Richard Attenborough

Acting

August 29, 1923 – August 24, 2014 (died at 90)

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Male

129 Movies

14 TV Shows

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.

Jurassic Park

1993 8.0

as Hammond

Age 69 (now 90)

The Great Escape

1963 7.9

as Bartlett 'Big X'

Age 39 (now 90)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997 6.6

as John Hammond

Age 73 (now 90)

Miracle on 34th Street

1994 6.8

as Kris Kringle

Age 71 (now 90)

10 Rillington Place

1971 7.3

as John Christie

Age 47 (now 90)

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965 7.2

as Lew Moran

Age 42 (now 90)

The Sand Pebbles

1966 7.2

as Frenchy Burgoyne

Age 43 (now 90)

Elizabeth

1998 7.2

as Sir William Cecil

Age 75 (now 90)

Brighton Rock

1948 6.8

as Pinkie Brown

Age 24 (now 90)

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964 7.2

as Bill

Age 40 (now 90)

Brannigan

1975 6.0

as Cmdr. Charles Swann

Age 51 (now 90)

A Matter of Life and Death

1946 7.8

as An English Pilot

Age 23 (now 90)

Doctor Dolittle

1967 6.2

as Albert Blossom

Age 44 (now 90)

Dunkirk

1958 6.8

as John Holden

Age 34 (now 90)

And Then There Were None

1974 5.7

as Judge Arthur Cannon

Age 51 (now 90)

The Angry Silence

1960 7.2

as Tom Curtis

Age 36 (now 90)

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

2025 10.0

as Self

Age 101 (now 90)

Diana: The People's Princess

2017

as Self

Age 93 (now 90)

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

2014 4.8

as Self

Age 90

Return to Jurassic Park

2011 6.6

as Self (archive footage)

Age 87 (now 90)

Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out

2009

Age 86 (now 90)

Chaplin the Hero

2008

as Self

Age 85 (now 90)

Strolling Into the Sunset

2008

as Self

Age 85 (now 90)

The Most Famous Man in the World!

2008

as Self

Age 85 (now 90)

Closing the Ring

2007 6.2

Producer

Age 84 (now 90)

Closing the Ring

2007 6.2

Director

Age 84 (now 90)

The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'

2007

as Self

Age 83 (now 90)

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

2005 5.9

as Self

Age 81 (now 90)

Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival

2004

as Self

Age 81 (now 90)

Within the Way Without

2004 2.0

as (voice)

Age 80 (now 90)

A Bridge Too Far: Richard Attenborough - A Director Remembers

2003 8.0

as Self - Interviewee

Age 80 (now 90)

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

2003

as Self

Age 79 (now 90)

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

2003 6.9

as Self

Age 79 (now 90)

Forever Ealing

2002 7.2

as Self

Age 79 (now 90)

Puckoon

2002 6.3

as Writer/Director

Age 78 (now 90)

Beyond Jurassic Park

2001 6.7

as Self

Age 77 (now 90)

The Children Who Cheated the Nazis

2000 5.0

as Narrator

Age 77 (now 90)

The Railway Children

2000 6.8

as The Old Gentleman

Age 77 (now 90)

Light Keeps Me Company

2000 7.9

as Self

Age 76 (now 90)

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000 7.0

as Self

Age 76 (now 90)

The Spirit of Grey Owl

2000

as Self

Age 76 (now 90)

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

1999 6.2

as Jacob

Age 76 (now 90)

Grey Owl

1999 5.6

Director

Age 76 (now 90)

Grey Owl

1999 5.6

Producer

Age 76 (now 90)

Elizabeth

1998 7.2

as Sir William Cecil

Age 75 (now 90)

Diana: Queen of Hearts

1998 7.3

as Self - Narrator

Age 75 (now 90)

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century

1998 7.7

as Self (archive footage)

Age 74 (now 90)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997 6.6

as John Hammond

Age 73 (now 90)

The Making of 'The Lost World'

