Richard Attenborough
Acting
🎂 1923-08-29
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Kt, CBE 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(115)
Self
2006
Self
1961
Self
1971
Self - Nominee/Presenter
1944
Self - Nominee
1944
Hammond
1993
Self
1998
Self
1987
Self
1974
Self - Guest
1968
Bartlett 'Big X'
1963
Sir William Cecil
1998
Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
1977
Self (archive footage)
2013
Self / John Hammond
1995
Kris Kringle
1994
Robert Blossom
1968
Self (archive footage)
2014
Magog
2001
Self
2000
English Ambassador
1996
An English Pilot
1946
Lew Moran
1965
Albert Blossom
1967
Self (archive footage)
2011
Judge Arthur Cannon
1974
David Wilton
1945
General Charles Whiteley
1970
Cmdr. Charles Swann
1975
Frenchy Burgoyne
1966
John Holden
1958
Self
1983
Oxford Coach
1969
Jacob
1999
Lexy
1960
Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
1956
Self
1993
Self
2014
Stephen Leigh
1957
Self
2000
Tom Curtis
1960
The Old Gentleman
2000
Brody
1958
Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
1959
Thomas Leslie Manning
1954
Sidney De Vere Cox
1959
Palmer Anderson
1971
Inspector Truscott
1970
Self
2001
Writer/Director
2002
Self
1994
Young Stoker
1942
Ted Peters
1947
Self
2002
John Christie
1971
Maggiore Lionel E. Roach
1975
Jack Read
1948
Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
1964
Self
2003
Rod Hamilton
1962
Colonel John Daintry
1979
Jack Carter
1952
Bill
1964
Pinkie Brown
1948
Alfred Price-Gorham
1964
Ernest Tilley
1959
Edward Sloat
1975
Self
2025
Dougall
1952
Knocker White
1956
Jack Arnold
1946
Self
1988
General Outram
1977
Mr. Tungay
1969
Jackie Knowles
1949
The Caller
1953
Self
1994
Self
1985
Gareth L. Probert
1962
Jan
1949
Self
2005
Percy Boon
1948
Dripper Daniels
1952
Self
1997
Self
2007
Peter Watson
1958
Francis Andrews
1947
Stoker Snipe
1950
George Hoskins
1955
John Hammond
1997
Silas
1968
The Visitor
1996
Whitey Mullen
1959
Self
2000
Henry Marshall
1957
Self
2008
Self
1990
Self (archive footage)
1998
Self
1983
Railway worker
1943
Commentator
1945
Self
2017
Self - Narrator
1998
Herbert Fowle
1962
Pierre Bonnet
1951
Self
2003
Narrator
2000
Tommy Draper
1944
(voice)
2004
Self
2008
Narrator (voice)
1986
Self
2008
Self
2004
1970
1969
