- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 29, 1923
- Place of Birth
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Died
- August 24, 2014
Richard Attenborough
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 Ro…
Filmography
movieHumphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025 · Self
movieDiana: The People's Princess
2017 · Self
movieRichard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014 · Self
tvTalking Pictures
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieReturn to Jurassic Park
2011 · Self (archive footage)
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
movieOutbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
2009
Chaplin the Hero
movieChaplin the Hero
2008 · Self
The Most Famous Man in the World!
movieThe Most Famous Man in the World!
2008 · Self
Strolling Into the Sunset
movieStrolling Into the Sunset
2008 · Self
movieClosing the Ring
2007 · Director, Producer
tvBritish Film Forever
2007
movieThe Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
2007 · Self
tvThe One Show
2006 · Self
movieSteve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005 · Self
movieToward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
2004 · Self
Within the Way Without
movieWithin the Way Without
2004 · (voice)
movieA Bridge Too Far: Richard Attenborough - A Director Remembers
2003 · Self - Interviewee
movieThe Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003 · Self
movieCharlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003 · Self
movieForever Ealing
2002 · Self
moviePuckoon
2002 · Writer/Director
tvJack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2001 · Magog
movieBeyond Jurassic Park
2001 · Self
movieThe Children Who Cheated the Nazis
2000 · Narrator
movieThe Railway Children
2000 · The Old Gentleman
movieLight Keeps Me Company
2000 · Self
movieSir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000 · Self
movieThe Spirit of Grey Owl
2000 · Self
movieJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999 · Jacob
movieGrey Owl
1999 · Director, Producer
movieElizabeth
1998 · Sir William Cecil
movieDiana: Queen of Hearts
1998 · Self - Narrator
movieFrank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998 · Self (archive footage)
tvParkinson
1998 · Self
movieThe Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 · John Hammond
movieThe Making of 'The Lost World'
1997 · Self
movieHamlet
1996 · English Ambassador
movieIn Love and War
1996 · Director, Producer
movieE=MC²
1996 · The Visitor
movieThe Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995 · Self / John Hammond
movieMiracle on 34th Street
1994 · Kris Kringle
movieIn Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994 · Self
movieA Century of Cinema
1994 · Self
movieShadowlands
1993 · Producer, Director
movieAudrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993 · Self
movieJurassic Park
1993 · Hammond
movieChaplin
1992 · Director, Producer
moviePictures of Europe
1990 · Self
tvThis Morning
1988 · Self
movieNelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988 · Self
movieCry Freedom
1987 · Producer, Director
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self
movieMother Teresa
1986 · Narrator (voice)
movieA Chorus Line
1985 · Director
Friday People
tvFriday People
1985
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
movieThe Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985 · Self
movieJames Bond: The First 21 Years
1983 · Self
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
movieMr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983 · Self
movieGandhi
1982 · Producer, Director
movieThe Human Factor
1979 · Colonel John Daintry
movieMagic
1978 · Director
movieThe Chess Players
1977 · General Outram
movieA Bridge Too Far
1977 · Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited), Director
movieConduct Unbecoming
1975 · Major Lionel E. Roach
movieRosebud
1975 · Edward Sloat
movieBrannigan
1975 · Cmdr. Charles Swann
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self
movieAnd Then There Were None
1974 · Judge Arthur Cannon
movieYoung Winston
1972 · Director
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self
movie10 Rillington Place
1971 · John Christie
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self
movieA Severed Head
1971 · Palmer Anderson
movieLoot
1970 · Inspector Truscott
movieThe Last Grenade
1970 · General Charles Whiteley
Don't Make Me Laugh
movieDon't Make Me Laugh
1970
movieWill the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969 · Self
movieThe Magic Christian
1969 · Oxford Coach
movieDavid Copperfield
1969 · Mr. Tungay
movieOh! What a Lovely War
1969 · Director, Producer
movieThe Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968 · Robert Blossom
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieOnly When I Larf
1968 · Silas
movieDoctor Dolittle
1967 · Albert Blossom
movieThe Sand Pebbles
1966 · Frenchy Burgoyne
movieThe Flight of the Phoenix
1965 · Lew Moran
movieGuns at Batasi
1964 · Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
movieSeance on a Wet Afternoon
1964 · Bill, Producer
movieThe Third Secret
1964 · Alfred Price-Gorham
movieThe Great Escape
1963 · Bartlett 'Big X'
movieThe L-Shaped Room
1962 · Producer
movieThe Dock Brief
1962 · Herbert Fowle
movieAll Night Long
1962 · Rod Hamilton
movieOnly Two Can Play
1962 · Gareth L. Probert
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
movieWhistle Down the Wind
1961 · Producer
movieThe League of Gentlemen
1960 · Lexy
movieThe Angry Silence
1960 · Tom Curtis, Producer
movieSOS Pacific
1959 · Whitey Mullen
movieJet Storm
1959 · Ernest Tilley
movieI'm All Right Jack
1959 · Sidney De Vere Cox
movieDanger Within
1959 · Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
movieSea of Sand
1958 · Brody
movieThe Man Upstairs
1958 · Peter Watson
movieDunkirk
1958 · John Holden
movieThe Scamp
1957 · Stephen Leigh
movieBrothers in Law
1957 · Henry Marshall
movieThe Baby and the Battleship
1956 · Knocker White
moviePrivate's Progress
1956 · Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
movieThe Ship That Died of Shame
1955 · George Hoskins
movieEight O'Clock Walk
1954 · Thomas Leslie Manning
Box for One
movieBox for One
1953 · The Caller
movieFather's Doing Fine
1952 · Dougall
movieGift Horse
1952 · Dripper Daniels
movieThe Magic Box
1952 · Jack Carter
movieHell Is Sold Out
1951 · Pierre Bonnet
movieMorning Departure
1950 · Stoker Snipe
movieBoys in Brown
1949 · Jackie Knowles
movieThe Lost People
1949 · Jan
movieLondon Belongs to Me
1948 · Percy Boon
movieThe Guinea Pig
1948 · Jack Read
movieBrighton Rock
1948 · Pinkie Brown
movieDancing with Crime
1947 · Ted Peters
movieThe Man Within
1947 · Francis Andrews
movieSchool for Secrets
1946 · Jack Arnold
movieA Matter of Life and Death
1946 · An English Pilot
movieJourney Together
1945 · David Wilton
movieThe True Glory
1945 · Commentator
The Hundred Pound Window
movieThe Hundred Pound Window
1944 · Tommy Draper
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee/Presenter
movieSvejk Wrecks Germany
1943 · Railway worker
movieIn Which We Serve
1942 · Young Stoker