Richard Attenborough

Born: 1923-08-29 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Died: 2014-08-24

Known For: Acting

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

2013

Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)

2011

Return to Jurassic Park as Self (archive footage)

2008

The Most Famous Man in the World! as Self
Strolling Into the Sunset as Self
Chaplin the Hero as Self

2007

Closing the Ring ... (Director)
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles' as Self

2006

The One Show as Self

2005

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool as Self

2004

Within the Way Without as (voice)
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival as Self

2003

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough as Self
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin as Self

2002

Puckoon as Writer/Director
Forever Ealing as Self

2001

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story as Magog
Beyond Jurassic Park as Self

2000

The Railway Children as The Old Gentleman
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self
Light Keeps Me Company as Self
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis as Narrator
The Spirit of Grey Owl as Self

1999

Grey Owl ... (Director)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Jacob

1998

Elizabeth as Sir William Cecil
Parkinson as Self
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century as Self (archive footage)
Diana: Queen of Hearts as Self - Narrator

1997

The Making of 'The Lost World' as Self
The Lost World: Jurassic Park as John Hammond

1996

Hamlet as English Ambassador
E=MC² as The Visitor
In Love and War ... (Director)

1995

The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self / John Hammond

1994

Miracle on 34th Street as Kris Kringle
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid as Self
A Century of Cinema as Self

1993

Jurassic Park as Hammond
Shadowlands ... (Director)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self

1992

Chaplin ... (Producer)

1990

Pictures of Europe as Self

1988

This Morning as Self

1987

Sacrée Soirée as Self
Cry Freedom ... (Producer)

1986

Mother Teresa as Narrator (voice)

1985

A Chorus Line ... (Director)
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self
Friday People

1983

James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi as Self

1982

Gandhi ... (Producer)

1979

The Human Factor as Colonel John Daintry

1978

Magic ... (Director)

1977

A Bridge Too Far as Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
The Chess Players as General Outram

1975

Brannigan as Cmdr. Charles Swann
Rosebud as Edward Sloat
Conduct Unbecoming as Maggiore Lionel E. Roach

1974

Spécial cinéma as Self
And Then There Were None as Judge Arthur Cannon

1972

Young Winston ... (Director)

1971

Great Performances as Self
10 Rillington Place as John Christie
A Severed Head as Palmer Anderson

1970

Loot as Inspector Truscott
The Last Grenade as General Charles Whiteley
Don't Make Me Laugh

1969

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Robert Blossom
Only When I Larf as Silas

1967

Doctor Dolittle as Albert Blossom

1966

The Sand Pebbles as Frenchy Burgoyne

1965

The Flight of the Phoenix as Lew Moran

1964

Guns at Batasi as Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
The Third Secret as Alfred Price-Gorham
Seance on a Wet Afternoon as Bill

1963

The Great Escape as Bartlett 'Big X'

1962

Only Two Can Play as Gareth L. Probert
The L-Shaped Room ... (Producer)
The Dock Brief as Herbert Fowle
All Night Long as Rod Hamilton

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self
Whistle Down the Wind ... (Producer)

1960

The League of Gentlemen as Lexy
The Angry Silence as Tom Curtis

1959

Jet Storm as Ernest Tilley
Danger Within as Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
I'm All Right Jack as Sidney De Vere Cox
SOS Pacific as Whitey Mullen

1958

Dunkirk as John Holden
Sea of Sand as Brody
The Man Upstairs as Peter Watson

1957

The Scamp as Stephen Leigh
Brothers in Law as Henry Marshall

1956

The Baby and the Battleship as Knocker White
Private's Progress as Pvt. Percival Henry Cox

1955

The Ship That Died of Shame as George Hoskins

1954

Eight O'Clock Walk as Thomas Leslie Manning

1953

Box for One as The Caller

1952

Gift Horse as Dripper Daniels
The Magic Box as Jack Carter
Father's Doing Fine as Dougall

1951

Hell Is Sold Out as Pierre Bonnet

1950

Morning Departure as Stoker Snipe

1949

Boys in Brown as Jackie Knowles
The Lost People as Jan

1948

Brighton Rock as Pinkie Brown
London Belongs to Me as Percy Boon
The Guinea Pig as Jack Read

1947

Dancing with Crime as Ted Peters
The Man Within as Francis Andrews

1946

A Matter of Life and Death as An English Pilot
School for Secrets as Jack Arnold

1945

Journey Together as David Wilton
The True Glory as Commentator

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter
The Hundred Pound Window as Tommy Draper

1943

Schweik's New Adventures as Railway worker

1942

In Which We Serve as Young Stoker