]

What a handsome man. And a fine actor!

[Spiritualseeker2007]

He answered NO to the question have you played a scene in a hospital wasnt he in the movie NO WAY OUT in 1950 ?

[crgreen53]

@Spiritualseeker2007 He was asked if he was in a broadway PLAY with a scene in a hospital. 

[Spiritualseeker2007]

@crgreen53 Oh OK thanks for that my misunderstanding cheers for clearing that up

[awsomeoggy]

Night and the City is a great film noir

[scotnick59]

Looks like he could be Tab Hunter's dad.

[gmt3010]

This is great! Thanks for uploading.

gmt

[pussytoes7]

WHOA! Never realized how handsome he really was ... what a charmer! Reminds me of Brad Pitt -- hhhhmmmmm

[gyrene1966]

@pussytoes7

Brad Pitt, who's he; more like Audie Murphy wouldn't you say?

[pussytoes7]

WHOA! Never realized how handsome he really was ... what a charmer!

[leahblashful]

They always seemed like they were in a hurry to leave! lol

[mooneepondskid]

@leahblashful They had more than one person in each episode.

[elldre3]

nellgwen48, the line in 'Pickup on South Street' went "Stop wavin' the flag at me!!" and yes, I will agree with you that Widmark made tough anti-hero movie characters

memorable even today. 

[Mascro1977]

why does Dorothy's blindfold look like lingerie?

[poeticmurder911]

I came here after reading BIG DRIVER by Stephen King

[wmlfan9]

I've never known WML to have a shot of the audience.

[valentinolover70]

Thanx for posting.

Always loved Richard Widmark. :-))

[mxylpx]

Handsome and could act....love Borge too!

[grabit1]

@mxylpx

Borge was a genius. And he lived a long life, thankfully.

[TaxiSlim]

What a find, and thanks for posting it. If anyone wants to see one of Widmark's greatest dramatic roles, check out the nearly forgotten "Time Limit," where he plays an army investigator trying to ensure that a Korean War "turncoat" (played by Richard Basehart) doesn't get railroaded to the gallows.  While it's not strictly speaking a "trial" movie, it still ranks right up there with "Judgment at Nuremberg", "Compulsion", and "Witness For The Prosecution" among the great "courtroom" dramas.

[grabit1]

@TaxiSlim

Don't forget that Widmark himself was in "Judgment at Nuremberg."

[ShivecianMagnet]

He sounds like one of the Looney Tunes.

That big chicken guy... what was his name?

[cyborlite]

@ShivecianMagnet The Looney Tunes character you are thinking of is Foghorn Leghorn.

[Jostanos]

You may have to resend this because when I view the video I can not hear a blessed thing and I have the volume on both my speakers and for the video itself at a decent level for listening pleasure. It is the same way with the Elanor Roosevelt Episode of What's my line too.

[filmidioten]

Victor Borge was hilarious in the panel. Had the great opportunity to see Borge perform live in Oslo, I think it was in 1999, and at 90 years of age he was still in incredibly good form (even intentionally falling off his piano chair at one point!). I bought tickets to his return concert the next year but the show was cancelled due to ill health and later that year Borge passed away :(

[100Meadows]

A very under-rated actor.

[nellgwen48]

One of my all time favorites. He is gorgeous. Pick Up On South Street is one of my favorite movies and a great Film Noir movies.

[grabit1]

@nellgwen48

"Are you wavin' the flag at ME?"

[nellgwen48]

@grabit1 "He's a s shifty as smoke but I love him."

[MPL029]

He looks rather "pretty" at 2:49

[snoops71]

Richard Widmark is my favorite actor. There was no part he couldn't successfully master. Considering how private he was, I'm glad he did this.

Thanks for posting :)

[juanbosco31]

Hoy se cumplen dos años del fallacimiento de Mr. Widmark

[archange9]

Je découvre cette vidéo en même temps que la mort de ce grand monsieur... Il a marqué toute ma jeunesse. Son sourire, oui, et son regard... Adieu Richard, je n'ai pu te rencontrer sur cette Terre, mais je le ferai certainement là haut.

[WeeWyllie]

For many years, he was one of my favorites...

[Georgie1954]

richard widmark=yum!

victor borge was hilarious!

