Richard Attenborough
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Biography
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,...
Known For
Filmography
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025
as Self
Diana: The People's Princess
2017
as Self
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014
as Self
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Return to Jurassic Park
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
2009
Chaplin the Hero
2008
as Self
The Most Famous Man in the World!
2008
as Self
Strolling Into the Sunset
2008
as Self
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
2007
as Self
British Film Forever
2007
The One Show
2006
as Self
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
as Self
Within the Way Without
2004
as (voice)
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
2004
as Self
Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
as Self
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
as Self
A Bridge Too Far: Richard Attenborough - A Director Remembers
2003
as Self - Interviewee
Forever Ealing
2002
as Self
Puckoon
2002
as Writer/Director
Beyond Jurassic Park
2001
as Self
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2001
as Magog
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self
The Railway Children
2000
as The Old Gentleman
The Spirit of Grey Owl
2000
as Self
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
2000
as Narrator
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999
as Jacob
Elizabeth
1998
as Sir William Cecil
Diana: Queen of Hearts
1998
as Self - Narrator
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Parkinson
1998
as Self
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
as John Hammond
The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997
as Self
Hamlet
1996
as English Ambassador
E=MC²
1996
as The Visitor
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
as Self / John Hammond
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
as Kris Kringle
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994
as Self
A Century of Cinema
1994
as Self
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self
Jurassic Park
1993
as Hammond
Pictures of Europe
1990
as Self
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
as Self
This Morning
1988
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Mother Teresa
1986
as Narrator (voice)
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
as Self
Friday People
1985
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983
as Self
The Human Factor
1979
as Colonel John Daintry
The Chess Players
1977
as General Outram
A Bridge Too Far
1977
as Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
Rosebud
1975
as Edward Sloat
Brannigan
1975
as Cmdr. Charles Swann
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
as Major Lionel E. Roach
And Then There Were None
1974
as Judge Arthur Cannon
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
10 Rillington Place
1971
as John Christie
A Severed Head
1971
as Palmer Anderson
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Last Grenade
1970
as General Charles Whiteley
Loot
1970
as Inspector Truscott
Don't Make Me Laugh
1970
The Magic Christian
1969
as Oxford Coach
David Copperfield
1969
as Mr. Tungay
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
as Self
Only When I Larf
1968
as Silas
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
as Robert Blossom
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Doctor Dolittle
1967
as Albert Blossom
The Sand Pebbles
1966
as Frenchy Burgoyne
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
as Lew Moran
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1964
as Bill
Guns at Batasi
1964
as Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
The Third Secret
1964
as Alfred Price-Gorham
The Great Escape
1963
as Bartlett 'Big X'
The Dock Brief
1962
as Herbert Fowle
All Night Long
1962
as Rod Hamilton
Only Two Can Play
1962
as Gareth L. Probert
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The League of Gentlemen
1960
as Lexy
The Angry Silence
1960
as Tom Curtis
I'm All Right Jack
1959
as Sidney De Vere Cox
Jet Storm
1959
as Ernest Tilley
SOS Pacific
1959
as Whitey Mullen
Danger Within
1959
as Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
Sea of Sand
1958
as Brody
Dunkirk
1958
as John Holden
The Man Upstairs
1958
as Peter Watson
Brothers in Law
1957
as Henry Marshall
The Scamp
1957
as Stephen Leigh
Private's Progress
1956
as Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Knocker White
The Ship That Died of Shame
1955
as George Hoskins
Eight O'Clock Walk
1954
as Thomas Leslie Manning
Box for One
1953
as The Caller
The Magic Box
1952
as Jack Carter
Gift Horse
1952
as Dripper Daniels
Father's Doing Fine
1952
as Dougall
Hell Is Sold Out
1951
as Pierre Bonnet
Morning Departure
1950
as Stoker Snipe
Boys in Brown
1949
as Jackie Knowles
The Lost People
1949
as Jan
Brighton Rock
1948
as Pinkie Brown
London Belongs to Me
1948
as Percy Boon
The Guinea Pig
1948
as Jack Read
Dancing with Crime
1947
as Ted Peters
The Man Within
1947
as Francis Andrews
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
as An English Pilot
School for Secrets
1946
as Jack Arnold
Journey Together
1945
as David Wilton
The True Glory
1945
as Commentator
The Hundred Pound Window
1944
as Tommy Draper
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Svejk Wrecks Germany
1943
as Railway worker
In Which We Serve
1942
as Young Stoker