Richard Attenborough
Born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK — Aug 29 1923• Died Aug 24 2014
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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…
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Great Performances
Self
Jurassic Park
Hammond
The Great Escape
Bartlett 'Big X'
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Gandhi
Production
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Magog
Chaplin
Directing
Friday People
Miracle on 34th Street
Kris Kringle
Hamlet
English Ambassador
Elizabeth
Sir William Cecil
Closing the Ring
Directing
A Bridge Too Far
Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
The Sand Pebbles
Frenchy Burgoyne
Doctor Dolittle
Albert Blossom
Magic
Directing
A Chorus Line
Directing
Young Winston
Directing
Oh! What a Lovely War
Directing
Return to Jurassic Park
Self (archive footage)
Cry Freedom
Production
Dunkirk
John Holden
Grey Owl
Directing
I'm All Right Jack
Sidney De Vere Cox
The Flight of the Phoenix
Lew Moran
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Self / John Hammond
A Matter of Life and Death
An English Pilot
The Baby and the Battleship
Knocker White
And Then There Were None
Judge Arthur Cannon
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Jacob
The Magic Christian
Oxford Coach
Rosebud
Edward Sloat
The Chess Players
General Outram
Loot
Inspector Truscott
Beyond Jurassic Park
Self
Guns at Batasi
Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
The Human Factor
Colonel John Daintry
Conduct Unbecoming
Maggiore Lionel E. Roach
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Self
David Copperfield
Mr. Tungay
Boys in Brown
Jackie Knowles
A Century of Cinema
Self
Jet Storm
Ernest Tilley
In Which We Serve
Young Stoker
Shadowlands
Production
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self
The League of Gentlemen
Lexy
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Robert Blossom
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
The L-Shaped Room
Production
Danger Within
Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
Gift Horse
Dripper Daniels
The Angry Silence
Tom Curtis
The Man Within
Francis Andrews
The Magic Box
Jack Carter
Only When I Larf
Silas
All Night Long
Rod Hamilton
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
The Railway Children
The Old Gentleman
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
Brannigan
Cmdr. Charles Swann
Sea of Sand
Brody
Whistle Down the Wind
Production
A Severed Head
Palmer Anderson
The Guinea Pig
Jack Read
10 Rillington Place
John Christie
The Scamp
Stephen Leigh
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
The Third Secret
Alfred Price-Gorham
Forever Ealing
Self
E=MC²
The Visitor
The Lost People
Jan
Brighton Rock
Pinkie Brown
Pictures of Europe
Self
The Ship That Died of Shame
George Hoskins
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self
In Love and War
Directing
The True Glory
Commentator
Private's Progress
Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
Only Two Can Play
Gareth L. Probert
Hell Is Sold Out
Pierre Bonnet
Brothers in Law
Henry Marshall
Morning Departure
Stoker Snipe
School for Secrets
Jack Arnold
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Self
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Self
The Dock Brief
Herbert Fowle
Journey Together
David Wilton
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Self
Puckoon
Writer/Director
The Man Upstairs
Peter Watson
Dancing with Crime
Ted Peters
Eight O'Clock Walk
Thomas Leslie Manning
The Last Grenade
General Charles Whiteley
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Self
SOS Pacific
Whitey Mullen
London Belongs to Me
Percy Boon
Father's Doing Fine
Dougall
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
Self (archive footage)
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
Self
Švejk bourá Německo
Railway worker
Diana: The People's Princess
Self
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Bill
Box for One
The Caller
The Most Famous Man in the World!
Self
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
Self
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
Narrator
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
John Hammond
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Self
Chaplin the Hero
Self
Strolling Into the Sunset
Self
The Hundred Pound Window
Tommy Draper
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
Self
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
The Spirit of Grey Owl
Self
Within the Way Without
(voice)
Diana: Queen of Hearts
Self - Narrator
Mother Teresa
Narrator (voice)
A Bridge Too Far: Richard Attenborough - A Director Remembers
Self - Interviewee
Don't Make Me Laugh