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.
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.
External links
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51506
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Filmography (Movies)
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
Character:Self
Release Date:06/04/2025
Diana: The People's Princess
Character:Self
Release Date:22/08/2017
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Character:Self
Release Date:25/08/2014
Return to Jurassic Park
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/02/2011
Strolling Into the Sunset
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/2008
The Most Famous Man in the World!
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/2008
Chaplin the Hero
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/2008
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
Character:Self
Release Date:05/06/2007
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/2005
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
Character:Self
Release Date:03/10/2004
Within the Way Without
Character:(voice)
Release Date:01/01/2004
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Character:Self
Release Date:24/08/2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/2003
Forever Ealing
Character:Self
Release Date:05/12/2002
Puckoon
Character:Writer/Director
Release Date:01/01/2002
Beyond Jurassic Park
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2001
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
Character:Narrator
Release Date:28/09/2000
The Railway Children
Character:The Old Gentleman
Release Date:11/09/2000
Light Keeps Me Company
Character:Self
Release Date:26/08/2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/2000
The Spirit of Grey Owl
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2000
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Character:Jacob
Release Date:26/11/1999
Elizabeth
Character:Sir William Cecil
Release Date:13/09/1998
Diana: Queen of Hearts
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:31/08/1998
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/05/1998
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Character:John Hammond
Release Date:23/05/1997
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Character:Self
Release Date:08/05/1997
Hamlet
Character:English Ambassador
Release Date:25/12/1996
E=MC²
Character:The Visitor
Release Date:05/01/1996
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Character:Self / John Hammond
Release Date:23/04/1995
Miracle on 34th Street
Character:Kris Kringle
Release Date:18/11/1994
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Character:Self
Release Date:18/02/1994
A Century of Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1994
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Character:Self
Release Date:11/08/1993
Jurassic Park
Character:Hammond
Release Date:11/06/1993
Pictures of Europe
Character:Self
Release Date:25/04/1990
Mother Teresa
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:28/11/1986
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1985
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Character:Self
Release Date:27/05/1983
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Character:Self
Release Date:01/02/1983
The Human Factor
Character:Colonel John Daintry
Release Date:18/12/1979
The Chess Players
Character:General Outram
Release Date:02/10/1977
A Bridge Too Far
Character:Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
Release Date:15/06/1977
Conduct Unbecoming
Character:Maggiore Lionel E. Roach
Release Date:04/10/1975
Rosebud
Character:Edward Sloat
Release Date:24/03/1975
Brannigan
Character:Cmdr. Charles Swann
Release Date:21/03/1975
And Then There Were None
Character:Judge Arthur Cannon
Release Date:24/09/1974
10 Rillington Place
Character:John Christie
Release Date:10/02/1971
A Severed Head
Character:Palmer Anderson
Release Date:21/01/1971
Loot
Character:Inspector Truscott
Release Date:01/05/1970
The Last Grenade
Character:General Charles Whiteley
Release Date:01/03/1970
Don't Make Me Laugh
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1970
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Character:
Release Date:18/12/1969
The Magic Christian
Character:Oxford Coach
Release Date:12/12/1969
David Copperfield
Character:Mr. Tungay
Release Date:01/12/1969
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Character:Robert Blossom
Release Date:11/09/1968
Only When I Larf
Character:Silas
Release Date:27/05/1968
Doctor Dolittle
Character:Albert Blossom
Release Date:05/12/1967
The Sand Pebbles
Character:Frenchy Burgoyne
Release Date:20/12/1966
The Flight of the Phoenix
Character:Lew Moran
Release Date:15/12/1965
Guns at Batasi
Character:Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
Release Date:30/10/1964
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Character:Bill
Release Date:19/06/1964
The Third Secret
Character:Alfred Price-Gorham
Release Date:02/02/1964
The Great Escape
Character:Bartlett 'Big X'
Release Date:03/07/1963
The Dock Brief
Character:Herbert Fowle
Release Date:25/09/1962
All Night Long
Character:Rod Hamilton
Release Date:06/02/1962
Only Two Can Play
Character:Gareth L. Probert
Release Date:19/01/1962
The League of Gentlemen
Character:Lexy
Release Date:15/04/1960
The Angry Silence
Character:Tom Curtis
Release Date:10/03/1960
SOS Pacific
Character:Whitey Mullen
Release Date:14/10/1959
Jet Storm
Character:Ernest Tilley
Release Date:16/09/1959
I'm All Right Jack
Character:Sidney De Vere Cox
Release Date:18/08/1959
Danger Within
Character:Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
Release Date:17/02/1959
Sea of Sand
Character:Brody
Release Date:04/11/1958
The Man Upstairs
Character:Peter Watson
Release Date:30/09/1958
Dunkirk
Character:John Holden
Release Date:20/03/1958
The Scamp
Character:Stephen Leigh
Release Date:07/10/1957
Brothers in Law
Character:Henry Marshall
Release Date:04/03/1957
The Baby and the Battleship
Character:Knocker White
Release Date:01/06/1956
Private's Progress
Character:Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
Release Date:17/02/1956
The Ship That Died of Shame
Character:George Hoskins
Release Date:19/04/1955
Eight O'Clock Walk
Character:Thomas Leslie Manning
Release Date:16/03/1954
Box for One
Character:The Caller
Release Date:01/01/1953
Father's Doing Fine
Character:Dougall
Release Date:15/08/1952
Gift Horse
Character:Dripper Daniels
Release Date:01/06/1952
The Magic Box
Character:Jack Carter
Release Date:01/01/1952
Hell Is Sold Out
Character:Pierre Bonnet
Release Date:01/06/1951
Morning Departure
Character:Stoker Snipe
Release Date:21/02/1950
Boys in Brown
Character:Jackie Knowles
Release Date:01/12/1949
The Lost People
Character:Jan
Release Date:22/08/1949
London Belongs to Me
Character:Percy Boon
Release Date:05/11/1948
The Guinea Pig
Character:Jack Read
Release Date:26/10/1948
Brighton Rock
Character:Pinkie Brown
Release Date:09/01/1948
Dancing with Crime
Character:Ted Peters
Release Date:25/06/1947
The Man Within
Character:Francis Andrews
Release Date:19/05/1947
School for Secrets
Character:Jack Arnold
Release Date:23/12/1946
A Matter of Life and Death
Character:An English Pilot
Release Date:15/12/1946
Journey Together
Character:David Wilton
Release Date:01/10/1945
The True Glory
Character:Commentator
Release Date:27/08/1945
The Hundred Pound Window
Character:Tommy Draper
Release Date:03/04/1944
Schweik's New Adventures
Character:Railway worker
Release Date:18/10/1943
In Which We Serve
Character:Young Stoker
Release Date:17/09/1942
Television Appearances
Talking Pictures
Character:Self (archive footage)
The One Show
Character:Self
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Character:Magog
Parkinson
Character:Self
This Morning
Character:Self
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
Friday People
Character:
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
Great Performances
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee/Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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