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Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

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.

And the Winner Isn't

2017

as Self (archive footage)

Diana: The People's Princess

2016

as Self

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

2014

as Self

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

Talking Pictures

2013

as Self (archive footage)

Return to Jurassic Park

2011

as Self (archive footage)

Strolling Into the Sunset

2008

as Self

The Most Famous Man in the World!

2008

as Self

Chaplin the Hero

2008

as Self

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

2005

as Self

Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival

2004

as Self

Within the Way Without

2004

as (voice)

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

2003

as Self

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

2003

as Self

Forever Ealing

2002

as Self

Puckoon

2002

as Writer/Director

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

2001

as Magog

Beyond Jurassic Park

2001

as Self

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

2000

as Self

The Children Who Cheated the Nazis

2000

as Narrator

The Railway Children

2000

as The Old Gentleman

Light Keeps Me Company

2000

as Self

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

as Self

The Spirit of Grey Owl

2000

as Self

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

1999

as Jacob

Elizabeth

1998

as Sir William Cecil

Diana: Queen of Hearts

1998

as Self - Narrator

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century

1998

as Self (archive footage)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997

as John Hammond

The Making of 'The Lost World'

1997

as Self

Hamlet

1996

as English Ambassador

E=MC²

1996

as The Visitor

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

1995

as Self / John Hammond

Miracle on 34th Street

1994

as Kris Kringle

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

1994

as Self

A Century of Cinema

1994

as Self

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

1993

as Self

Jurassic Park

1993

as Hammond

Pictures of Europe

1990

as Self

Mother Teresa

1986

as Narrator (voice)

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

1985

as Self

James Bond: The First 21 Years

1983

as Self

Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

1983

as Self

The Human Factor

1979

as Colonel John Daintry

The Chess Players

1977

as General Outram

A Bridge Too Far

1977

as Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)

Rosebud

1975

as Edward Sloat

Brannigan

1975

as Cmdr. Charles Swann

Conduct Unbecoming

1975

as Maggiore Lionel E. Roach

And Then There Were None

1974

as Judge Arthur Cannon

10 Rillington Place

1971

as John Christie

Great Performances

1971

as Self

A Severed Head

1971

as Palmer Anderson

Loot

1970

as Inspector Truscott

The Last Grenade

1970

as General Charles Whiteley

Don't Make Me Laugh

1970

The Magic Christian

1969

as Oxford Coach

David Copperfield

1969

as Mr. Tungay

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

1968

as Robert Blossom

Only When I Larf

1968

as Silas

Doctor Dolittle

1967

as Albert Blossom

The Sand Pebbles

1966

as Frenchy Burgoyne

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965

as Lew Moran

Guns at Batasi

1964

as Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964

as Bill

The Third Secret

1964

as Alfred Price-Gorham

The Great Escape

1963

as Bartlett 'Big X'

Trial and Error

1962

as Herbert Fowle

All Night Long

1962

as Rod Hamilton

Only Two Can Play

1962

as Gareth L. Probert

The League of Gentlemen

1960

as Lexy

The Angry Silence

1960

as Tom Curtis

SOS Pacific

1959

as Whitey Mullen

Jet Storm

1959

as Ernest Tilley

I'm All Right Jack

1959

as Sidney De Vere Cox

Danger Within

1959

as Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips

Sea of Sand

1958

as Brody

The Man Upstairs

1958

as Peter Watson

Dunkirk

1958

as John Holden

The Scamp

1957

as Stephen Leigh

Brothers in Law

1957

as Henry Marshall

The Baby and the Battleship

1956

as Knocker White

Private's Progress

1956

as Pvt. Percival Henry Cox

The Ship That Died of Shame

1955

as George Hoskins

Eight O'Clock Walk

1954

as Thomas Leslie Manning

Box for One

1953

as The Caller

Father's Doing Fine

1952

as Dougall

Gift Horse

1952

as Dripper Daniels

The Magic Box

1952

as Jack Carter

Hell Is Sold Out

1951

as Pierre Bonnet

Morning Departure

1950

as Stoker Snipe

Boys in Brown

1949

as Jackie Knowles

The Lost People

1949

as Jan

London Belongs to Me

1948

as Percy Boon

The Guinea Pig

1948

as Jack Read

Brighton Rock

1948

as Pinkie Brown

Dancing with Crime

1947

as Ted Peters

The Man Within

1947

as Francis Andrews

School for Secrets

1946

as Jack Arnold

A Matter of Life and Death

1946

as An English Pilot

Journey Together

1945

as David Wilton

The True Glory

1945

as Commentator

The Hundred Pound Window

1944

as Tommy Draper

Schweik's New Adventures

1943

as Railway worker

In Which We Serve

1942

as Young Stoker