How tall was Richard Widmark?

Richard Widmark is commonly listed at 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).

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Richard Widmark’s 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 64 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Richard Widmark beside others

Richard Widmark is in the middle of the 1,404 actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 1 ft 11 in (58 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 2 in (96.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

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5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

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Richard Widmark, 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)