Richard Attenborough

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1923-08-29

Deathday 2014-08-24 (90 years old)

Place of Birth Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Also Known As Baron Attenborough, Lord Richard Samuel Attenborough, CBE, Ричард Аттенборо, Sir Richard Attenborough, Richard Samuel Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Biography

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Kt, CBE (29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician. He was the President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Attenborough joined the Royal Air Force during World War II and served in the film unit. He went on several bombing raids over Europe and filmed action from the rear gunner's position. As a film director and producer, Attenborough won two Academy Awards for Gandhi in 1983. He also won four BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his roles in Brighton Rock, The Great Escape, 10 Rillington Place, Miracle on 34th Street (1994) and Jurassic Park. He was the older brother of David Attenborough, a naturalist and broadcaster, and John Attenborough, an executive at Alfa Romeo. He was married to actress Sheila Sim from 1945 until his death.

Known For

Actor

2017
And the Winner Isn't

as Self (archive footage)

2014
And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

2011
Return to Jurassic Park

as Self (archive footage)

2008
2006
The One Show

as Self

2004
2002
2002
Puckoon

as Writer/Director

2000
The Railway Children

as The Old Gentleman

1998
Elizabeth

as Sir William Cecil

1998
Diana: Queen of Hearts

as Self - Narrator

1998
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century

as Self (archive footage)

1998
Parkinson

as Self

1997
1996
Hamlet

as English Ambassador

1996
E=MC²

as The Visitor

1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

as Self / John Hammond

1994
Miracle on 34th Street

as Kris Kringle

1993
Jurassic Park

as Hammond

1990
1988
This Morning

as Self

1986
Mother Teresa

as Narrator (voice)

1979
The Human Factor

as Colonel John Daintry

1977
The Chess Players

as General Outram

1977
A Bridge Too Far

as Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)

1975
Rosebud

as Edward Sloat

1975
Brannigan

as Cmdr. Charles Swann

1975
Conduct Unbecoming

as Maggiore Lionel E. Roach

1974
And Then There Were None

as Judge Arthur Cannon

1974
1971
10 Rillington Place

as John Christie

1971
A Severed Head

as Palmer Anderson

1971
1970
Loot

as Inspector Truscott

1970
The Last Grenade

as General Charles Whiteley

1969
The Magic Christian

as Oxford Coach

1969
David Copperfield

as Mr. Tungay

1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

as Robert Blossom

1968
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
Doctor Dolittle

as Albert Blossom

1966
The Sand Pebbles

as Frenchy Burgoyne

1965
1964
Guns at Batasi

as Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale

1964
The Third Secret

as Alfred Price-Gorham

1963
The Great Escape

as Bartlett 'Big X'

1962
Trial and Error

as Herbert Fowle

1962
All Night Long

as Rod Hamilton

1962
Only Two Can Play

as Gareth L. Probert

1960
The Angry Silence

as Tom Curtis

1959
SOS Pacific

as Whitey Mullen

1959
Jet Storm

as Ernest Tilley

1959
I'm All Right Jack

as Sidney De Vere Cox

1959
Danger Within

as Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips

1958
Sea of Sand

as Brody

1958
The Man Upstairs

as Peter Watson

1958
Dunkirk

as John Holden

1957
The Scamp

as Stephen Leigh

1957
Brothers in Law

as Henry Marshall

1956
1956
Private's Progress

as Pvt. Percival Henry Cox

1955
The Ship That Died of Shame

as George Hoskins

1954
Eight O'Clock Walk

as Thomas Leslie Manning

1953
Box for One

as The Caller

1952
1952
Gift Horse

as Dripper Daniels

1952
The Magic Box

as Jack Carter

1951
Hell Is Sold Out

as Pierre Bonnet

1950
Morning Departure

as Stoker Snipe

1949
Boys in Brown

as Jackie Knowles

1949
1948
London Belongs to Me

as Percy Boon

1948
The Guinea Pig

as Jack Read

1948
Brighton Rock

as Pinkie Brown

1947
Dancing with Crime

as Ted Peters

1947
The Man Within

as Francis Andrews

1946
School for Secrets

as Jack Arnold

1946
A Matter of Life and Death

as An English Pilot

1945
Journey Together

as David Wilton

1945
The True Glory

as Commentator

1944
The Hundred Pound Window

as Tommy Draper

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee/Presenter

1943
Schweik's New Adventures

as Railway worker

1942
In Which We Serve

as Young Stoker

Director

2007
Closing the Ring

as Director

1999
Grey Owl

as Director

1996
In Love and War

as Director

1993
Shadowlands

as Director

1992
Chaplin

as Director

1987
Cry Freedom

as Director

1985
A Chorus Line

as Director

1982
Gandhi

as Director

1978
Magic

as Director

1977
A Bridge Too Far

as Director

1972
Young Winston

as Director

1969

Producer

2007
Closing the Ring

as Producer

1999
Grey Owl

as Producer

1996
In Love and War

as Producer

1993
Shadowlands

as Producer

1992
Chaplin

as Producer

1987
Cry Freedom

as Producer

1982
Gandhi

as Producer

1969
1962
The L-Shaped Room

as Producer

1961
1960
The Angry Silence

as Producer