[JubalCalif]

What a giant of cinema the late great Richard Widmark was. It's a shame he never won an Oscar....not even an honorary one. At least he lived to a ripe old age (into his 90's) & had one of Hollywood's longest marriages. It's peachy to see so many of my favorite performers on this show, thanks to YouTube. THANKS for posting this! May you & all visitors here have a peaceful & prosperous New Year! :)

[hilopadx]

@JubalCalif I agree with JubalCalif. Richard Widmark was one of the great's. Should have won Oscar in "Kiss of Death" This actor was all over the spectrum. I am amazed that the awards never came to this "Great American Actor" Richard Widmark. Shame on Hollywood. What a class this man was.

[JubalCalif]

@hilopadx

THANKS for your insightful & thoughtful comment, hilo! I couldn't agree with you more! He truly was a "Great American Actor". What a gifted performer! Meeting intelligent & articulate people like you help make youtube a fun website! CHEERS!

[serpentisma]

@JubalCalif you might be happy to know that he at least has a star on the walk of fame, and he was at least given recognition for his films in the western performers hall of fame here at the cowboy hall of fame and western heritage museum here in oklahoma city, oklahoma, in which he was inducted in 2002, a few years before his death.

[JubalCalif]

@serpentisma

A world of thanks for that wonderful info about recognition that the late great Mr Widmark recv'd. I great appreciate it! CHEERS, mate! :-)

[grabit1]

@JubalCalif

Some of us tried for years lobbying for a special Oscar for him. Even had a website. He wouldn't lobby for himself.

Simply one of the most brilliant actors I've ever seen on film.

[JubalCalif]

@grabit1

Well said! I couldn't agree with you more! Truly one of the greats of the cinema! THANKS for your powerful & insightful post!

[grabit1]

@JubalCalif Thank you. Just a traveling salesman's son from Sunrise, Minnesota, born the day after Christmas in 1914. The refrences to his having been a big radio actor (even though he kinda denied it in this clip) were very true. He used to quip that he was the only actor who actually gave up a mansion and a swimming pool to move to Hollywood.

No wonder that he and Sidney Poitier were best friends for life. If you haven't seen it, watch NO WAY OUT and you'll know. Preachy but true.

[JubalCalif]

@grabit1

Yes, I've read he was a VERY popular & busy radio actor. Great voice! Well, radio's loss was Hollywood's gain! Yep,, he & Sidney are magnificent in "No Way Out"...after watching Richard's sadistic character, it's a joy to find out that in real life he was a devout liberal who hated having to say those nasty things to Sidney in the movie! I notice they call him "Dick" Widmark at the end of this clip; but I've read in many places he really didn't care to be called "Dick"! Funny!

[MTPippin]

Widmark looks cute here...

[WintersWar]

eheaven, it was steve allen who asked if he was over 40.

Check out dorothy's mask just before she "guesses" his name.

[eheaven3]

In films, he usually portrayed a bad guy. In life, though, he was a good guy. Stood up to McCarthyism. That took guts. Later, he made fine films. "Judgement At Nuremberg" and "Murder On The Orient Express" to name but two. Narried for 55 years to the playwright Jean Hazlewood. Their daughter married the great Sandy Koufax. Dorothy asks if he's OVER 40 and Richard correctly answered no because he wasn't "OVER 40" he WAS precisely 40 when this show aired. Widmark was a high mark for Hollywood!

[julbim]

@eheaven3 Ah but if Richard Widmark was even 40 years and one second he would be over 40. Or am I too pedantic. I agree, he was one of Hollywood's greatest screen villains and kindest persons in real life. I have only this morning watched his movie The Law and Jake Ward. Richard Widmark was brilliant. I see similarities

between Widmark and Frank Gorshin. I think Widmark would have been a fantastic Batman villain, perhaps, like Gorshin, The Riddler..

[1949man]

These clips are some of the best!!!Thanks.

[BSTO88]

I have had a crush on Richard Widmark ever since I was like 9 years old! His smile...Oh lawd! I melt! Thanks for posting this:)

[culturehorse]

..utterly phony panel it seems .. out of nowhere ..'.. are you Dick Widmark? .." ..huh? right! -but-still fun to watch .. thx for posting..

[substitute91]

''distinguishing characteristic that been imitated by kids all over the country?'' and ''have u ever push an old lady down the stairs?''

