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