Richard Widmark, a self-effacing actor who played cackling maniacs, ... Mr. Widmark was "a quiet genius" and "the kind of star whose mastery sneaks up on you," Film Comment magazine noted.

Hollywood actor Richard Widmark, who often portrayed killers, cops and Western gunslingers, has died at his home in Roxbury, Conn. after a long illness.

Richard Widmark, who made an indelible screen debut in 1947 as a giggling, ... “It’s weird the effect actors have on an audience,” he told Parade magazine in 1987.

Richard Widmark, who made an indelible screen debut in 1947 as a giggling sadistic killer and later brought a sense of urban cynicism and unpredictability to his roles as a leading man, has died.

VIDEO: Richard Widmark, who earned a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for his first movie role in the 1947 gangster film "Kiss of Death," has died after a long illness. He was 93.

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 ...

HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) — 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 ...

Richard Widmark was born Dec. 26, 1914, in Sunrise, Minn., where his father ran a general store, then became a traveling salesman. ... He explained to Parade magazine in 1987: ...

And in "Panic in the Streets" (Aug. 11), Widmark is the hero, a doctor racing against time to stop the spread of plague in New Orleans. He's the best thing in every one -- better than Monroe, even.