
Actor
Richard Attenborough
Born 1923 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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.
Directed

Gandhi
Director · 1982

Chaplin
Director · 1992

A Bridge Too Far
Director · 1977

Shadowlands
Director · 1993

Magic
Director · 1978

Cry Freedom
Director · 1987

A Chorus Line
Director · 1985

In Love and War
Director · 1996

Closing the Ring
Director · 2007

Oh! What a Lovely War
Director · 1969

Young Winston
Director · 1972

Grey Owl
Director · 1999
Acting

Jurassic Park
Hammond · 1993

The Great Escape
Bartlett 'Big X' · 1963

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
John Hammond · 1997

Elizabeth
Sir William Cecil · 1998

A Bridge Too Far
Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited) · 1977

A Matter of Life and Death
An English Pilot · 1946

Miracle on 34th Street
Kris Kringle · 1994

Hamlet
English Ambassador · 1996

Return to Jurassic Park
Self (archive footage) · 2011

The Flight of the Phoenix
Lew Moran · 1965

The Sand Pebbles
Frenchy Burgoyne · 1966

10 Rillington Place
John Christie · 1971

Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Bill · 1964

Brighton Rock
Pinkie Brown · 1948

The League of Gentlemen
Lexy · 1960

Doctor Dolittle
Albert Blossom · 1967

In Which We Serve
Young Stoker · 1942

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Magog · 2001

Dunkirk
John Holden · 1958

I'm All Right Jack
Sidney De Vere Cox · 1959

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Self · 2003

The Chess Players
General Outram · 1977

Brannigan
Cmdr. Charles Swann · 1975

The Angry Silence
Tom Curtis · 1960