Richard Attenborough
- Acting
- August 29, 1923 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- August 24, 2014
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain · Self
- Diana: The People's Princess · Self
- Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film · Self
- Talking Pictures · Self
- Return to Jurassic Park · Self
- Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
- Chaplin the Hero · Self
- The Most Famous Man in the World! · Self
- Strolling Into the Sunset · Self
- Closing the Ring · Director, Producer
- British Film Forever
- The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles' · Self
- The One Show · Self
- Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool · Self
- Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival · Self
- Parkinson · Self
- Within the Way Without · Voice
- A Bridge Too Far: Richard Attenborough - A Director Remembers · Self
- The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough · Self
- Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin · Self
- Forever Ealing · Self
- Puckoon · Writer/Director
- Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story · Magog
- Beyond Jurassic Park · Self
- The Children Who Cheated the Nazis · Narrator
- The Railway Children · The Old Gentleman
- Light Keeps Me Company · Self
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories · Self
- The Spirit of Grey Owl · Self
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat · Jacob
- Grey Owl · Director, Producer
- Elizabeth · Sir William Cecil
- Diana: Queen of Hearts · Self
- Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century · Self
- Parkinson · Self
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park · John Hammond
- The Making of 'The Lost World' · Self
- Hamlet · English Ambassador
- In Love and War · Director, Producer
- E=MC² · The Visitor
- The Making of 'Jurassic Park' · Self / John Hammond
- Miracle on 34th Street · Kris Kringle
- In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid · Self
- A Century of Cinema · Self
- Shadowlands · Producer, Director
- Audrey Hepburn: Remembered · Self
- Jurassic Park · Hammond
- Chaplin · Director, Producer
- Pictures of Europe · Self
- This Morning · Self
- Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute · Self
- Cry Freedom · Producer, Director
- Sacrée soirée · Self
- Mother Teresa · Narrator (Voice)
- A Chorus Line · Director
- Friday People
- The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio · Self
- James Bond: The First 21 Years · Self
- Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi · Self
- Gandhi · Producer, Director
- The Human Factor · Colonel John Daintry
- Magic · Director
- The South Bank Show
- The Chess Players · General Outram
- A Bridge Too Far · Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited), Director
- Conduct Unbecoming · Major Lionel E. Roach
- Rosebud · Edward Sloat
- Brannigan · Cmdr. Charles Swann
- Spécial cinéma · Self
- And Then There Were None · Judge Arthur Cannon
- Young Winston · Director
- Film '72 · Self
- 10 Rillington Place · John Christie
- Great Performances · Self
- A Severed Head · Palmer Anderson
- Loot · Inspector Truscott
- The Last Grenade · General Charles Whiteley
- Don't Make Me Laugh
- Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? · Self
- The Magic Christian · Oxford Coach