Ralph Richardson
Born: 1902-12-19 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Died: 1983-10-10
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor, one of a group of theatrical knights of the mid-20th century who, though more closely associated with the stage, also appeared in several classic films. Richardson first became known for his work on stage in the 1930s. In the 1940s, together with Laurence Olivier, he ran the Old Vic company. He continued on stage and in films into the early 1980s and was especially praised for his comedic roles. In his later years he was celebrated for his theatre work with his old friend John Gielgud. Among his most famous roles were Peer Gynt, Falstaff, John Gabriel Borkman and Hirst in Pinter's No Man's Land. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ralph Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1993
- Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
1986
- Directed by William Wyler as Self
1984
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes as The Sixth Earl of Greystoke
- Six Centuries of Verse as Self - Reader
- Give My Regards to Broad Street as Jim
1983
- Wagner as Pfordten
- Invitation to the Wedding
1982
- Witness for the Prosecution as Sir Wilfred Robarts
- Laurence Olivier: a life as Self
1981
- Time Bandits as Supreme Being
- Dragonslayer as Ulrich
- Early Days as Sir Richard Kitchen
1979
- Charlie Muffin as Sir Archibald Willoughby
1978
- Watership Down as Chief Rabbit (voice)
- No Man's Land as Hirst
1977
- Jesus of Nazareth as Simeon
- The Man in the Iron Mask as Colbert de Voliere
1976
- Second City Television as Self
1975
- Rollerball as Librarian
1974
- Frankenstein: The True Story as Mr. Lacey
1973
- Frankenstein: The True Story as Mr. Lacey
- O Lucky Man! as Sir James Burgess / Monty
- A Doll's House as Dr. Rank
- William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare as Various
- O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment as Himself
1972
- ABC Afterschool Special as Various Roles
- Tales from the Crypt as The Crypt Keeper
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as The Caterpillar
- Home as Jack
- Lady Caroline Lamb as George IV
- Eagle in a Cage as Sir Hudson Lowe
- Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? as Mr. Benton
1971
- Great Performances as Self
- Film '72 as Self
1970
- Play for Today as Jack
- Twelfth Night as Sir Toby Belch
- The Looking Glass War as LeClerc
- Upon This Rock as Himself (Narrator)
1969
- Battle of Britain as Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland
- The Bed Sitting Room as Lord Fortnum of Alamein
- Oh! What a Lovely War as Sir Edward Grey
- David Copperfield as Mr. Micawber
- Midas Run as Lord Henshaw
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
1967
- Omnibus as Self
- The World of Wodehouse as Clarence Threepworth, 9th Earl of Emsworth
- Blandings Castle as Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth
1966
- Khartoum as William Gladstone
- The Wrong Box as Joseph Finsbury
1965
- Doctor Zhivago as Alexander Gromeko
- Chimes at Midnight as Narrator (voice)
- Moscow in Madrid as Self
- Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean as Self
- Johnson Over Jordan as Robert Johnson
1964
- Thursday Theatre as Robert Johnson
- The Great War as Douglas Haig (voice)
- Woman of Straw as Charles Richmond
1962
- The 300 Spartans as Themistocles of Athens
- Long Day's Journey Into Night as James Tyrone
- Hedda Gabler as Judge Brack
- Heart to Heart as Sir Stanley Johnson
1960
- Exodus as Gen. Sutherland
- Our Man in Havana as 'C'
- Oscar Wilde as Sir Edward Carson
1957
- The Passionate Stranger as Roger Wynter / Sir Clement
1956
- Smiley as Rev. Lambeth
1955
- Richard III as Duke of Buckingham
1952
- Home at Seven as David Preston
- The Holly and the Ivy as Reverend Martin Gregory
- The Sound Barrier as John Ridgefield
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Barrister
- Outcast of the Islands as Captain Tom Lingard
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- Cricket as Narrator(voice)
- Eagles of the Fleet as Commentary
1949
- The Heiress as Dr. Austin Sloper
- Come Saturday as Narrator
1948
- Anna Karenina as Alexei Karenin
- The Fallen Idol as Baines
1946
- School for Secrets as Prof. Heatherville
1944
- The Volunteer as Self - Narrator
1943
- The Silver Fleet as Jaap van Leyden
1942
- The Day Will Dawn as Frank Lockwood
1939
- The Four Feathers as John Durrance
- Smith as Smith
- Q Planes as Maj. Charles Hammond
- Bees on the Boat-Deck as Sam Gridley
- The Lion Has Wings as Wing Commander Richardson
- On the Night of the Fire as Will Kobling
- Health of a Nation
1938
- The Divorce of Lady X as Lord Mere
- The Citadel as Dr. Philip Denny
- South Riding as Robert Carne
1937
- Thunder in the City as Henry V. Manningdale
1936
- Things to Come as The Boss
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles as Colonel Winstanley
1935
- Bulldog Jack as Morelle
1934
- Java Head as William Ammidon
- The Return of Bulldog Drummond as Major Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
- The King of Paris as Paul Lebrun
1933
- The Ghoul as Nigel Hartley
- Friday the Thirteenth as Horace Dawes
1931
- Dreyfus as Extra