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