Richard Attenborough
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
The One Show
Self
2006
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Film
Jurassic Park
Hammond
1993
Film
The Great Escape
Bartlett 'Big X'
1963
Series
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
A Bridge Too Far
Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
1977
Series
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Magog
2001
Film
Elizabeth
Sir William Cecil
1998
Film
Miracle on 34th Street
Kris Kringle
1994
Film
A Matter of Life and Death
An English Pilot
1946
Series
This Morning
Self
1988
Film
Hamlet
English Ambassador
1996
Film
The Flight of the Phoenix
Lew Moran
1965
Series
British Film Forever
2007
Film
The Sand Pebbles
Frenchy Burgoyne
1966
Film
And Then There Were None
Judge Arthur Cannon
1974
Film
Doctor Dolittle
Albert Blossom
1967
Friday People
1985
Film
Brannigan
Cmdr. Charles Swann
1975
Film
Dunkirk
John Holden
1958
Film
Loot
Inspector Truscott
1970
Film
Sea of Sand
Brody
1958
Film
Rosebud
Edward Sloat
1975
Film
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
1983
Film
10 Rillington Place
John Christie
1971
Film
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Jacob
1999
Film
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Self
2003
Film
The Guinea Pig
Jack Read
1948
Film
The Railway Children
The Old Gentleman
2000
Film
Return to Jurassic Park
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self
1993
Film
I'm All Right Jack
Sidney De Vere Cox
1959
Film
The Magic Christian
Oxford Coach
1969
Film
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
2000
Film
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Self / John Hammond
1995
Film
Brighton Rock
Pinkie Brown
1948
Film
Guns at Batasi
Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
1964
Film
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Self
2005
Film
In Which We Serve
Young Stoker
1942
Film
Private's Progress
Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
1956
Film
Forever Ealing
Self
2002
Film
The League of Gentlemen
Lexy
1960
Film
The Baby and the Battleship
Knocker White
1956
Film
David Copperfield
Mr. Tungay
1969
Film
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Robert Blossom
1968
Film
Puckoon
Writer/Director
2002
Film
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
1988
Film
The Magic Box
Jack Carter
1952
Film
Danger Within
Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
1959
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Self
1985
Film
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
2014
Film
The Third Secret
Alfred Price-Gorham
1964
Film
Gift Horse
Dripper Daniels
1952
Film
The Angry Silence
Tom Curtis
1960
Film
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Bill
1964
Film
The Chess Players
General Outram
1977
Film
A Severed Head
Palmer Anderson
1971
Film
Conduct Unbecoming
Maggiore Lionel E. Roach
1975
Film
School for Secrets
Jack Arnold
1946
Film
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Self
1969
Film
The True Glory
Commentator
1945
Film
A Century of Cinema
Self
1994
Film
The Human Factor
Colonel John Daintry
1979
Film
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self
2000
Film
Jet Storm
Ernest Tilley
1959
Film
Pictures of Europe
Self
1990
Film
Only When I Larf
Silas
1968
Film
The Ship That Died of Shame
George Hoskins
1955
Film
The Last Grenade
General Charles Whiteley
1970
Film
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
1997
Film
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
John Hammond
1997
Film
The Dock Brief
Herbert Fowle
1962
Film
Boys in Brown
Jackie Knowles
1949
Film
The Lost People
Jan
1949
Film
Beyond Jurassic Park
Self
2001
Film
The Man Within
Francis Andrews
1947
Film
Hell Is Sold Out
Pierre Bonnet
1951
Film
E=MC²
The Visitor
1996
Film
Morning Departure
Stoker Snipe
1950
Film
Only Two Can Play
Gareth L. Probert
1962
Film
Brothers in Law
Henry Marshall
1957
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
1983
Film
Father's Doing Fine
Dougall
1952
Film
The Man Upstairs
Peter Watson
1958
Film
Svejk Wrecks Germany
Railway worker
1943
Film
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Self
1994
Film
Dancing with Crime
Ted Peters
1947
Film
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
Self (archive footage)
1998
Film
All Night Long
Rod Hamilton
1962
Film
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Self
2003
Film
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
Self
2025
Film
London Belongs to Me
Percy Boon
1948
The Hundred Pound Window
Tommy Draper
1944
Box for One
The Caller
1953
Film
Eight O'Clock Walk
Thomas Leslie Manning
1954
Film
Diana: The People's Princess
Self
2017
Film
SOS Pacific
Whitey Mullen
1959
Film
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
Self
2004
Film
The Scamp
Stephen Leigh
1957
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
2009
Film
Mother Teresa
Narrator (voice)
1986
Film
Journey Together
David Wilton
1945
Chaplin the Hero
Self
2008
Don't Make Me Laugh
1970
Film
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
Self
2007
Film
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
Narrator
2000
The Most Famous Man in the World!
Self
2008
Film
Diana: Queen of Hearts
Self - Narrator
1998
Film
The Spirit of Grey Owl
Self
2000
Strolling Into the Sunset
Self
2008
Film
A Bridge Too Far: Richard Attenborough - A Director Remembers
Self - Interviewee
2003
Within the Way Without
(voice)
2004