(March 26, 2008)--Richard Widmark, who played a giggling killer in the 1947 thriller "Kiss of Death," has died after a long illness.
He was 93.
His wife says the actor died Monday at his home in Roxbury, Conn.
She did not disclose the illness.
After a career in radio drama and theater, Widmark made a sensational film debut as Tommy Udo, who delighted in pushing an old lady in a wheelchair to her death down a flight of stairs.
The performance won him an Academy Award nomination as supporting actor.
A quiet, extremely shy man, Widmark often played killers, cops and Western gunslingers, though he said he hated guns.
He and his wife had a daughter, Ann, who was married to baseball legend Sandy Koufax.
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