Richard Attenborough
Born August 29, 1923 (Age: 102)
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
Diana: The People's Princess
2017
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as Self
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Age: 93
Return to Jurassic Park
2011
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 87
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
2007
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as Self
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Age: 83
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
2004
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as Self
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Age: 81
No Image
Within the Way Without
2004
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as (voice)
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Age: 80
Forever Ealing
2002
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as Self
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Age: 79
Puckoon
2002
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as Writer/Director
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Age: 78
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
2000
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as Narrator
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Age: 77
The Railway Children
2000
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as The Old Gentleman
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Age: 77
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
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as Self
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Age: 76
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
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as Self
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Age: 76
The Spirit of Grey Owl
2000
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as Self
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Age: 76
Elizabeth
1998
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as Sir William Cecil
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Age: 75
Diana: Queen of Hearts
1998
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as Self - Narrator
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Age: 75
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 74
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
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as John Hammond
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Age: 73
The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997
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as Self
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Age: 73
Hamlet
1996
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as English Ambassador
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Age: 73
E=MC²
1996
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as The Visitor
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Age: 72
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
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as Kris Kringle
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Age: 71
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994
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as Self
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Age: 70
A Century of Cinema
1994
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as Self
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Age: 70
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
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as Self
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Age: 69
Jurassic Park
1993
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as Hammond
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Age: 69
Pictures of Europe
1990
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as Self
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Age: 66
No Image
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
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as Self
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Age: 61
The Human Factor
1979
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as Colonel John Daintry
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Age: 56
A Bridge Too Far
1977
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as Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
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Age: 53
And Then There Were None
1974
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as Judge Arthur Cannon
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Age: 51
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
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as Self
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Age: 46
The Magic Christian
1969
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as Oxford Coach
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Age: 46
David Copperfield
1969
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as Mr. Tungay
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Age: 46
The Sand Pebbles
1966
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as Frenchy Burgoyne
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Age: 43
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
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as Lew Moran
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Age: 42
Guns at Batasi
1964
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as Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
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Age: 41
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1964
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as Bill
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Age: 40
The Third Secret
1964
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as Alfred Price-Gorham
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Age: 40
The Great Escape
1963
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as Bartlett 'Big X'
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Age: 39
The Dock Brief
1962
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as Herbert Fowle
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Age: 39
All Night Long
1962
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as Rod Hamilton
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Age: 38
Only Two Can Play
1962
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as Gareth L. Probert
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Age: 38
The League of Gentlemen
1960
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as Lexy
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Age: 36
The Angry Silence
1960
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as Tom Curtis
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Age: 36
SOS Pacific
1959
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as Whitey Mullen
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Age: 36
Jet Storm
1959
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as Ernest Tilley
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Age: 36
I'm All Right Jack
1959
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as Sidney De Vere Cox
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Age: 35
Danger Within
1959
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as Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
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Age: 35
Sea of Sand
1958
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as Brody
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Age: 35
The Man Upstairs
1958
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as Peter Watson
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Age: 35
Dunkirk
1958
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as John Holden
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Age: 34
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
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as Knocker White
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Age: 32
Private's Progress
1956
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as Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
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Age: 32
The Ship That Died of Shame
1955
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as George Hoskins
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Age: 31
Eight O'Clock Walk
1954
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as Thomas Leslie Manning
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Age: 30
No Image
Box for One
1953
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as The Caller
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Age: 29
Morning Departure
1950
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as Stoker Snipe
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Age: 26
Journey Together
1945
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as David Wilton
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Age: 22
The True Glory
1945
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as Commentator
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Age: 21
In Which We Serve
1942
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as Young Stoker
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Age: 19