Richard Attenborough

Acting • Born 1923-08-29 – Died 2014-08-24

Acting2Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Biography

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.

Filmography

115 credits

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Movie • 1997

John Hammond

Miracle on 34th Street

Movie • 1994

Kris Kringle

The Flight of the Phoenix

Movie • 1965

Lew Moran

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

Movie • 1964

Bill

Hamlet

Movie • 1996

English Ambassador

Rosebud

Movie • 1975

Edward Sloat

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Movie • 2000

Self

Elizabeth

Movie • 1998

Sir William Cecil

Sea of Sand

Movie • 1958

Brody

And Then There Were None

Movie • 1974

Judge Arthur Cannon

The Sand Pebbles

Movie • 1966

Frenchy Burgoyne

The Great Escape

Movie • 1963

Bartlett 'Big X'

The Magic Christian

Movie • 1969

Oxford Coach

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Movie • 1999

Jacob

The Railway Children

Movie • 2000

The Old Gentleman

10 Rillington Place

Movie • 1971

John Christie

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Movie • 2005

Self

Brighton Rock

Movie • 1948

Pinkie Brown

Brannigan

Movie • 1975

Cmdr. Charles Swann

The Spirit of Grey Owl

Movie • 2000

Self

I'm All Right Jack

Movie • 1959

Sidney De Vere Cox

A Matter of Life and Death

Movie • 1946

An English Pilot

Jet Storm

Movie • 1959

Ernest Tilley

The Dock Brief

Movie • 1962

Herbert Fowle

All Night Long

Movie • 1962

Rod Hamilton

A Severed Head

Movie • 1971

Palmer Anderson

Doctor Dolittle

Movie • 1967

Albert Blossom

Guns at Batasi

Movie • 1964

Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale

The League of Gentlemen

Movie • 1960

Lexy

Morning Departure

Movie • 1950

Stoker Snipe

The Human Factor

Movie • 1979

Colonel John Daintry

Dunkirk

Movie • 1958

John Holden

Box for One

Movie • 1953

The Caller

Only When I Larf

Movie • 1968

Silas

The Chess Players

Movie • 1977

General Outram

The Magic Box

Movie • 1952

Jack Carter

Gift Horse

Movie • 1952

Dripper Daniels

SOS Pacific

Movie • 1959

Whitey Mullen

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Movie • 2003

Self

School for Secrets

Movie • 1946

Jack Arnold

Only Two Can Play

Movie • 1962

Gareth L. Probert

The Angry Silence

Movie • 1960

Tom Curtis

Private's Progress

Movie • 1956

Pvt. Percival Henry Cox

Dancing with Crime

Movie • 1947

Ted Peters

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

Movie • 1995

Self / John Hammond

The Ship That Died of Shame

Movie • 1955

George Hoskins

The Last Grenade

Movie • 1970

General Charles Whiteley

The Baby and the Battleship

Movie • 1956

Knocker White

Conduct Unbecoming

Movie • 1975

Maggiore Lionel E. Roach

Eight O'Clock Walk

Movie • 1954

Thomas Leslie Manning

The Third Secret

Movie • 1964

Alfred Price-Gorham

The Man Upstairs

Movie • 1958

Peter Watson

Within the Way Without

Movie • 2004

(voice)

David Copperfield

Movie • 1969

Mr. Tungay

London Belongs to Me

Movie • 1948

Percy Boon

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

Movie • 2025

Self

Journey Together

Movie • 1945

David Wilton

Father's Doing Fine

Movie • 1952

Dougall

Pictures of Europe

Movie • 1990

Self

Boys in Brown

Movie • 1949

Jackie Knowles

Forever Ealing

Movie • 2002

Self

Brothers in Law

Movie • 1957

Henry Marshall

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

Movie • 2003

Self

Loot

Movie • 1970

Inspector Truscott

E=MC²

Movie • 1996

The Visitor

The Scamp

Movie • 1957

Stephen Leigh

The Guinea Pig

Movie • 1948

Jack Read

The Lost People

Movie • 1949

Jan

Hell Is Sold Out

Movie • 1951

Pierre Bonnet

In Which We Serve

Movie • 1942

Young Stoker

Chaplin the Hero

Movie • 2008

Self

The Most Famous Man in the World!

Movie • 2008

Self

Strolling Into the Sunset

Movie • 2008

Self

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

Movie • 1968

Robert Blossom

Mother Teresa

Movie • 1986

Narrator (voice)

Diana: Queen of Hearts

Movie • 1998

Self - Narrator

The True Glory

Movie • 1945

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