Can anyone explain to me? Are these kind of some scenes from his movies?

[Gnillob802]

These are references to his first movie role as villain Tommy Udo in the film-noir classic KISS OF DEATH who had a very distinctive evil laugh. If it is helpful, Frank Gorshin's RIDDLER character on Batman was an impression of Tommy Udo. Widmark would play similar roles due to the popularity of this character.

[Gnillob802]

i should also add that if you search for Tommy Udo on You Tube you will find quite a few clips for KISS OF DEATH including quite a few spoofs.

[myhighlanddream]

You just want to pause it at 2:49 and just sit and look. Dree-Me!

[shulien229]

Widmark had a very clean, gossip-free career, was a gentleman & a good family man, but here he is having to introduce Zanuck's mistress on national TV to keep the head of the studio happy. 'Hell & high water' is right.

[locsman]

they don't make them like him anymre do they?

[GEVMM]

He's so sexy!

[gqjohnny]

These clips are priceless. Richard Widmark is one of my all time favorites. So many great roles. I really want the Madigan TV movies from the early 70's put on dvd. A great movie scene in Pickup On South Street is when he revives Jean Peters ,who was knocked out, by pouring a beer on her.

[Sanja1405972]

Best what's my line ever !!! :)))

Borge and Widmark are splendid together!

[peck4111]

widmark best picture bedford incident

[rowbyrowby]

Dorothy K was a genius on this game.

[DancingEwok]

I <3 Victor Borge ^_^

[shniggle99]

haha thats so strange comparing his voice/attitude in his movies such as kiss of death. as tommy udo its high pitched and eccentric, while in this video its...normal and tranquil. huh.

[lookmomitsme1]

I think Ms. Kilgallen also had the hots for him. She couldn't get her blindfold off enough...fingers were flying LOL

[Hinosenshi]

This is sooooo awesome!!!! I love Rishard sooo f...ing much and really enjoyed this video! I guess his voice was so distinctive that disguising it was a given, and I laughed so hard! I also love Victor Borge, and was surprised to see him here; but why didn't he want to see him? That's odd.... I would, DROOOOOL!!!!!

[bchfront]

When I was a child, Bella Darvi, who had been Darryl Zanuck's mistress, had become something of a joke around Hollywood, celebrated by songwriter Billy Barnes in one of his revues,in a ditty called, "What Ever Happened to Miss Bella Darvi?" As for Mr. Widmark, all I can say is, what a beautiful man!

[Schnorbs]

I've been making my way through many of these What's My Line videos. I think this is the first shot of the audience I've seen!

[chalomirof63]

Here's a not very well known one for you guys: "The Bedford Incident" (a British Production made in 1964) with Poitier. Excellent Cold War suspense film where Widmark plays a tough, and obsessed, captain of a U.S. destroyer. A truly great performance, and an excellent suspense thriller. Check it out. (Watch that ending!)

[chalomirof63]

Jethrofilm: P.S. - There's a video clip of this scene from "Kiss of Death".

[chalomirof63]

Jethrofilm: In answer to your question, Widmark's "characteristic" was his psychotic laugh as the sadistic thug in "Kiss of Death." (He laughs as he pushes the old woman (in a wheelchair) down the stairs!!)

[1Th1617]

Good actor!! And, boy was he handsome!!! :)

[pkneeno]

RW passed away recently. He was famous for not appearing on TV to promote movies. He made a comment that actors sell their privacy for a song and dance and perhaps a movie. Of course, Ms. Kilgallen knew who he was all along and this is a harmless, fun publicity event. He was a great actor. Night and the City... see that if nothing else. Oh and the wheelchair scene. Nice post.

[wencer]

Victor Borge is hilarious in this.

[neonknights]

Widmark was a great actor. He shared my birthday. R.I.P.

[JethroFilm]

What was the charastic kids across america imitated from him? it's mentioned at the end ... i dont know much about Widmark so i have no idea .... and im guessing lots of kids didnt go around pushing little old ladies downstairs

[mostliketa]

I think they are referring to the maniac like giggle he had in the 1948 movie 'Kiss of Death'. He played a psychopathic gangster who pushed an old lady down the stairs.

