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Lord Richard Attenborough was born in Cambridge, England, the son of Mary (née Clegg), a founding member of the Marriage Guidance Council, and Frederick Levi Attenborough, a scholar and academic administrator who was a don at Emmanuel College and wrote a standard text on Anglo-Saxon law. Attenborough... See full bio »

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Richard Samuel Attenborough
in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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Hide HideActor (78 titles)
???? Jurassic Park IV (announced)
John Hammond (rumored)
 
2006 Welcome to World War One (video short)
 
2004 Within the Way Without (voice)
 
2002 Puckoon
Writer-Director
 
2001 Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (TV movie)
Magog, Arbiter of Justice Great Council of Mac Slec
 
2000 The Railway Children (TV movie)
The Old Gentleman
 
1999 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (video)
Jacob
 
1999 Tom and Vicky (TV series) (voice)
 
1998 Elizabeth
Sir William Cecil
 
1998 Trespasser (Video Game)
John Hammond (voice)
 
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park - Chaos Island (Video Game)
John Hammond (voice)
 
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park
John Hammond
 
1996 Hamlet
English Ambassador
 
1996 E=mc2
The Visitor
 
1994 Miracle on 34th Street
Kris Kringle
 
1993 Jurassic Park
John Hammond
 
1979 The Human Factor
Col. John Daintry
 
1977 A Bridge Too Far
Lunatic Wearing Glasses (uncredited)
 
1977 The Chess Players
General Outram
 
1975 Conduct Unbecoming
Maj. Lionel E. Roach
 
1975 Brannigan
Cmdr. Swann
 
1975 Rosebud
Edward Sloat
 
1974 Ten Little Indians
Judge Arthur Cannon
 
1972 Cup Glory
Narrator (voice)
 
1971 10 Rillington Place
John Reginald Christie
 
1970 A Severed Head
Palmer Anderson
 
1970 Loot
Inspector Truscott
 
1970 The Last Grenade
Gen. Charles Whiteley
 
1969 David Copperfield (TV movie)
Mr. Tungay
 
1969 The Magic Christian
Oxford Coach
 
1968 The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Robert Blossom
 
1968 Only When I Larf
Silas
 
1967 Doctor Dolittle
Albert Blossom
 
1966 The Sand Pebbles
Frenchy Burgoyne
 
1965 The Flight of the Phoenix
Lew Moran
 
1964 Guns at Batasi
Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
 
1964 Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Billy Savage
 
1964 The Third Secret
Alfred Price-Gorham
 
1963 The Great Escape
Bartlett 'Big X'
 
1962 Trial and Error
Herbert Fowle the Accused Murderer
 
1962 All Night Long
Rod Hamilton
 
1962 Only Two Can Play
Gareth L. Probert
 
1961 Whistle Down the Wind
Man with Sack (uncredited)
 
1960 The League of Gentlemen
Lexy
 
1960 The Angry Silence
Tom Curtis
 
1959 SOS Pacific
Whitey Mullen
 
1959 Jet Storm
Ernest Tilley
 
1959 I'm All Right Jack
Sidney De Vere Cox
 
1959 Breakout
Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
 
1958 Desert Patrol
Brody
 
1958 The Man Upstairs
Peter Watson
 
1958 Dunkirk
John Holden (Heron owner)
 
1957 Strange Affection
Stephen Leigh
 
1957 Brothers in Law
Henry Marshall
 
1956 The Baby and the Battleship
Knocker White
 
1956 Private's Progress
Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
 
1955 PT Raiders
George Hoskins
 
1954 Eight O'Clock Walk
Thomas 'Tom' Leslie Manning
 
1952 Father's Doing Fine
Dougall
 
1952 Glory at Sea
Dripper Daniels
 
1951 The Magic Box
Jack Carter
 
1951 Hell Is Sold Out
Pierre Bonnet
 
1950 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Falder
– Justice (1950) … Falder
 
