Some experts stated that since the Dodgers had mostly benched him, Sandy was perhaps affected by it and thus, experienced bouts of low self-confidence. After taking his bachelor of arts degree in 1936, he stayed on at Lake Forest as the Assistant Director of Speech and Drama. Sandy struggled to manage the control of his pitches, but his pace was good enough, which helped him survive in the team. Widmark followed Kiss of Death with other villainous performances in the films noir The Street with No Name and Road House, and the western Yellow Sky (all 1948), the latter film with Gregory Peck and Anne Baxter. When David burns alive, the stunt performer's head and hands are clearly covered with a greenish protection headpiece and gloves. Despite being showcased with all this thespian firepower, Widmark's character proved to be the axis on which the drama turned. [speaking in 1976] The heavies in my day were kid's stuff compared to I suppose I wanted to act in order to have a place in the sun, he once told a reporter. Despite having an injured left hand, which was also his pitching hand, Sandy performed amazingly well in the next season. Richard Widmark - Turner Classic Movies They had a daughter, Anne Heath Widmark, an artist and author who was married to baseball player Sandy Koufax from 1969 to 1982. Red Skies of Montana. Hathaway was overruled by studio boss Darryl F. Zanuck. I am an ardent supporter of gun control. Jean Hazlewood died of Alzheimer's disease in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 80.[1]. In fall 2007, he sustained a fractured vertebra after a fall. On April 5, 1942, the lovers got married. Before he became a film actor, Widmark was busy with voice-over work on various radio programs during the 1930s and 1940s. He died about six months later of complications. Birth Name: Richard Weedt Widmark Occupation: Movie Actor Place Of Birth: MN Date Of Birth: December 26, 1914 Date Of Death: March 24, 2008 Cause Of Death: N/A Ethnicity: White Nationality: American Richard Widmark was born on the 26th of December, 1914. In 1969, Sandy Koufax married Anne Widmark, daughter of Hollywood actor Richard Widmark. Movie Reviews - Film - Time Out London", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=To_the_Devil_a_Daughter&oldid=1140702803, This page was last edited on 21 February 2023, at 09:44.