[JethroFilm]

doesn't sound like the usual attribute to immitate, a manic giggle of a psychopath. =P

Thanks, i havn't seen many of his films either so i was clueless

[akarpowicz]

Brilliant actor! Widmark's trademark evil laugh as Tommy Udo was very much like his real laugh - just more extreme. My mother told me when she was in highschool they all loved to re-enact the stairway scene from Kiss of Death... on the stairs at school. Except nobody died.

[Gnillob802]

TRIVIA: Impressionist Frank Gorshin used to do heavy dramatic actors such as Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster and Richard Widmark. His Widmark was the laugh and sadistic smile in KISS OF DEATH. He would reprise this laugh and smile and impression when he became The Riddler on Batman.

[Muirmaiden]

Not only was he ultra talented and handsome, but he had a great sense of humor! RIP Richard Widmark, you will never be forgotten.

[sachalex]

Widmark! What a great man.

Am sure actor Alain Delon took a lot

from him. See Alain in Cavet's show.

Bless you Mr. Widmark wherever you are now.

[Manufortis7]

I am so glad to see so many positive comments about Richard Widmark. It's good to know he was appreciated and still is appreciated. Check out the novel "I Want to Marry Godzilla and Have His Children" -- it includes Widmark as a behind-the-scenes character in a woman's life.

[spanishlake]

Richard Widmark was a terrific actor and a great guy. The woman he introduced at the end of the clip, Bella Darvi, was a notorious Hollywood nymphomaniac who seduced every actor she met, and had Darryl Zanuck leaving his wife for her. She committed suicide by gas in 1971 in Monte Carlo.

[river2walk]

Strange thing,I was only thinking of Richard Widmark last week and now he's dead along with Charlton Heston, two great old time movie stars. Heston will be remembered for Ben Hur and personally I'll always remember Richard Widmark as Madigan. Not many of teh old gang left now! Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach, Karl Malden. When one of these great stars passes away, to us movie fans it's like losing an old friend, strange! Rest In Peace, Richard Widmark and Charlton Heston, thanks for the memories.

[christentze]

we'll all miss him. :)

[genep12]

One of the best

[mplsmn]

A damn good actor!

[scropton]

Thank you so much. One of my all time heroes. RIP

[imemine2]

Thanks for posting this. I've been looking for it for ages. I've been a fan of Mr. Widmark's forever and I'll miss him forever. He was a fine actor and a fine man.

[Dundas1991]

He should have won the Academy Award for his performance in "Kiss of Death".

[MOGGS1942]

Mr.Widmark was never awarded the star status he deserved.Great actor,you could always rely on him.

[lutont59]

Being a Brit, I've never seen this clip before. Very sad about Richard's passing. One of my favourite actors, and a lot of nice comments here testify to how popular he was. Thanks for putting this up.

[needles8]

We went to the same high school in Princeton, Illinois, but about 40 years apart. My best friend's aunt (who is still alive) was in plays with him there.

For Widmark at his best, rent "The Bedford Incident."

[fromthesidelines]

This originally aired on January 31, 1954...

[Dundas1991]

My favourite actor of all time. R.I.P. Richard Widmark. You will be missed.

[frank787922]

widmark is one of my favorite actors,may he r.i.p

[edmame]

before there was walken, there was widmark! he's so handsome here. farewell a humble, great original.

[riverstrat]

Shame, you don't think much about some of these great actors/people ,and then they're gone....

Sad, I get the impression he was also a neat guy off stage .........

[jburawski]

I really Loved your movies Mr. Widmark. Thank You and Rest In Peace! Duf2Joe.

[dawgbytez]

R.I.P. Richard.....You will be missed :(

[lkijju]

Me too boomac62

[GenericGene]

Great classic clip - I always liked his movies - may he R.I.P. passed at 93 Info LATimes

[boomac62]

RIP Mr Widmark, I've enjoyed your work for many years.

[wazzzy]

RIP Mr Widmark, one of the last of the best

[wazzzy]

RIP Mr Widmark, one of the last of the best

[kpyng]

I've always enjoyed Victor Borge. A tough act to pinch-hit for Bennett Cerf.

[sonjaxfactor]

thank you

[calledkidblast]

I love Richard Widmark- His breakout performance in Kiss Of Death was Oscar worthy.

[ChickGin]

What a hunk! Thanks for posting.