Richard Attenborough

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE (/ˈætənbərə/; 29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English movie producer, director and actor.


The Lord Attenborough

Attenborough at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
30 July 1993  24 August 2014
Life peerage
Personal details
Born(1923-08-29)29 August 1923
Cambridge, England
Died24 August 2014(2014-08-24) (aged 90)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)
Sheila Sim (m. 1945)
Children3, including Michael and Charlotte
MotherMary Clegg
FatherFrederick Attenborough
RelativesDavid Attenborough (brother)
John Attenborough (brother)
OccupationActor, director, producer, entrepreneur, politician
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceRoyal Air Force
Years of service1940–1945
RankSergeant
UnitRoyal Air Force Film Production Unit
Battles/warsWorld War II

Early life and education

He was born in Cambridge, England. Attenborough left his home when he was 17 to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He earned his first West End theatre role, then went to national stardom in the play Brighton Rock.

Career

Attenborough later became a producer and director. He produced and directed the movie Gandhi. Attenborough said that the movie Gandhi was his dream project and waited years to make it.[1] Gandhi won 5 British Academy Awards and 8 American Oscars. In 1983 he won the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, a lifetime achievement award. In his movie roles, he is mostly known for his roles in The Great Escape and in Jurassic Park. He was the older brother of naturalist David Attenborough.

After years of poor health, Attenborough died in London of heart failure on 24 August 2014, five days before his 91st birthday.[2]

His movies

YearTitleCredited as
Producer Director Actor Role
1942In Which We ServeYesYoung Stoker
1943Schweik's New AdventuresYesRailway worker
1944The Hundred Pound WindowYesTommy Draper
1946Journey TogetherYesDavid Wilton
A Matter of Life and DeathYesAn English pilot
School for SecretsYesJack Arnold
1947Brighton RockYesPinkie Brown
The Man WithinYesFrancis Andrews
Dancing with CrimeYesTed Peters
1948London Belongs to MeYesPercy Boon
The Guinea PigYesJack Read
1949The Lost PeopleYesJan
Boys in BrownYesJackie Knowles
1950Morning DepartureYesStoker Snipe
1951The Magic BoxYesJack Carter
Hell is Sold OutYesPierre Bonnet
1952Father's Doing FineYesDougall
Eight O’Clock WalkYesThomas "Tom" Leslie Manning
Gift HorseYesDripper Daniels
1955The Ship That Died of ShameYesGeorge Hoskins
1956Private's ProgressYesPvt. Percival Henry Cox
The Baby and the BattleshipYesKnocker White
1957The ScampYesStephen Leigh
Brothers in LawYesHenry Marshall
1958DunkirkYesJohn Holden
The Man UpstairsYesPeter Watson
Sea of SandYesBrody
1959The League of GentlemenYesLexy
I'm All Right JackYesSidney De Vere Cox
Danger WithinYesCapt. "Bunter" Phillips
Jet StormYesErnest Tiller
SOS PacificYesWhitney Mullen
1960The Angry SilenceYesYesTom Curtis
1961Whistle Down the WindYes
1962Only Two Can PlayYesProbert
The L-Shaped RoomYes
Trial and ErrorYesHerbert Fowle
1963The Great EscapeYesSquadron Leader Roger Bartlett
1964The Third SecretYesAlfred Price-Gorham
Séance on a Wet AfternoonYesYesBilly Savage
Guns at BatasiYesRegimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
1965The Flight of the PhoenixYesLew Moran
1966The Sand Pebbles YesFrenchy Burgoyne
1967Doctor Dolittle YesAlbert Blossom
1968Only When I LarfYesSilas
The Bliss of Mrs. BlossomYesRobert Blossom
1969The Magic ChristianYesOxford coach
Oh! What A Lovely WarYesYes
1970LootYesInspector Truscott
The Last GrenadeYesGen. Charles Whiteley
A Severed HeadYesPalmer Anderson
197110 Rillington PlaceYesJohn Reginald Christie
1972Cup GloryYesNarrator
Young WinstonYesYes
1974And Then There Were NoneYesJudge Arthur Cannon
1975RosebudYesEdward Sloat
BranniganYesCmdr. Sir Charles Swann
Conduct UnbecomingYesMaj. Lionel E. Roach
1977Shatranj Ke KhiladiYesGeneral Outram
A Bridge Too FarYesYesLunatic wearing glasses
1978MagicYes
1979The Human FactorYesCol. John Daintry
1982GandhiYesYes
1985A Chorus LineYes
1987Cry FreedomYesYes
1992ChaplinYesYes
1993Jurassic ParkYesJohn Hammond
ShadowlandsYesYes
1994Miracle on 34th StreetYesKris Kringle
1996Hamlet YesEnglish Ambassador to Denmark
In Love and WarYesYes
1997The Lost World: Jurassic ParkYesJohn Hammond
1998ElizabethYesWilliam Cecil
1999Grey OwlYesYes
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatYesJacob
2002PuckoonYesNarrator
2007Closing the RingYesYes

References

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