Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Acting

Born August 29, 1923 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

12 films as director · Active 1969–2007

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…

Known for

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971

The One Show

The One Show

2006

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

1974

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Sacrée soirée

Sacrée soirée

1987

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

Directed(12)

Closing the Ring

2007Closing the Ring★ 6.2

Grey Owl

1999Grey Owl★ 5.6

In Love and War

1996In Love and War★ 5.9

Shadowlands

1993Shadowlands★ 6.9

Chaplin

1992Chaplin★ 7.4

Cry Freedom

1987Cry Freedom★ 7.0

A Chorus Line

1985A Chorus Line★ 6.2

Gandhi

1982Gandhi★ 7.6

Magic

1978Magic★ 6.8

A Bridge Too Far

1977A Bridge Too Far★ 7.2

Young Winston

1972Young Winston★ 6.2

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969Oh! What a Lovely War★ 6.6

Acting(119)

2025Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to BritainSelf

2017Diana: The People's PrincessSelf

2014Richard Attenborough: A Life in FilmSelf

2013Talking PicturesSelf (archive footage)

2011Return to Jurassic ParkSelf (archive footage)

2009Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out

2008Strolling Into the SunsetSelf

2008Chaplin the HeroSelf

2008The Most Famous Man in the World!Self

2007British Film Forever

2007The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'Self

2006The One ShowSelf

2005Steve McQueen: The Essence of CoolSelf

2004Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of SurvivalSelf

2004Within the Way Without(voice)

2003A Bridge Too Far: Richard Attenborough - A Director RemembersSelf - Interviewee

2003The Many Lives of Richard AttenboroughSelf

2003Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles ChaplinSelf

2002Forever EalingSelf

2002PuckoonWriter/Director

2001Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real StoryMagog

2001Beyond Jurassic ParkSelf

2000The Children Who Cheated the NazisNarrator

2000The Railway ChildrenThe Old Gentleman

2000Light Keeps Me CompanySelf

2000Sir John Mills' Moving MemoriesSelf

2000The Spirit of Grey OwlSelf

1999Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatJacob

1998ElizabethSir William Cecil

1998Diana: Queen of HeartsSelf - Narrator

1998Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the CenturySelf (archive footage)

1998ParkinsonSelf

1997The Lost World: Jurassic ParkJohn Hammond

1997The Making of 'The Lost World'Self

1996HamletEnglish Ambassador

1996E=MC²The Visitor

1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park'Self / John Hammond

1994Miracle on 34th StreetKris Kringle

1994In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and ApartheidSelf

1994A Century of CinemaSelf

1993Audrey Hepburn: RememberedSelf

1993Jurassic ParkHammond

1990Pictures of EuropeSelf

1988This MorningSelf

1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday TributeSelf

1987Sacrée soiréeSelf

1986Mother TeresaNarrator (voice)

1985Friday People

1985The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary StudioSelf

1983James Bond: The First 21 YearsSelf

1983Mr. Attenborough and Mr. GandhiSelf

1979The Human FactorColonel John Daintry

1977The Chess PlayersGeneral Outram

1977A Bridge Too FarLunatic with Glasses (uncredited)

1975Conduct UnbecomingMajor Lionel E. Roach

1975RosebudEdward Sloat

1975BranniganCmdr. Charles Swann

1974Spécial cinémaSelf

1974And Then There Were NoneJudge Arthur Cannon

1971Film '72Self

197110 Rillington PlaceJohn Christie

1971Great PerformancesSelf

1971A Severed HeadPalmer Anderson

1970LootInspector Truscott

1970The Last GrenadeGeneral Charles Whiteley

1970Don't Make Me Laugh

1969Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?Self

1969The Magic ChristianOxford Coach

1969David CopperfieldMr. Tungay

1968The Bliss of Mrs. BlossomRobert Blossom

1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest

1968Only When I LarfSilas

1967Doctor DolittleAlbert Blossom

1966The Sand PebblesFrenchy Burgoyne

1965The Flight of the PhoenixLew Moran

1964Guns at BatasiRegimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale

1964Seance on a Wet AfternoonBill

1964The Third SecretAlfred Price-Gorham

1963The Great EscapeBartlett 'Big X'

1962The Dock BriefHerbert Fowle

1962All Night LongRod Hamilton

1962Only Two Can PlayGareth L. Probert

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

1960The League of GentlemenLexy

1960The Angry SilenceTom Curtis

1959SOS PacificWhitey Mullen

1959Jet StormErnest Tilley

1959I'm All Right JackSidney De Vere Cox

1959Danger WithinCapt. 'Bunter' Phillips

1958Sea of SandBrody

1958The Man UpstairsPeter Watson

1958DunkirkJohn Holden

1957The ScampStephen Leigh

1957Brothers in LawHenry Marshall

1956The Baby and the BattleshipKnocker White

1956Private's ProgressPvt. Percival Henry Cox

1955The Ship That Died of ShameGeorge Hoskins

1954Eight O'Clock WalkThomas Leslie Manning

1953Box for OneThe Caller

1952Father's Doing FineDougall

1952Gift HorseDripper Daniels

1952The Magic BoxJack Carter

1951Hell Is Sold OutPierre Bonnet

1950Morning DepartureStoker Snipe

1949Boys in BrownJackie Knowles

1949The Lost PeopleJan

1948London Belongs to MePercy Boon

1948The Guinea PigJack Read

1948Brighton RockPinkie Brown

1947Dancing with CrimeTed Peters

1947The Man WithinFrancis Andrews

1946School for SecretsJack Arnold

1946A Matter of Life and DeathAn English Pilot

1945Journey TogetherDavid Wilton

1945The True GloryCommentator

1944The Hundred Pound WindowTommy Draper

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee/Presenter

1943Svejk Wrecks GermanyRailway worker

1942In Which We ServeYoung Stoker

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