Richard Attenborough

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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

• Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain (2025)
• Diana: The People's Princess (2017)
• Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014)
• Return to Jurassic Park (2011)
• Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out (2009)
• Chaplin the Hero (2008)
• The Most Famous Man in the World! (2008)
• Strolling Into the Sunset (2008)
• Closing the Ring (2007)
• The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles' (2007)
• Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005)
• Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival (2004)
• Within the Way Without (2004)
• A Bridge Too Far: Richard Attenborough - A Director Remembers (2003)
• The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough (2003)
• Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
• Forever Ealing (2002)
• Puckoon (2002)
• Beyond Jurassic Park (2001)
• The Children Who Cheated the Nazis (2000)
• The Railway Children (2000)
• Light Keeps Me Company (2000)
• Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
• The Spirit of Grey Owl (2000)
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
• Grey Owl (1999)
• Elizabeth (1998)
• Diana: Queen of Hearts (1998)
• Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century (1998)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
• The Making of 'The Lost World' (1997)
• Hamlet (1996)
• In Love and War (1996)
• E=MC² (1996)
• The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
• In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (1994)
• A Century of Cinema (1994)
• Shadowlands (1993)
• Audrey Hepburn: Remembered (1993)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• Chaplin (1992)
• Pictures of Europe (1990)
• Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (1988)
• Cry Freedom (1987)
• Mother Teresa (1986)
• A Chorus Line (1985)
• The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio (1985)
• James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)
• Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi (1983)
• Gandhi (1982)
• The Human Factor (1979)
• Magic (1978)
• The Chess Players (1977)
• A Bridge Too Far (1977)
• Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
• Rosebud (1975)
• Brannigan (1975)
• And Then There Were None (1974)
• Young Winston (1972)
• 10 Rillington Place (1971)
• A Severed Head (1971)
• Loot (1970)
• The Last Grenade (1970)
• Don't Make Me Laugh (1970)
• Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? (1969)
• The Magic Christian (1969)
• David Copperfield (1969)
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
• The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
• Only When I Larf (1968)
• Doctor Dolittle (1967)
• The Sand Pebbles (1966)
• The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
• Guns at Batasi (1964)
• Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
• The Third Secret (1964)
• The Great Escape (1963)
• The L-Shaped Room (1962)
• The Dock Brief (1962)
• All Night Long (1962)
• Only Two Can Play (1962)
• Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
• The League of Gentlemen (1960)
• The Angry Silence (1960)
• SOS Pacific (1959)
• Jet Storm (1959)
• I'm All Right Jack (1959)
• Danger Within (1959)
• Sea of Sand (1958)
• The Man Upstairs (1958)
• Dunkirk (1958)
• The Scamp (1957)
• Brothers in Law (1957)
• The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
• Private's Progress (1956)
• The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
• Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
• Box for One (1953)
• Father's Doing Fine (1952)
• Gift Horse (1952)
• The Magic Box (1952)
• Hell Is Sold Out (1951)
• Morning Departure (1950)
• Boys in Brown (1949)
• The Lost People (1949)
• London Belongs to Me (1948)
• The Guinea Pig (1948)
• Brighton Rock (1948)
• Dancing with Crime (1947)
• The Man Within (1947)
• School for Secrets (1946)
• A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
• Journey Together (1945)
• The True Glory (1945)
• The Hundred Pound Window (1944)
• Svejk Wrecks Germany (1943)
• In Which We Serve (1942)