Richard Attenborough
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.
Acting (93 movies)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1964
Hamlet
1996
Rosebud
1975
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
Elizabeth
1998
And Then There Were None
1974
Sea of Sand
1958
The Sand Pebbles
1966
The Great Escape
1963
The Magic Christian
1969
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999
The Railway Children
2000
10 Rillington Place
1971
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
Brighton Rock
1948
Brannigan
1975
The Spirit of Grey Owl
2000
I'm All Right Jack
1959
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
Jet Storm
1959
The Dock Brief
1962
All Night Long
1962
A Severed Head
1971
Doctor Dolittle
1967
Guns at Batasi
1964
The League of Gentlemen
1960
Morning Departure
1950
The Human Factor
1979
Dunkirk
1958
Only When I Larf
1968
The Chess Players
1977
The Magic Box
1952
Gift Horse
1952
SOS Pacific
1959
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
School for Secrets
1946
Only Two Can Play
1962
The Angry Silence
1960
Private's Progress
1956
Dancing with Crime
1947
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
The Ship That Died of Shame
1955
The Last Grenade
1970
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
Eight O'Clock Walk
1954
The Third Secret
1964
The Man Upstairs
1958
David Copperfield
1969
London Belongs to Me
1948
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025
Journey Together
1945
Father's Doing Fine
1952
Pictures of Europe
1990
Boys in Brown
1949
Forever Ealing
2002
Brothers in Law
1957
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
Loot
1970
E=MC²
1996
The Scamp
1957
The Guinea Pig
1948
The Lost People
1949
Hell Is Sold Out
1951
In Which We Serve
1942
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
Mother Teresa
1986
Diana: Queen of Hearts
1998
The True Glory
1945
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014
Diana: The People's Princess
2017
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
Jurassic Park
1993
The Man Within
1947
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
2007
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
2000
Danger Within
1959
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
Puckoon
2002
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
A Bridge Too Far
1977
Beyond Jurassic Park
2001
Schweik's New Adventures
1943
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994
Return to Jurassic Park
2011
A Century of Cinema
1994
The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
2004
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
Directing (12 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Angry Silence | 1960 | Producer |
| Whistle Down the Wind | 1961 | Producer |
| The L-Shaped Room | 1962 | Producer |
| Seance on a Wet Afternoon | 1964 | Producer |
| Oh! What a Lovely War | 1969 | Producer |
| Gandhi | 1982 | Producer |
| Cry Freedom | 1987 | Producer |
| Chaplin | 1992 | Producer |
| Shadowlands | 1993 | Producer |
| In Love and War | 1996 | Producer |
| Grey Owl | 1999 | Producer |
| Closing the Ring | 2007 | Producer |