Richard Attenborough
Acting
🎂 1923-08-29
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.
Cast credits(116)
Self
1971
Self
1961
Self - Guest
1968
Self
1974
Self
1987
Self - Nominee/Presenter
1944
Self - Winner
1944
Self
1998
Magog
2001
Self
2006
Hammond
1993
Self (archive footage)
2013
Bartlett 'Big X'
1963
Self / John Hammond
1995
Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
1977
Sir William Cecil
1998
An English Pilot
1946
English Ambassador
1996
Lew Moran
1965
Self (archive footage)
2011
Self
2001
Kris Kringle
1994
Frenchy Burgoyne
1966
Self
1988
Albert Blossom
1967
Judge Arthur Cannon
1974
John Holden
1958
Jack Carter
1952
John Hammond
1997
Self (archive footage)
2014
Lexy
1960
George Hoskins
1955
John Christie
1971
Young Stoker
1942
Oxford Coach
1969
Cmdr. Charles Swann
1975
Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
1964
Henry Marshall
1957
Pinkie Brown
1948
General Outram
1977
Bill
1964
Sidney De Vere Cox
1959
Knocker White
1956
Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
1959
Self (archive footage)
2017
Robert Blossom
1968
Maggiore Lionel E. Roach
1975
Colonel John Daintry
1979
Commentator
1945
Percy Boon
1948
Ted Peters
1947
Mr. Tungay
1969
Brody
1958
Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
1956
Jacob
1999
Edward Sloat
1975
David Wilton
1945
Stoker Snipe
1950
Rod Hamilton
1962
Alfred Price-Gorham
1964
Jack Read
1948
Tom Curtis
1960
Self
2000
Self
1993
Dripper Daniels
1952
Ernest Tilley
1959
Inspector Truscott
1970
Francis Andrews
1947
Self
1985
Gareth L. Probert
1962
Self
1994
Self
2003
Self
2005
The Old Gentleman
2000
Jack Arnold
1946
Self
1997
General Charles Whiteley
1970
Silas
1968
Self
2003
Palmer Anderson
1971
Whitey Mullen
1959
Self
2002
Pierre Bonnet
1951
Stephen Leigh
1957
1969
The Visitor
1996
Jan
1949
Self
1983
Self
2014
Jackie Knowles
1949
Self
1994
Self
2025
Thomas Leslie Manning
1954
Dougall
1952
Herbert Fowle
1962
Self
1990
Writer/Director
2002
Self (archive footage)
1998
Self
2017
Self - Narrator
1998
Peter Watson
1958
(voice)
2004
Self
1983
Self
2004
Tommy Draper
1944
Self
2000
Self
2007
Narrator (voice)
1986
Self
2000
Narrator
2000
Railway worker
1943
Self
2008
Self
2008
The Caller
1953
Self
2008
1970