1997 6.9

as Self

Age 73 (now 90)

Hamlet

1996 7.3

as English Ambassador

Age 73 (now 90)

In Love and War

1996 5.9

Producer

Age 73 (now 90)

In Love and War

1996 5.9

Director

Age 73 (now 90)

E=MC²

1996 3.7

as The Visitor

Age 72 (now 90)

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

1995 7.3

as Self / John Hammond

Age 71 (now 90)

Miracle on 34th Street

1994 6.8

as Kris Kringle

Age 71 (now 90)

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

1994 8.0

as Self

Age 70 (now 90)

A Century of Cinema

1994 8.3

as Self

Age 70 (now 90)

Shadowlands

1993 6.9

Director

Age 70 (now 90)

Shadowlands

1993 6.9

Producer

Age 70 (now 90)

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

1993 7.6

as Self

Age 69 (now 90)

Jurassic Park

1993 8.0

as Hammond

Age 69 (now 90)

Chaplin

1992 7.4

Director

Age 69 (now 90)

Chaplin

1992 7.4

Producer

Age 69 (now 90)

Pictures of Europe

1990

as Self

Age 66 (now 90)

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

1988 6.5

as Self

Age 64 (now 90)

Cry Freedom

1987 7.0

Director

Age 64 (now 90)

Cry Freedom

1987 7.0

Producer

Age 64 (now 90)

Mother Teresa

1986 7.0

as Narrator (voice)

Age 63 (now 90)

A Chorus Line

1985 6.2

Director

Age 62 (now 90)

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

1985 8.0

as Self

Age 61 (now 90)

James Bond: The First 21 Years

1983 6.7

as Self

Age 59 (now 90)

Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

1983

as Self

Age 59 (now 90)

Gandhi

1982 7.6

Producer

Age 59 (now 90)

Gandhi

1982 7.6

Director

Age 59 (now 90)

The Human Factor

1979 5.8

as Colonel John Daintry

Age 56 (now 90)

Magic

1978 6.8

Director

Age 55 (now 90)

The Chess Players

1977 7.0

as General Outram

Age 54 (now 90)

A Bridge Too Far

1977 7.2

as Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)

Age 53 (now 90)

A Bridge Too Far

1977 7.2

Director

Age 53 (now 90)

Conduct Unbecoming

1975 5.9

as Maggiore Lionel E. Roach

Age 52 (now 90)

Rosebud

1975 5.3

as Edward Sloat

Age 51 (now 90)

Brannigan

1975 6.0

as Cmdr. Charles Swann

Age 51 (now 90)

And Then There Were None

1974 5.7

as Judge Arthur Cannon

Age 51 (now 90)

Young Winston

1972 6.2

Director

Age 48 (now 90)

10 Rillington Place

1971 7.3

as John Christie

Age 47 (now 90)

A Severed Head

1971 5.2

as Palmer Anderson

Age 47 (now 90)

Loot

1970 5.7

as Inspector Truscott

Age 46 (now 90)

The Last Grenade

1970 5.7

as General Charles Whiteley

Age 46 (now 90)

Don't Make Me Laugh

1970

Age 46 (now 90)

Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

1969

as Self

Age 46 (now 90)

The Magic Christian

1969 5.8

as Oxford Coach

Age 46 (now 90)

David Copperfield

1969 5.6

as Mr. Tungay

Age 46 (now 90)

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969 6.7

Producer

Age 45 (now 90)

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969 6.7

Director

Age 45 (now 90)

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

1968 6.8

as Robert Blossom

Age 45 (now 90)

Only When I Larf

1968 7.1

as Silas

Age 44 (now 90)

Doctor Dolittle

1967 6.2

as Albert Blossom

Age 44 (now 90)

The Sand Pebbles

1966 7.2

as Frenchy Burgoyne

Age 43 (now 90)

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965 7.2

as Lew Moran

Age 42 (now 90)

