Richard Attenborough
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Kt, CBE (August 29, 1923 – August 24, 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
Great Performances
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Jurassic Park
Hammond
A Matter of Life and Death
An English Pilot
Talking Pictures
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Elizabeth
Sir William Cecil
Eight O'Clock Walk
Thomas Leslie Manning
A Bridge Too Far
Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
The Great Escape
Bartlett 'Big X'
Return to Jurassic Park
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Loot
Inspector Truscott
Brannigan
Cmdr. Charles Swann
The Flight of the Phoenix
Lew Moran
Dunkirk
John Holden
Miracle on 34th Street
Kris Kringle
The Chess Players
General Outram
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
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Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
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Conduct Unbecoming
Maggiore Lionel E. Roach
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
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Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Magog
In Which We Serve
Young Stoker
Doctor Dolittle
Albert Blossom
James Bond: The First 21 Years
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Jacob
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
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All Night Long
Rod Hamilton
Hamlet
English Ambassador
Friday People
School for Secrets
Jack Arnold
Sea of Sand
Brody
The Baby and the Battleship
Knocker White
Danger Within
Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
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Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
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The Third Secret
Alfred Price-Gorham
A Century of Cinema
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The Making of 'The Lost World'
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E=MC²
The Visitor
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
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The Guinea Pig
Jack Read
The Sand Pebbles
Frenchy Burgoyne
SOS Pacific
Whitey Mullen
Father's Doing Fine
Dougall
The Ship That Died of Shame
George Hoskins
Dancing with Crime
Ted Peters
The Magic Christian
Oxford Coach
Forever Ealing
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The Hundred Pound Window
Tommy Draper
And Then There Were None
Judge Arthur Cannon
Rosebud
Edward Sloat
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
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Morning Departure
Stoker Snipe
Light Keeps Me Company
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The Angry Silence
Tom Curtis
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Bill
The Railway Children
The Old Gentleman
The Magic Box
Jack Carter
David Copperfield
Mr. Tungay
The Human Factor
Colonel John Daintry
Guns at Batasi
Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
I'm All Right Jack
Sidney De Vere Cox
The League of Gentlemen
Lexy
Only Two Can Play
Gareth L. Probert
Gift Horse
Dripper Daniels
Brighton Rock
Pinkie Brown
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Robert Blossom
Beyond Jurassic Park
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10 Rillington Place
John Christie
A Severed Head
Palmer Anderson
The Man Within
Francis Andrews
Puckoon
Writer/Director
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
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The Last Grenade
General Charles Whiteley
The True Glory
Commentator
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
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The Dock Brief
Herbert Fowle
Journey Together
David Wilton
Brothers in Law
Henry Marshall
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
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Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
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Private's Progress
Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
The Man Upstairs
Peter Watson
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
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Jet Storm
Ernest Tilley
London Belongs to Me
Percy Boon
Hell Is Sold Out
Pierre Bonnet
Pictures of Europe
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The Scamp
Stephen Leigh
The Spirit of Grey Owl
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Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park
John Hammond
Boys in Brown
Jackie Knowles
Only When I Larf
Silas
The Lost People
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Strolling Into the Sunset
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Schweik's New Adventures
Railway worker
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
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Mother Teresa
Narrator (voice)
The Most Famous Man in the World!
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Diana: The People's Princess
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The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
Narrator
Box for One
The Caller
Chaplin the Hero
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Within the Way Without
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Diana: Queen of Hearts
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The Mike Douglas Show
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Spécial cinéma
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The One Show
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Don't Make Me Laugh
Golden Globe Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
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The Dick Cavett Show
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Sacrée Soirée
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Parkinson
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This Morning
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