Editing Richard Todd (section)

==Personal life==
Todd was married twice; both marriages ended in divorce. His first wife was actress Catherine Grant-Bogle, whom he met in Dundee Repertory. They were married from 1949 until 1970. They had a son, Peter (1952–2005), and a daughter, Fiona Margaret Todd born 1956. In 1960 he had a son Jeremy Todd-Nelson with model Patricia Nelson.  He was married to model Virginia Mailer from 1970 until 1992; they had two sons together, Andrew then Seamus (1977–1997).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.findmypast.com/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp |title=Deaths England and Wales 1984–2006 |access-date=7 December 2009 |archive-date=4 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104084417/http://www.findmypast.com/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref> In retirement, Todd lived in the village of [[Little Ponton]] and later in [[Little Humby]], eight miles from [[Grantham]], [[Lincolnshire]]. 

Tragically, two of Todd's five children died through suicide using family firearms. On 7 December 1997, Todd's youngest son Seamus Palethorpe-Todd 20, shot himself in the head with a shotgun lying on his bed at their home in Lincolnshire while home on a break from Newcastle University where he was a first year student studying politics;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/stars-tears-for-his-sons-1532562 | title=Star's tears for his sons | date=25 April 2006 }}</ref> an inquest determined that the suicide might have been a depressive reaction to the drug he was taking for severe acne. 
Eight years later On 21 September 2005, Todd's eldest son Peter Todd 53, also using a shotgun killed himself in his car in [[East Malling]], [[Kent]], following marital difficulties. Peter had been suffering depression.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4770682.stm|title=Suicide of actor's depressed son |publisher=BBC News |date=3 March 2006 |access-date=4 January 2010}}</ref>

Todd was a supporter of Second World War commemoration events, particularly those associated with the Normandy landings and [[No. 617 Squadron RAF|617 Squadron]] RAF. He continued to be identified in the public consciousness with [[Guy Gibson]] from his portrayal of him in the 1950s film, and attended 617 Squadron anniversaries up to 2008. He narrated a television documentary about the Squadron, and contributed forewords to several books on the subject, including ''The Dam Buster Story'' (2003); ''Filming the Dam Busters'' (2005); and ''Bouncing-Bomb Man: The Science of Sir Barnes Wallis'' (2009).{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}