Kazan was an old friend, I met him in 1938. He picked up radio jobs for eating money, so I met him on a couple of radio shows. Later on I was in a play he directed.

He attended Lake Forest College where he studied acting and also taught acting after he graduated. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film Kiss of Death for which he also won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. " Hathaway was overruled by studio boss Darryl F.

In 2002 he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City Oklahoma. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film Kiss of Death for which he also won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Early in his career Widmark specialized in similar villainous or anti-hero roles in films noir but he later branched out into more heroic leading and support roles in westerns mainstream dramas and horror films among others.