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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 29, 1923
Died
August 24, 2014
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Baron Attenborough
- Lord Richard Samuel Attenborough, CBE
- Ричард Аттенборо
- Sir Richard Attenborough
- Richard Samuel Attenborough
- ریچارد اتنبرا
Richard Attenborough
2.3 Popularity
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, 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.
Known For
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Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025
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Self
Diana: The People's Princess
2017
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Self
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014
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Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
6.6
Self (archive footage)
Return to Jurassic Park
2011
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Self
Chaplin the Hero
2008
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Self
Strolling Into the Sunset
2008
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The Most Famous Man in the World!
2008
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The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
2007
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Self
The One Show
2006
Credits
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
as Self
2025
0.0
Diana: The People's Princess
as Self
2017
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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self
2014
4.8
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.8
Return to Jurassic Park
as Self (archive footage)
2011
6.6
🎬
Chaplin the Hero
as Self
2008
0.0
🎬
Strolling Into the Sunset
as Self
2008
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🎬
The Most Famous Man in the World!
as Self
2008
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The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
as Self
2007
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The One Show
as Self
2006
4.4
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
as Self
2005
5.5
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
as Self
2004
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Within the Way Without
as (voice)
2004
2.0
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
as Self
2003
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Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
as Self
2003
6.9
Forever Ealing
as Self
2002
6.8
Puckoon
as Writer/Director
2002
6.2
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
as Magog
2001
6.8
Beyond Jurassic Park
as Self
2001
6.8
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
as Narrator
2000
5.0
The Railway Children
as The Old Gentleman
2000
6.7
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
2000
7.8
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self
2000
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The Spirit of Grey Owl
as Self
2000
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
as Jacob
1999
6.1
Elizabeth
as Sir William Cecil
1998
7.2
Diana: Queen of Hearts
as Self - Narrator
1998
5.5
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
as Self (archive footage)
1998
7.7
Parkinson
as Self
1998
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park
as John Hammond
1997
6.6
The Making of 'The Lost World'
as Self
1997
6.8
Hamlet
as English Ambassador
1996
7.3
E=MC²
as The Visitor
1996
1.0
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as Self / John Hammond
1995
7.3
Miracle on 34th Street
as Kris Kringle
1994
6.7
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
as Self
1994
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A Century of Cinema
as Self
1994
8.0
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self
1993
7.2
Jurassic Park
as Hammond
1993
8.0
Pictures of Europe
as Self
1990
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This Morning
as Self
1988
5.2
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
Mother Teresa
as Narrator (voice)
1986
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Friday People
1985
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The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
1985
6.0
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
1983
5.0
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Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
as Self
1983
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The Human Factor
as Colonel John Daintry
1979
5.8
The Chess Players
as General Outram
1977
7.0
A Bridge Too Far
as Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
1977
7.2
Conduct Unbecoming
as Maggiore Lionel E. Roach
1975
5.7
Rosebud
as Edward Sloat
1975
4.7
Brannigan
as Cmdr. Charles Swann
1975
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Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
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And Then There Were None
as Judge Arthur Cannon
1974
5.7
10 Rillington Place
as John Christie
1971
7.3
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
A Severed Head
as Palmer Anderson
1971
5.0
Loot
as Inspector Truscott
1970
5.5
The Last Grenade
as General Charles Whiteley
1970
5.2
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Don't Make Me Laugh
1970
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Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
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The Magic Christian
as Oxford Coach
1969
5.6
David Copperfield
as Mr. Tungay
1969
5.4
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Robert Blossom
1968
6.5
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Only When I Larf
as Silas
1968
6.4
Doctor Dolittle
as Albert Blossom
1967
6.2
The Sand Pebbles
as Frenchy Burgoyne
1966
7.2
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Lew Moran
1965
7.2
Guns at Batasi
as Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
1964
7.1
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
as Bill
1964
7.2
The Third Secret
as Alfred Price-Gorham
1964
6.1
The Great Escape
as Bartlett 'Big X'
1963
7.9
The Dock Brief
as Herbert Fowle
1962
6.5
All Night Long
as Rod Hamilton
1962
6.7
Only Two Can Play
as Gareth L. Probert
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The League of Gentlemen
as Lexy
1960
7.0
The Angry Silence
as Tom Curtis
1960
7.2
SOS Pacific
as Whitey Mullen
1959
6.9
Jet Storm
as Ernest Tilley
1959
6.8
I'm All Right Jack
as Sidney De Vere Cox
1959
6.6
Danger Within
as Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
1959
6.2
Sea of Sand
as Brody
1958
6.5
The Man Upstairs
as Peter Watson
1958
6.1
Dunkirk
as John Holden
1958
6.8
The Scamp
as Stephen Leigh
1957
6.0
Brothers in Law
as Henry Marshall
1957
7.1
The Baby and the Battleship
as Knocker White
1956
6.0
Private's Progress
as Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
1956
6.6
The Ship That Died of Shame
as George Hoskins
1955
7.0
Eight O'Clock Walk
as Thomas Leslie Manning
1954
6.7
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Box for One
as The Caller
1953
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Father's Doing Fine
as Dougall
1952
6.3
Gift Horse
as Dripper Daniels
1952
6.6
The Magic Box
as Jack Carter
1952
6.4
Hell Is Sold Out
as Pierre Bonnet
1951
5.7
Morning Departure
as Stoker Snipe
1950
6.8
Boys in Brown
as Jackie Knowles
1949
6.5
The Lost People
as Jan
1949
5.7
London Belongs to Me
as Percy Boon
1948
7.0
The Guinea Pig
as Jack Read
1948
7.2
Brighton Rock
as Pinkie Brown
1948
6.8
Dancing with Crime
as Ted Peters
1947
5.9
The Man Within
as Francis Andrews
1947
5.7
School for Secrets
as Jack Arnold
1946
7.0
A Matter of Life and Death
as An English Pilot
1946
7.8
Journey Together
as David Wilton
1945
6.4
The True Glory
as Commentator
1945
6.3
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The Hundred Pound Window
as Tommy Draper
1944
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Schweik's New Adventures
as Railway worker
1943
8.0
In Which We Serve
as Young Stoker
1942
6.8