Actor Richard Todd has died of cancer at age 90. He died in his sleep at his home in Grantham, England, yesterday.
Todd appeared in more than 70 films and TV episodes from 1937 to 2007, but he’s probably best know as Royal Air Force pilot Guy Gibson in the film “The Dam Busters.”
It’s this 1955 movie that’s playing on Pink’s TV in scenes from “Pink Floyd The Wall” (1982).
Todd was a real-life veteran who fought with the British 6th Airborne Division and took part in the D-Day landings of 1944.
He also starred in “The Longest Day” (1962), which re-enacts the D-Day landings.
Todd was Ian Fleming‘s first choice to play the role of James Bond in the first Bond film “Dr. No.” Scheduling conflicts meant he had to pass up the role, which went to Sean Connery.
