Richard Attenborough
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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
Credits
Jurassic Park (1993)
as Hammond
The Great Escape (1963)
as Bartlett 'Big X'
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
as Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
as Albert Blossom
Elizabeth (1998)
as Sir William Cecil
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
as Kris Kringle
Hamlet (1996)
as English Ambassador
And Then There Were None (1974)
as Judge Arthur Cannon
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
as Frenchy Burgoyne
The Railway Children (2000)
as The Old Gentleman
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
as An English Pilot
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
as Lew Moran
Dunkirk (1958)
as John Holden
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
as Bill
Return to Jurassic Park (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
In Which We Serve (1942)
as Young Stoker
Brannigan (1975)
as Cmdr. Charles Swann
The Magic Box (1952)
as Jack Carter
Rosebud (1975)
as Edward Sloat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
as Jacob
10 Rillington Place (1971)
as John Christie
Gift Horse (1952)
as Dripper Daniels
Danger Within (1959)
as Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
The Human Factor (1979)
as Colonel John Daintry
James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)
as Self
The Third Secret (1964)
as Alfred Price-Gorham
Jet Storm (1959)
as Ernest Tilley
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (1988)
as Self
Sea of Sand (1958)
as Brody
Guns at Batasi (1964)
as Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
Forever Ealing (2002)
as Self
The Magic Christian (1969)
as Oxford Coach
Brighton Rock (1948)
as Pinkie Brown
The Making of 'The Lost World' (1997)
as Self
Loot (1970)
as Inspector Truscott
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered (1993)
as Self
The Angry Silence (1960)
as Tom Curtis
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014)
as Self
The Chess Players (1977)
as General Outram
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
as Lexy
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
as Major Lionel E. Roach
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995)
as Self / John Hammond
I'm All Right Jack (1959)
as Sidney De Vere Cox
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
as Robert Blossom
A Century of Cinema (1994)
as Self
Morning Departure (1950)
as Stoker Snipe
A Severed Head (1971)
as Palmer Anderson
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
as John Hammond
David Copperfield (1969)
as Mr. Tungay
All Night Long (1962)
as Rod Hamilton
The True Glory (1945)
as Commentator
E=MC² (1996)
as The Visitor
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
as Self
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio (1985)
as Self
Only Two Can Play (1962)
as Gareth L. Probert
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005)
as Self
Private's Progress (1956)
as Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
as Knocker White
Only When I Larf (1968)
as Silas
Pictures of Europe (1990)
as Self
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain (2025)
as Self
Brothers in Law (1957)
as Henry Marshall
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
as Self
The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
as George Hoskins
The Lost People (1949)
as Jan
SOS Pacific (1959)
as Whitey Mullen
Svejk Wrecks Germany (1943)
as Railway worker
The Guinea Pig (1948)
as Jack Read
The Last Grenade (1970)
as General Charles Whiteley
Boys in Brown (1949)
as Jackie Knowles
School for Secrets (1946)
as Jack Arnold
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? (1969)
as Self
Dancing with Crime (1947)
as Ted Peters
Journey Together (1945)
as David Wilton
The Scamp (1957)
as Stephen Leigh
Beyond Jurassic Park (2001)
as Self
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough (2003)
as Self
Hell Is Sold Out (1951)
as Pierre Bonnet
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (1994)
as Self
Light Keeps Me Company (2000)
as Self
Father's Doing Fine (1952)
as Dougall
Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
as Thomas Leslie Manning
The Man Within (1947)
as Francis Andrews
The Man Upstairs (1958)
as Peter Watson
The Dock Brief (1962)
as Herbert Fowle
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi (1983)
as Self
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival (2004)
as Self
Mother Teresa (1986)
as Narrator (voice)
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out (2009)
Actor
Diana: The People's Princess (2017)
as Self
Puckoon (2002)
as Writer/Director
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles' (2007)
as Self
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century (1998)
as Self (archive footage)
London Belongs to Me (1948)
as Percy Boon
Box for One (1953)
as The Caller
Strolling Into the Sunset (2008)
as Self
Within the Way Without (2004)
as (voice)
Don't Make Me Laugh (1970)
Actor
A Bridge Too Far: Richard Attenborough - A Director Remembers (2003)
as Self - Interviewee
The Spirit of Grey Owl (2000)
as Self
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis (2000)
as Narrator
Chaplin the Hero (2008)
as Self
The Hundred Pound Window (1944)
as Tommy Draper
Diana: Queen of Hearts (1998)
as Self - Narrator
The Most Famous Man in the World! (2008)
as Self