Guns at Batasi

1964 7.1

as Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale

Age 41 (now 90)

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964 7.2

as Bill

Age 40 (now 90)

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964 7.2

Producer

Age 40 (now 90)

The Third Secret

1964 6.2

as Alfred Price-Gorham

Age 40 (now 90)

The Great Escape

1963 7.9

as Bartlett 'Big X'

Age 39 (now 90)

The L-Shaped Room

1962 6.8

Producer

Age 39 (now 90)

The Dock Brief

1962 6.6

as Herbert Fowle

Age 39 (now 90)

All Night Long

1962 6.8

as Rod Hamilton

Age 38 (now 90)

Only Two Can Play

1962 5.8

as Gareth L. Probert

Age 38 (now 90)

Whistle Down the Wind

1961 7.2

Producer

Age 37 (now 90)

The League of Gentlemen

1960 7.0

as Lexy

Age 36 (now 90)

The Angry Silence

1960 7.2

as Tom Curtis

Age 36 (now 90)

The Angry Silence

1960 7.2

Producer

Age 36 (now 90)

SOS Pacific

1959 6.9

as Whitey Mullen

Age 36 (now 90)

Jet Storm

1959 7.0

as Ernest Tilley

Age 36 (now 90)

I'm All Right Jack

1959 6.6

as Sidney De Vere Cox

Age 35 (now 90)

Danger Within

1959 6.3

as Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips

Age 35 (now 90)

Sea of Sand

1958 6.6

as Brody

Age 35 (now 90)

The Man Upstairs

1958 6.5

as Peter Watson

Age 35 (now 90)

Dunkirk

1958 6.8

as John Holden

Age 34 (now 90)

The Scamp

1957 6.2

as Stephen Leigh

Age 34 (now 90)

Brothers in Law

1957 7.1

as Henry Marshall

Age 33 (now 90)

The Baby and the Battleship

1956 6.4

as Knocker White

Age 32 (now 90)

Private's Progress

1956 6.6

as Pvt. Percival Henry Cox

Age 32 (now 90)

The Ship That Died of Shame

1955 7.3

as George Hoskins

Age 31 (now 90)

Eight O'Clock Walk

1954 6.9

as Thomas Leslie Manning

Age 30 (now 90)

Box for One

1953

as The Caller

Age 29 (now 90)

Father's Doing Fine

1952 7.3

as Dougall

Age 28 (now 90)

Gift Horse

1952 6.6

as Dripper Daniels

Age 28 (now 90)

The Magic Box

1952 6.5

as Jack Carter

Age 28 (now 90)

Hell Is Sold Out

1951 6.0

as Pierre Bonnet

Age 27 (now 90)

Morning Departure

1950 6.9

as Stoker Snipe

Age 26 (now 90)

Boys in Brown

1949 6.3

as Jackie Knowles

Age 26 (now 90)

The Lost People

1949 6.0

as Jan

Age 25 (now 90)

London Belongs to Me

1948 7.0

as Percy Boon

Age 25 (now 90)

The Guinea Pig

1948 7.2

as Jack Read

Age 25 (now 90)

Brighton Rock

1948 6.8

as Pinkie Brown

Age 24 (now 90)

Dancing with Crime

1947 6.1

as Ted Peters

Age 23 (now 90)

The Man Within

1947 6.8

as Francis Andrews

Age 23 (now 90)

School for Secrets

1946 7.2

as Jack Arnold

Age 23 (now 90)

A Matter of Life and Death

1946 7.8

as An English Pilot

Age 23 (now 90)

Journey Together

1945 6.6

as David Wilton

Age 22 (now 90)

The True Glory

1945 6.5

as Commentator

Age 21 (now 90)

The Hundred Pound Window

1944 9.0

as Tommy Draper

Age 20 (now 90)

Svejk Wrecks Germany

1943 8.5

as Railway worker

Age 20 (now 90)

In Which We Serve

1942 6.8

as Young Stoker

Age 19 (now 90)