Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/29/1923
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Baron AttenboroughLord Richard Samuel Attenborough, CBEРичард Аттенборо
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 Gold...
Known For
Miracle on 34th Street
as Kris Kringle
Doctor Dolittle
as Albert Blossom
Elizabeth
as Sir William Cecil
Jurassic Park
as Hammond
Danger Within
as Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
Rosebud
as Edward Sloat
Dunkirk
as John Holden
Gift Horse
as Dripper Daniels
David Copperfield
as Mr. Tungay
Brannigan
as Cmdr. Charles Swann
Conduct Unbecoming
as Maggiore Lionel E. Roach
A Bridge Too Far
as Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
Hamlet
as English Ambassador
Brighton Rock
as Pinkie Brown
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Lew Moran
SOS Pacific
as Whitey Mullen
The Great Escape
as Bartlett 'Big X'
Boys in Brown
as Jackie Knowles
The Railway Children
as The Old Gentleman
And Then There Were None
as Judge Arthur Cannon