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