Richard Attenborough

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.

Known For

John Hammond

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Kris Kringle

Miracle on 34th Street

Lew Moran

The Flight of the Phoenix

Bill

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

English Ambassador

Hamlet

Edward Sloat

Rosebud

Self

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Sir William Cecil

Elizabeth

Judge Arthur Cannon

And Then There Were None

Brody

Sea of Sand

Frenchy Burgoyne

The Sand Pebbles

Bartlett 'Big X'

The Great Escape

Oxford Coach

The Magic Christian

Jacob

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

The Old Gentleman

The Railway Children

John Christie

10 Rillington Place

Self

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Pinkie Brown

Brighton Rock

Cmdr. Charles Swann

Brannigan

Self

The Spirit of Grey Owl

Sidney De Vere Cox

I'm All Right Jack

An English Pilot

A Matter of Life and Death

Ernest Tilley

Jet Storm

Herbert Fowle

The Dock Brief

Rod Hamilton

All Night Long

Palmer Anderson

A Severed Head

Albert Blossom

Doctor Dolittle

Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale

Guns at Batasi

Lexy

The League of Gentlemen

Stoker Snipe

Morning Departure

Colonel John Daintry

The Human Factor

John Holden

Dunkirk

The Caller

Box for One

Silas

Only When I Larf

General Outram

शतरंज के खिलाड़ी

Jack Carter

The Magic Box

Dripper Daniels

Gift Horse

Whitey Mullen

SOS Pacific

Self

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Jack Arnold

School for Secrets

Gareth L. Probert

Only Two Can Play

Tom Curtis

The Angry Silence

Pvt. Percival Henry Cox

Private's Progress

Ted Peters

Dancing with Crime

Self / John Hammond

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

George Hoskins

The Ship That Died of Shame

General Charles Whiteley

The Last Grenade

Knocker White

The Baby and the Battleship

Maggiore Lionel E. Roach

Conduct Unbecoming

Thomas Leslie Manning

Eight O'Clock Walk

Alfred Price-Gorham

The Third Secret

Peter Watson

The Man Upstairs

(voice)

Tres en el camino

Mr. Tungay

David Copperfield

Percy Boon

London Belongs to Me

Self

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

David Wilton

Journey Together

Dougall

Father's Doing Fine

Self

Pictures of Europe

Jackie Knowles

Boys in Brown

Self

Forever Ealing

Henry Marshall

Brothers in Law

Self

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

Inspector Truscott

Loot

The Visitor

E=MC²

Stephen Leigh

The Scamp

Jack Read

The Guinea Pig

Jan

The Lost People

Pierre Bonnet

Hell Is Sold Out

Young Stoker

In Which We Serve

Self

Strolling Into the Sunset

Self

The Most Famous Man in the World!

Self

Chaplin the Hero

Robert Blossom

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

Narrator (voice)

Mother Teresa

Self - Narrator

Diana: Queen of Hearts

Commentator

The True Glory

Self

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

Self

Diana: The People's Princess

Self

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

Self

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

Hammond

Jurassic Park

Francis Andrews

The Man Within

Don't Make Me Laugh

Self

The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'

Self (archive footage)

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century

Narrator

The Children Who Cheated the Nazis

Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips

Danger Within

Tommy Draper

The Hundred Pound Window

Self

Ljuset håller mig sällskap

Writer/Director

Puckoon

Self (archive footage)

And the Winner Isn't

Self

James Bond: The First 21 Years

Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)

A Bridge Too Far

Self

Beyond Jurassic Park

Railway worker

Schweik's New Adventures

Self

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

Self (archive footage)

Return to Jurassic Park

Self (archive footage)

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self

A Century of Cinema

Self

The Making of 'The Lost World'

Self

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

Self

Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

104

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-08-29

Place of Birth

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Baron Attenborough