Television Richard Widmark

widmark in broken lance (1954)

widmark guest on s line? in 1954. following year, made rare foray comedy on love lucy, portraying himself when starstruck lucy trespasses onto property steal souvenir. widmark finds lucy sprawled out on living room floor underneath bearskin rug.

returning television in 1970s, widmark received emmy nomination performance paul roudebush, president of united states, in tv movie vanished! (1971), fletcher knebel political thriller. in 1972–73, reprised detective role don siegel s madigan (1968) 6 90-minute episodes on nbc wednesday mystery movie. next year, participated in mini-series benjamin franklin, transmitted in 1974, unique experiment of 4 90-minute dramas, each different actor impersonating franklin: widmark, beau bridges, eddie albert, melvyn douglas, and, portraying franklin @ age twelve, willie aames. series won peabody award , 5 emmys. during 1980s, widmark returned tv half-dozen tv movies.