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==Selected filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Director ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1937 | ''[[Good Morning, Boys]]'' | Extra in crowd scene | ''[[Marcel Varnel]]'' | uncredited |- | 1938 | ''[[A Yank at Oxford]]'' | Extra in sporting event | ''[[Jack Conway (film-maker)|Jack Conway]]'' | uncredited |- | 1938 | ''[[Old Bones of the River]]'' | Extra in crowd scene | ''[[Marcel Varnel]]'' | uncredited |- | 1949 | ''[[For Them That Trespass]]'' | Herbert Edward Logan | ''[[Alberto Cavalcanti]]'' | |- | 1949 | ''[[The Hasty Heart]]'' | Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan | ''[[Vincent Sherman]]'' | |- | 1949 | ''[[The Interrupted Journey]]'' | John North | ''[[Daniel Birt]]'' | |- | 1950 | ''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]'' | Jonathan Cooper | ''[[Alfred Hitchcock]]'' | |- | 1950 | ''[[Portrait of Clare (film)|Portrait of Clare]]'' | Robert Hart | ''[[Lance Comfort]]'' | |- | 1951 | ''[[Flesh & Blood (1951 film)|Flesh and Blood]]'' | Charles Cameron / Sutherland | ''[[Anthony Kimmins]]'' | |- | 1951 | ''[[Lightning Strikes Twice (1951 film)|Lightning Strikes Twice]]'' | Richard Trevelyan | ''[[King Vidor]]'' | |- | 1952 | ''[[The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men]]'' | [[Robin Hood]] | ''[[Ken Annakin]]'' | |- | 1952 | ''[[24 Hours of a Woman's Life]]'' | The Young Man | ''[[Victor Saville]]'' | |- | 1952 | ''[[Venetian Bird]]'' | Edward Mercer | ''[[Ralph Thomas]]'' | |- |1952 |''[[Elstree Story]]'' |Narrator |''[[Gilbert Gunn]]'' | |- | 1953 | ''[[The Sword and the Rose]]'' | [[Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk|Charles Brandon]] | ''[[Ken Annakin]]'' | |- | 1954 | ''[[Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue]]'' | [[Rob Roy MacGregor]] | ''[[Harold French]]'' | |- | 1954 | ''[[The Bed (film)|The Bed]]'' | Capitaine Davidson | | |- | 1955 | ''[[A Man Called Peter]]'' | [[Peter Marshall (Presbyterian minister)|Peter Marshall]] | ''[[Henry Koster]]'' | biopic |- | 1955 | ''[[The Dam Busters (film)|The Dam Busters]]'' | Wing Commander [[Guy Gibson]], V.C, D.S.O., D.F.C. | ''[[Michael Anderson (director)|Michael Anderson]]'' | |- | 1955 | ''[[The Virgin Queen (1955 film)|The Virgin Queen]]'' | [[Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]] | ''[[Henry Koster]]'' | |- | 1956 | ''[[Marie Antoinette Queen of France|Marie-Antoinette reine de France]]'' | [[Count Axel von Fersen the Younger|Comte Axel von Fersen]] | ''[[Jean Delannoy]]'' | |- | 1956 | ''[[D-Day the Sixth of June]]'' | Lt. Col. John Wynter | ''[[Henry Koster]]'' | |- | 1957 | ''[[Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst]]'' | [[John Kerans]] | ''[[Michael Anderson (director)|Michael Anderson]]'' | |- | 1957 | ''[[Saint Joan (1957 film)|Saint Joan]]'' | [[Jean de Dunois]], Bastard of Orleans | ''[[Otto Preminger]]'' | |- | 1958 | ''[[Chase a Crooked Shadow]]'' | Ward Prescott | ''[[Michael Anderson (director)|Michael Anderson]]'' | |- | 1958 | ''[[The Naked Earth]]'' | Danny | ''[[Vincent Sherman]]'' | |- | 1958 | ''[[Intent to Kill (1958 film)|Intent to Kill]]'' | Dr. Bob McLaurin | ''[[Jack Cardiff]]'' | |- | 1959 | ''[[Danger Within]]'' | Lt. Col. David Baird, M.C | ''[[Don Chaffey]]'' | |- | 1960 | ''[[Never Let Go (1960 film)|Never Let Go]]'' | John Cummings | ''[[John Guillermin]]'' | |- | 