Richard Attenborough
Born
August 29, 1923
Died
August 24, 2014 (90 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
Self
2025
And the Winner Isn't
Self (archive footage)
2017
Diana: The People's Princess
Self
2017
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
2014
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2013
Return to Jurassic Park
Self (archive footage)
2011
Strolling Into the Sunset
Self
2008
The Most Famous Man in the World!
Self
2008
Chaplin the Hero
Self
2008
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
Self
2007
The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
2006
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Self
2005
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
Self
2004
Within the Way Without
(voice)
2004
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Self
2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Self
2003
Forever Ealing
Self
2002
Puckoon
Writer/Director
2002
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Magog · (2 episodes)
2001
Beyond Jurassic Park
Self
2001
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
Narrator
2000
The Railway Children
The Old Gentleman
2000
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self
2000
The Spirit of Grey Owl
Self
2000
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Jacob
1999
Elizabeth
Sir William Cecil
1998
Diana: Queen of Hearts
Self - Narrator
1998
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
Self (archive footage)
1998
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
1998
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
John Hammond
1997
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
1997
Hamlet
English Ambassador
1996
E=MC²
The Visitor
1996
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Self / John Hammond
1995
Miracle on 34th Street
Kris Kringle
1994
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Self
1994
A Century of Cinema
Self
1994
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self
1993
Jurassic Park
Hammond
1993
Pictures of Europe
Self
1990
This Morning
Self · (1 episode)
1988
Sacrée soirée
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Mother Teresa
Narrator (voice)
1986
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Self
1985
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
1983
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
1983
The Human Factor
Colonel John Daintry
1979
The Chess Players
General Outram
1977
A Bridge Too Far
Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
1977
Conduct Unbecoming
Maggiore Lionel E. Roach
1975
Rosebud
Edward Sloat
1975
Brannigan
Cmdr. Charles Swann
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self · (2 episodes)
1974
And Then There Were None
Judge Arthur Cannon
1974
10 Rillington Place
John Christie
1971
Great Performances
Self · (1 episode)
1971
A Severed Head
Palmer Anderson
1971
Loot
Inspector Truscott
1970
The Last Grenade
General Charles Whiteley
1970
Don't Make Me Laugh
1970
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
The Magic Christian
Oxford Coach
1969
David Copperfield
Mr. Tungay
1969
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Robert Blossom
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
1968
Only When I Larf
Silas
1968
Doctor Dolittle
Albert Blossom
1967
The Sand Pebbles
Frenchy Burgoyne
1966
The Flight of the Phoenix
Lew Moran
1965
Guns at Batasi
Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
1964
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Bill
1964
The Third Secret
Alfred Price-Gorham
1964
The Great Escape
Bartlett 'Big X'
1963
Trial and Error
Herbert Fowle
1962
All Night Long
Rod Hamilton
1962
Only Two Can Play
Gareth L. Probert
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961
The League of Gentlemen
Lexy
1960
The Angry Silence
Tom Curtis
1960
SOS Pacific
Whitey Mullen
1959
Jet Storm
Ernest Tilley
1959
I'm All Right Jack
Sidney De Vere Cox
1959
Danger Within
Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
1959
Sea of Sand
Brody
1958
The Man Upstairs
Peter Watson
1958
Dunkirk
John Holden
1958
The Scamp
Stephen Leigh
1957
Brothers in Law
Henry Marshall
1957
The Baby and the Battleship
Knocker White
1956
Private's Progress
Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
1956
The Ship That Died of Shame
George Hoskins
1955
Eight O'Clock Walk
Thomas Leslie Manning
1954
Box for One
The Caller
1953
Father's Doing Fine
Dougall
1952
Gift Horse
Dripper Daniels
1952
The Magic Box
Jack Carter
1952
Hell Is Sold Out
Pierre Bonnet
1951
Morning Departure
Stoker Snipe
1950
Boys in Brown
Jackie Knowles
1949
The Lost People
Jan
1949
London Belongs to Me
Percy Boon
1948
The Guinea Pig
Jack Read
1948
Brighton Rock
Pinkie Brown
1948
Dancing with Crime
Ted Peters
1947
The Man Within
Francis Andrews
1947
School for Secrets
Jack Arnold
1946
A Matter of Life and Death
An English Pilot
1946
Journey Together
David Wilton
1945
The True Glory
Commentator
1945
The Hundred Pound Window
Tommy Draper
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter · (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
1944
Schweik's New Adventures
Railway worker
1943
In Which We Serve
Young Stoker
1942