1950 Operation Disaster
Stoker Snipe
 
1949 Boys in Brown
Jackie Knowles
 
1949 The Lost People
Jan
 
1948 The Outsider
Jack Read
 
1948 Dulcimer Street
Percy Boon
 
1947 Brighton Rock
Pinkie Brown
 
1947 Dancing with Crime
Ted Peters
 
1947 The Smugglers
Francis Andrews
 
1946 Secret Flight
Jack Arnold
 
1946 Stairway to Heaven
An English Pilot
 
1945 Journey Together
David Wilton
 
1945 Think It Over (short)
I.O.Z.
 
1944 The Hundred Pound Window
Tommy Draper
 
1943 It Started at Midnight
Railway worker
 
1942 In Which We Serve
Young Powder Handler (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (13 titles)
2007 Closing the Ring (producer)
 
1999 Grey Owl (producer)
 
1996 In Love and War (producer)
 
1993 Shadowlands (producer)
 
1992 Chaplin (producer)
 
1987 Cry Freedom (producer)
 
1982 Gandhi (producer)
 
1972 Young Winston (producer - uncredited)
 
1969 Oh! What a Lovely War (producer)
 
1964 Seance on a Wet Afternoon (producer)
 
1962 The L-Shaped Room (producer)
 
1961 Whistle Down the Wind (producer)
 
1960 The Angry Silence (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (12 titles)
2007 Closing the Ring
 
1999 Grey Owl
 
1996 In Love and War
 
1993 Shadowlands
 
1992 Chaplin
 
1987 Cry Freedom
 
1985 A Chorus Line
 
1982 Gandhi
 
1978 Magic
 
1977 A Bridge Too Far
 
1972 Young Winston
 
1969 Oh! What a Lovely War
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
2007 BBC Proms (TV series)
– Prom 2: Music from Great British Films (2007) ("Theme from Shadowlands 1993")
 
1999 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (video) (performer: "Joseph's Coat", "One More Angel", "Those Canaan Days")
 
1967 Doctor Dolittle (performer: "I've Never Seen Anything Like It")
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1986 Mother Teresa (documentary) (consultant)
 
1984 Shivas Disciples (documentary) (narrator)
 
Show ShowThanks (8 titles)
2010 Brighton Rock (special thanks - as Lord Richard Attenborough)
 
2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (documentary) (thanks)
 
2008 Chaplin Anniversary Edition: Chaplin the Hero (video short) (special thanks)
 
2008 Chaplin Anniversary Edition: Strolling Into the Sunset (video short) (special thanks)
 
2008 Chaplin Anniversary Edition: The Most Famous Man in the World! (video short) (special thanks)
 
2000 Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (documentary) (special thanks - as Lord Richard Attenborough)
 
1995 Othello (special thanks - as Lord Attenborough)
 
1986 Mother Teresa (documentary) (very special thanks - as Sir Richard Attenborough)
 
Show ShowSelf (81 titles)
2011 Frozen Planet (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself - presenter
– The Epic Journey (2011) … Himself - presenter
 
2011 The A to Z of Crime (TV series documentary)
Himself
– M to P (2011) … Himself
 
2009 Outbreak 1939 (TV documentary)
Himself (as Lord Attenborough)
 
2009 David Lean in Close-Up (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 This Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 The ONE Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 March 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Cartelera (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 March 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Buenafuente (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 March 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
2007 Happy Birthday BAFTA (TV movie)
 
2007 Countdown (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #57.91 (2007) … Himself
 
2000-2007 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 October 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 October 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Sauce, Satire and Silliness: The Story of British Comedy (2007) … Himself (as Lord Richard Attenborough)
– Bullets, Bombs and Bridges: The Story of the War Film (2007) … Himself (as Lord Richard Attenborough)
– Corsets, Cleavage and Country Houses: The Story of British Costume Drama (2007) … Himself (as Lord Richard Attenborough)
– Guns, Gangsters and Getaways: The Story of the British Crime Thriller (2007) … Himself (as Lord Richard Attenborough)
 
2007 BBC Proms (TV series)
Himself - narrator introducing music from his films
– Prom 2: Music from Great British Films (2007) … Himself - narrator introducing music from his films
 
2007 The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles' (video)
Himself
 
2007 Mousetrapped (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 February 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Best Ever Christmas Films (TV documentary)
Himself (as Lord Richard Attenborough)
 
2005 The 100 Greatest Family Films (TV documentary)
Himself (as Lord Attenborough)
 
2005 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 November 2005 (2005) … Himself (as Sir Richard Attenborough)
 
