Richard Attenborough
Born on August 29th, 1923
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Died on August 24th, 2014
Biography Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Kt, CBE (29 August 1923 – 24 August 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 Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025
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Details And the Winner Isn't
2017
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Details Diana: The People's Princess
2017
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Details Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014
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Details And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
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Details Return to Jurassic Park
2011
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Details The Most Famous Man in the World!
2008
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Details Strolling Into the Sunset
2008
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Details The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
2007
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Details Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
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Details Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
2004
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Details Within the Way Without
2004
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Details The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
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Details Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
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Details Beyond Jurassic Park
2001
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Details The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
2000
Narrator
Details The Railway Children
2000
The Old Gentleman
Details Light Keeps Me Company
2000
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Details Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
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Details The Spirit of Grey Owl
2000
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Details Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999
Jacob
Details Elizabeth
1998
Sir William Cecil
Details Diana: Queen of Hearts
1998
Self - Narrator
Details Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998
Self (archive footage)
Details The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
John Hammond
Details The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997
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Details Hamlet
1996
English Ambassador
Details The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
Self / John Hammond
Details Miracle on 34th Street
1994
Kris Kringle
Details In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994
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Details A Century of Cinema
1994
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Details Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
Self
Details Mother Teresa
1986
Narrator (voice)
Details The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
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Details James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
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Details Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983
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Details The Human Factor
1979
Colonel John Daintry
Details The Chess Players
1977
General Outram
Details A Bridge Too Far
1977
Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
Details Conduct Unbecoming
1975
Maggiore Lionel E. Roach
Details Brannigan
1975
Cmdr. Charles Swann
Details And Then There Were None
1974
Judge Arthur Cannon
Details 10 Rillington Place
1971
John Christie
Details A Severed Head
1971
Palmer Anderson
Details The Last Grenade
1970
General Charles Whiteley
Details Don't Make Me Laugh
1970
Character TBA
Details Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
Character TBA
Details The Magic Christian
1969
Oxford Coach
Details David Copperfield
1969
Mr. Tungay
Details The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
Robert Blossom
Details Doctor Dolittle
1967
Albert Blossom
Details The Sand Pebbles
1966
Frenchy Burgoyne
Details The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
Lew Moran
Details Guns at Batasi
1964
Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
Details Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1964
Bill
Details The Third Secret
1964
Alfred Price-Gorham
Details The Great Escape
1963
Bartlett 'Big X'
Details Trial and Error
1962
Herbert Fowle
Details All Night Long
1962
Rod Hamilton
Details Only Two Can Play
1962
Gareth L. Probert
Details The League of Gentlemen
1960
Lexy
Details The Angry Silence
1960
Tom Curtis
Details SOS Pacific
1959
Whitey Mullen
Details I'm All Right Jack
1959
Sidney De Vere Cox
Details Danger Within
1959
Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
Details The Man Upstairs
1958
Peter Watson
Details Brothers in Law
1957
Henry Marshall
Details The Baby and the Battleship
1956
Knocker White
Details Private's Progress
1956
Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
Details The Ship That Died of Shame
1955
George Hoskins
Details Eight O'Clock Walk
1954
Thomas Leslie Manning
Details Father's Doing Fine
1952
Dougall
Details Gift Horse
1952
Dripper Daniels
Details The Magic Box
1952
Jack Carter
Details Hell Is Sold Out
1951
Pierre Bonnet
Details Morning Departure
1950
Stoker Snipe
Details Boys in Brown
1949
Jackie Knowles
Details London Belongs to Me
1948
Percy Boon
Details The Guinea Pig
1948
Jack Read
Details Brighton Rock
1948
Pinkie Brown
Details Dancing with Crime
1947
Ted Peters
Details The Man Within
1947
Francis Andrews
Details School for Secrets
1946
Jack Arnold
Details A Matter of Life and Death
1946
An English Pilot
Details Journey Together
1945
David Wilton
Details The True Glory
1945
Commentator
Details The Hundred Pound Window
1944
Tommy Draper
Details Schweik's New Adventures
1943
Railway worker
Details In Which We Serve
1942
Young Stoker
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