1961 | ''[[The Long and the Short and the Tall (film)|The Long and the Short and the Tall]]'' | Sgt. Mitchem | ''[[Leslie Norman (director)|Leslie Norman]]'' | |- | 1961 | ''[[Don't Bother to Knock (1961 film)|Don't Bother to Knock]]'' | Bill Ferguson | ''[[Cyril Frankel]]'' | |- | 1961 | ''[[The Hellions (film)|The Hellions]]'' | Sgt. Sam Hargis | ''[[Ken Annakin]]'' | |- | 1962 | ''[[Le Crime ne paie pas]]'' | Col. Roberts William | ''[[GΓ©rard Oury]]'' | segment "L'homme de I'avenue" |- | 1962 | ''[[The Boys (1962 British film)|The Boys]]'' | Victor Webster | ''[[Sidney J. Furie]]'' | |- | 1962 | ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]'' | [[John Howard (British Army officer)|John Howard]] | | British Army officer |- | 1963 | ''[[The Very Edge]]'' | Geoffrey Lawrence | ''[[Cyril Frankel]]'' | |- | 1963 | ''[[Death Drums Along the River]]'' | Inspector Harry Sanders | ''[[Lawrence Huntington]]'' | |- | 1964 | ''[[Coast of Skeletons]]'' | Inspector Harry Sanders | ''[[Robert Lynn (director)|Robert Lynn]]'' | |- | 1965 | ''[[Operation Crossbow (film)|Operation Crossbow]]'' | Wing Cmdr. Kendall | ''[[Michael Anderson (director)|Michael Anderson]]'' | |- | 1965 | ''[[The Battle of the Villa Fiorita]]'' | Darrell | ''[[Delmer Daves]]'' | |- | 1967 | ''[[The Love-Ins]]'' | Dr. Jonathan Barnett | ''[[Arthur Dreifuss]]'' | |- | 1968 | ''[[Subterfuge (1968 film)|Subterfuge]]'' | Col. Victor Redmayne | ''[[Peter Graham Scott]]'' | |- | 1968 | ''[[Last of the Long-haired Boys]]'' | Trigg | | |- | 1970 | ''[[Dorian Gray (1970 film)|Dorian Gray]]'' | Basil Hallward | ''[[Massimo Dallamano]]'' | |- | 1972 | ''[[Asylum (1972 horror film)|Asylum]]'' | Walter | ''[[Roy Ward Baker]]'' | segment "Frozen Fear" |- | 1977 | ''[[No. 1 of the Secret Service]]'' | Arthur Loveday | ''[[Lindsay Shonteff]]'' | |- | 1978 | ''[[The Big Sleep (1978 film)|The Big Sleep]]'' | Commander Barker | ''[[Michael Winner]]'' | |- | 1979 | ''[[Home Before Midnight]]'' | Geoffrey Steele | ''[[Pete Walker (director)|Pete Walker]]'' | |- | 1979 | ''[[The Sky Is Falling (1979 film)|Bloodbath]]'' | Terence | ''[[Silvio Narizzano]]'' | |- | 1983 | ''[[House of the Long Shadows]]'' | Sam Allyson | ''[[Pete Walker (director)|Pete Walker]]'' | |- | 1992 | ''[[Incident at Victoria Falls]]'' | Lord Roberts | ''[[Bill Corcoran]]'' | |- |} ===Box-office rankings=== British exhibitors regularly listed Todd among the most popular local stars at the box office in various polls: *1950 β 7th most popular British star<ref>"Success Of British Films." Times [London, England] 29 December 1950: 4. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012.</ref> *1952 β 5th most popular British star in Britain<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18504988 |title=COMEDIAN TOPS FILM POLL. |newspaper=[[The Sunday Herald (Sydney)|The Sunday Herald]] |location=Sydney |date=28 December 1952 |access-date=27 April 2012 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> *1954 β 9th most popular British star *1955 β 7th most popular British star<ref>"'The Dam Busters'." Times [London, England] 29 December 1955: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012.</ref> *1957 β 3rd most popular star in Britain<ref>Most Popular Film of the Year. ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, 12 December 1957; p. 3; Issue 54022</ref>
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