Editing Richard Todd (section)

===Later career===
In the 1970s, Todd gained new fans when he appeared as the reader for Radio Four's ''Morning Story''. In the 1980s, his distinctive voice was heard as narrator of ''Wings Over the World'', a 13-part documentary series about the history of aviation shown on Arts & Entertainment television. He appeared before the camera in the episode about the [[Lancaster bomber]]. Todd continued to act on television, including roles in ''[[Virtual Murder (TV series)|Virtual Murder]]''; ''[[Silent Witness]]'' and in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[Kinda (Doctor Who)|"Kinda"]]'' in 1982. In 1989, he appeared in the first episode of the sixth season of ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' in which he played Colonel Alex Schofield in the episode titled [[List of Murder, She Wrote episodes#Season 6 (1989–90)|"Appointment in Athens"]].

He formed Triumph Theatre Productions with [[Duncan Weldon (producer)|Duncan C. Weldon]] and Paul Elliott in the late 1960s. This company produced more than 100 plays, musicals and pantomimes all over the country; some of them starred Todd.

His acting career extended into his 80s, and he made several appearances in British shows such as ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' and ''[[The Royal]]''. He appeared in The Royal as Hugh Hurst, a retired solicitor, in the episode "Kiss and Tell" (2003); his last appearance in ''Heartbeat'' was as Major Harold Beecham in the 2007 episode [[Heartbeat (series 11–18)#Series 16 (2006–2007)|"Seeds of Destruction"]].

Richard Todd was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in 1993.<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?participantId=192516 TCM]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' on two occasions: in March 1960 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at the BBC's [[Lime Grove Studios]];{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} and in November 1988 when [[Michael Aspel]] surprised him on stage at the [[Theatre Royal Windsor]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

Richard Todd appeared in the "Midsomer Murders" episode "Birds of Prey" (2003) as Charles Edmonton. In the episode, his character is killed by Dr. Naomi Sinclair. He dies after receiving a fatal injection while asleep.