Richard Attenborough
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-08-29
Day of Death
2014-08-24 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Richard Attenborough
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.
Acting
(2025)
(2017)
And the Winner Isn't
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
Diana: The People's Princess
as Self
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
(2011)
Return to Jurassic Park
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Chaplin the Hero
as Self
(2008)
(2008)
Strolling Into the Sunset
as Self
(2007)
(2005)
(2004)
(2004)
Within the Way Without
as (voice)
(2003)
(2003)
(2002)
Puckoon
as Writer/Director
(2002)
Forever Ealing
as Self
(2001)
Beyond Jurassic Park
as Self
(2000)
The Railway Children
as The Old Gentleman
(2000)
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
(2000)
(2000)
The Spirit of Grey Owl
as Self
(2000)
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
as Narrator
(1999)
(1998)
Elizabeth
as Sir William Cecil
(1998)
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
Diana: Queen of Hearts
as Self - Narrator
(1997)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
as John Hammond
(1997)
(1996)
Hamlet
as English Ambassador
(1996)
E=MC²
as The Visitor
(1995)
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as Self / John Hammond
(1994)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Kris Kringle
(1994)
A Century of Cinema
as Self
(1994)
(1993)
Jurassic Park
as Hammond
(1993)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self
(1990)
Pictures of Europe
as Self
(1986)
Mother Teresa
as Narrator (voice)
(1985)
(1983)
(1983)
(1979)
The Human Factor
as Colonel John Daintry
(1977)
A Bridge Too Far
as Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
(1977)
The Chess Players
as General Outram
(1975)
Brannigan
as Cmdr. Charles Swann
(1975)
Rosebud
as Edward Sloat
(1975)
Conduct Unbecoming
as Maggiore Lionel E. Roach
(1974)
And Then There Were None
as Judge Arthur Cannon
(1971)
10 Rillington Place
as John Christie
(1971)
A Severed Head
as Palmer Anderson
(1970)
Loot
as Inspector Truscott
(1970)
The Last Grenade
as General Charles Whiteley
(1970)
(1969)
The Magic Christian
as Oxford Coach
(1969)
David Copperfield
as Mr. Tungay
(1969)
(1968)
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Robert Blossom
(1968)
Only When I Larf
as Silas
(1967)
Doctor Dolittle
as Albert Blossom
(1966)
The Sand Pebbles
as Frenchy Burgoyne
(1965)
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Lew Moran
(1964)
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
as Bill
(1964)
Guns at Batasi
as Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
(1964)
The Third Secret
as Alfred Price-Gorham
(1963)
The Great Escape
as Bartlett 'Big X'
(1962)
All Night Long
as Rod Hamilton
(1962)
Only Two Can Play
as Gareth L. Probert
(1962)
Trial and Error
as Herbert Fowle
(1960)
The League of Gentlemen
as Lexy
(1960)
The Angry Silence
as Tom Curtis
(1959)
I'm All Right Jack
as Sidney De Vere Cox
(1959)
Danger Within
as Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
(1959)
Jet Storm
as Ernest Tilley
(1959)
SOS Pacific
as Whitey Mullen
(1958)
Dunkirk
as John Holden
(1958)
Sea of Sand
as Brody
(1958)
The Man Upstairs
as Peter Watson
(1957)
The Scamp
as Stephen Leigh
(1957)
Brothers in Law
as Henry Marshall
(1956)
Private's Progress
as Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
(1956)
The Baby and the Battleship
as Knocker White
(1955)
The Ship That Died of Shame
as George Hoskins
(1954)
Eight O'Clock Walk
as Thomas Leslie Manning
(1953)
Box for One
as The Caller
(1952)
The Magic Box
as Jack Carter
(1952)
Gift Horse
as Dripper Daniels
(1952)
Father's Doing Fine
as Dougall
(1951)
Hell Is Sold Out
as Pierre Bonnet
(1950)
Morning Departure
as Stoker Snipe
(1949)
Boys in Brown
as Jackie Knowles
(1949)
The Lost People
as Jan
(1948)
Brighton Rock
as Pinkie Brown
(1948)
The Guinea Pig
as Jack Read
(1948)
London Belongs to Me
as Percy Boon
(1947)
The Man Within
as Francis Andrews
(1947)
Dancing with Crime
as Ted Peters
(1946)
A Matter of Life and Death
as An English Pilot
(1946)
School for Secrets
as Jack Arnold
(1945)
The True Glory
as Commentator
(1945)
Journey Together
as David Wilton
(1944)
The Hundred Pound Window
as Tommy Draper
(1943)
Schweik's New Adventures
as Railway worker
(1942)
In Which We Serve
as Young Stoker
Crew
(2007)
Closing the Ring
Director, Producer
(1999)
Grey Owl
Director, Producer
(1996)
In Love and War
Director, Producer
(1993)
Shadowlands
Director, Producer
(1992)
Chaplin
Director, Producer
(1987)
Cry Freedom
Director, Producer
(1985)
A Chorus Line
Director
(1982)
Gandhi
Director, Producer
(1978)
Magic
Director
(1977)
A Bridge Too Far
Director
(1972)
Young Winston
Director
(1969)
Oh! What a Lovely War
Director, Producer
(1964)
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Producer
(1962)
The L-Shaped Room
Producer
(1961)
Whistle Down the Wind
Producer
(1960)
The Angry Silence
Producer