Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

  • Birthday: 1923-08-29
  • Deathday: 2014-08-24
  • Place of birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
  • Also know as: Baron 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.

Filmography

Sea of Sand

1958

As Brody

10 Rillington Place

1971

As John Christie

Brighton Rock

1948

As Pinkie Brown

Jet Storm

1959

As Ernest Tilley

Guns at Batasi

1964

As Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale

Only When I Larf

1968

As Silas

SOS Pacific

1959

As Whitey Mullen

Gift Horse

1952

As Dripper Daniels

The Angry Silence

1960

As Tom Curtis

Dancing with Crime

1947

As Ted Peters

Eight O'Clock Walk

1954

As Thomas Leslie Manning

The Man Upstairs

1958

As Peter Watson

Within the Way Without

2004

As (voice)

London Belongs to Me

1948

As Percy Boon

David Copperfield

1969

As Mr. Tungay

Journey Together

1945

As David Wilton

Father's Doing Fine

1952

As Dougall

Brothers in Law

1957

As Henry Marshall

Loot

1970

As Inspector Truscott

The Scamp

1957

As Stephen Leigh

The Guinea Pig

1948

As Jack Read

Mother Teresa

1986

As Narrator (voice)

Diana: Queen of Hearts

1998

As Self - Narrator

Beyond Jurassic Park

2001

As Himself

A Century of Cinema

1994

As Self

Box for One

1953

As The Caller

Chaplin the Hero

2008

As Self

Rosebud

1975

As Edward Sloat

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965

As Lew Moran

Miracle on 34th Street

1994

As Kris Kringle

The Sand Pebbles

1966

As Frenchy Burgoyne

Brannigan

1975

As Cmdr. Charles Swann

Trial and Error

1962

As Herbert Fowle

A Severed Head

1971

As Palmer Anderson

Morning Departure

1950

As Stoker Snipe

The Human Factor

1979

As Colonel John Daintry

Dunkirk

1958

As John Holden

Private's Progress

1956

As Pvt. Percival Henry Cox

The Ship That Died of Shame

1955

As George Hoskins

Conduct Unbecoming

1975

As Maggiore Lionel E. Roach

The Baby and the Battleship

1956

As Knocker White

Boys in Brown

1949

As Jackie Knowles

Forever Ealing

2002

As Self

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

1968

As Robert Blossom

The Spirit of Grey Owl

2000

As Himself

And Then There Were None

1974

As Judge Arthur Cannon

The Great Escape

1963

As Bartlett 'Big X'

The Third Secret

1964

As Alfred Price-Gorham

The Lost People

1949

As Jan

Hell Is Sold Out

1951

As Pierre Bonnet

Jurassic Park

1993

As Dr. John Hammond

I'm All Right Jack

1959

As Sidney De Vere Cox

Doctor Dolittle

1967

As Albert Blossom

The Last Grenade

1970

As Gen. Charles Whiteley

The Man Within

1947

As Francis Andrews

Schweik's New Adventures

1943

As Railway worker

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997

As John Hammond

The Magic Box

1952

As Jack Carter

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century

1998

As Self (archive footage)

Danger Within

1959

As Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips

The Hundred Pound Window

1944

As Tommy Draper

Picture of Europe

1990

As Self

Elizabeth

1998

As Sir William Cecil

All Night Long

1962

As Rod Hamilton

Only Two Can Play

1962

As Gareth L. Probert

A Matter of Life and Death

1946

As An English Pilot

The True Glory

1945

As Commentator

The Magic Christian

1969

As Oxford Coach

E=mc2

1996

As The Visitor

The Railway Children

2000

As The Old Gentleman

The Chess Players

1977

As General Outram

School for Secrets

1946

As Richard Attenborough

Puckoon

2002

As Writer/Director

In Which We Serve

1942

As Young Stoker

Return to Jurassic Park

2011

As Self (archive footage)

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

1995

As Self / John Hammond

And the Winner Isn't

2017

As Self (archive footage)

Hamlet

1996

As English Ambassador

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

As Self (archive footage)

A Bridge Too Far

1977

As Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)

Production

Gandhi

1982

As Director

A Chorus Line

1985

As Director

Chaplin

1992

As Director

Shadowlands

1993

As Director

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

As Director

A Bridge Too Far

1977

As Director

Cry Freedom

1987

As Director

In Love and War

1996

As Director

Magic

1978

As Director

Closing the Ring

2007

As Director

Grey Owl

1999

As Director

Young Winston

1972

As Director

Gandhi

1982

As Producer

Shadowlands

1993

As Producer

Chaplin

1992

As Producer

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964

As Producer

Cry Freedom

1987

As Producer

Whistle Down the Wind

1961

As Producer

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

As Producer

The L-Shaped Room

1962

As Producer

The Angry Silence

1960

As Producer

In Love and War

1996

As Producer

Grey Owl

1999

As Producer

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