2005 Avenue of the Stars: 50 Years of ITV (TV special)
Himself
 
2005 Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee (as Lord Richard Attenborough)
 
2005 The 100 Greatest War Films (TV documentary)
Himself (as Lord Attenborough)
 
2005 Sir John Mills: A Century in Films (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 The Needs of Kim Stanley (documentary)
 
1992-2004 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Malcolm Arnold: Toward the Unknown Region: Part 1 (2004) … Himself
– Sir Richard Attenborough (1992) … Himself
 
2004 The Making of 'Puckoon' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 The Way We Went Wild (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Richard Attenborough: A Director Remembers (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2003 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Breakfast with Frost (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 September 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough (2003) … Himself
 
2003 From Hollywood to Borehamwood (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Richard Attenborough: The Actors' Director (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Forever Ealing (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 The John Thaw Story (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Steve McQueen (2002) … Himself
 
2002 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2002 John Thaw: An Appreciation (TV special short)
Himself/Interviewee
 
2002 Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Beyond Jurassic Park (video)
Himself
 
2000 Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain (TV documentary)
Himself (as Lord Attenborough)
 
2000 Ljuset håller mig sällskap (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee (as Sir Richard Attenborough)
 
2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The BBC and the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Tribute to Richard Attenborough (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Tom Green Show (TV series)
Himself
– Tom, Don't Quit Your Day Job... (1999) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1998 Diana: Queen of Hearts (TV movie)
Himself
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century (1998) … Himself
 
1998 The Making of 'Elizabeth' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Arena: The Sir Noel Coward Trilogy (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Diana: The Nation's Farewell (TV movie)
Himself
 
1997 Election 97 (TV movie)
Himself (as Lord Attenborough)
 
1997 HARDtalk (TV series)
Himself
– Richard Attenborough (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 11 February 1997 (1997) … Himself - Guest
 
1997 The Making of 'Lost World' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1997 To Be on Camera: A History with Hamlet (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1994 A Century of Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Audrey Hepburn Remembered (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
– John Barry: Moviola (1993) … Himself
 
1993 In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 This Is Your Life (Highlights from the 1950's and 1960's) (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.13 (1990) … Himself
 
1988 Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1988 The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Motion Picture Drama & Best Director / Presenter: Cecil B. DeMille Award (as Sir Richard Attenborough)
 
1986 Mother Teresa (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1985 The Golden Gong (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee (also archive footage)
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Presenter: Best Director (as Sir Richard Attenborough)
 
1983 James Bond: The First 21 Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Picture & Best Director
 
1983 The 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Motion Picture Drama & Best Director
 
1977 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 July 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1969 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.21 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Richard Attenborough (1969) … Himself
 
1963 Gala Performance (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
 
1962 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Richard Attenborough (1962) … Himself
 
1953 Why? (TV series)
Himself - Panellist
– Episode #1.3 (1953) … Himself - Panellist
– Episode #1.2 (1953) … Himself - Panellist
– Episode #1.1 (1953) … Himself - Panellist
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2010 The Man Who Shot the 60s (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 5 Second Movies (TV series short)
 
2005 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Private Screenings (TV series)
 
1998 The Great Christmas Movies (TV documentary)
Kris Kringle in 1994 "Miracle on 34th Street"
 
1995 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1995 Empire of the Censors (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

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(1950-1951) He acted in Roger MacDougall's play, "To Dorothy, A Son", at the Opera House in Manchester, England and at the Savoy Theatre in London, England with Yolande Donlan, Sheila Sim, Alastair Hunter' and Philip Holles in the cast. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Lord Richard Attenborough | Lord Attenborough | Sir Richard Attenborough

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Personal Quote:

Diana (Diana Hawkins) and I went to see ET in Los Angeles shortly before all the awards and we used language, when we came out, to the extent of saying 'we have no chance - ET should and will walk away with it'. Without the initial premise of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the film would be nothing. Therefore it's a narrative film but it's a piece of narration rather than a piece of cinema... See more »

Trivia:

Philosophies include believing in content as opposed to style and sincerity rather than intelligence. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently films movies about former British colonies. Examples iclude India ( Gandhi), South Africa ( Cry Freedom), Canada ( Grey Owl) See more »

Nickname:

Dickie, Bunter. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo