Richard Attenborough
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
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- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Diana: The People's Princess as Self
- 2014 · Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film as Self
- 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 · The Most Famous Man in the World! as Self
- 2008 · Chaplin the Hero as Self
- 2008 · Strolling Into the Sunset as Self
- 2007 · The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles' as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2005 · Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool as Self
- 2004 · Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival as Self
- 2004 · Within the Way Without as (voice)
- 2003 · The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough as Self
- 2003 · Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin as Self
- 2002 · Forever Ealing as Self
- 2002 · Puckoon as Writer/Director
- 2001 · Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story as Magog
- 2001 · Beyond Jurassic Park as Self
- 2000 · Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain as Self
- 2000 · The Children Who Cheated the Nazis as Narrator
- 2000 · The Railway Children as The Old Gentleman
- 2000 · Light Keeps Me Company as Self
- 2000 · Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self
- 2000 · The Spirit of Grey Owl as Self
- 1999 · Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Jacob
- 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 · The Lost World: Jurassic Park as John Hammond
- 1997 · The Making of 'The Lost World' as Self
- 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
- 1994 · In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid as Self
- 1994 · A Century of Cinema as Self
- 1993 · Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self
- 1993 · Jurassic Park as Hammond
- 1990 · Pictures of Europe as Self
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1986 · Mother Teresa as Narrator (voice)
- 1985 · The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self
- 1983 · James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
- 1983 · Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi as Self
- 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 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1974 · And Then There Were None as Judge Arthur Cannon
- 1971 · 10 Rillington Place as John Christie
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1971 · A Severed Head as Palmer Anderson
- 1970 · Loot as Inspector Truscott
- 1970 · The Last Grenade as General Charles Whiteley
- 1970 · Don't Make Me Laugh as
- 1969 · The Magic Christian as Oxford Coach
- 1969 · David Copperfield as Mr. Tungay
- 1968 · The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Robert Blossom
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · Only When I Larf as Silas
- 1967 · Doctor Dolittle as Albert Blossom
- 1966 · The Sand Pebbles as Frenchy Burgoyne
- 1965 · The Flight of the Phoenix as Lew Moran
- 1964 · Guns at Batasi as Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
- 1964 · Seance on a Wet Afternoon as Bill
- 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 League of Gentlemen as Lexy
- 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 · The Baby and the Battleship as Knocker White
- 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 · Father's Doing Fine as Dougall
- 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 · The Lost People as Jan
- 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