Richard Attenborough
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Kt, CBE (29 August 1923 – 24 August 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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.037 |
| Birthday | 1923-08-29 |
| Place of Birth | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Baron Attenborough, Lord Richard Samuel Attenborough, CBE, Ричард Аттенборо, Sir Richard Attenborough, Richard Samuel Attenborough, ریچارد اتنبرا, |
1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
6.548/8525
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1994
Miracle on 34th Street
6.8/1063
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1965
The Flight of the Phoenix
7.188/325
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1964
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
7.2/105
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1996
Hamlet
7.3/481
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
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1975
Rosebud
4.9/12
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2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
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Elizabeth
7.168/1402
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And Then There Were None
5.7/101
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1958
Sea of Sand
6.5/20
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1963
The Great Escape
7.9/2598
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1966
The Sand Pebbles
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The Magic Christian
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1999
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
6.2/67
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2000
The Railway Children
6.6/24
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10 Rillington Place
7.3/199
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Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
5.9/8
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Brighton Rock
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Brannigan
5.9/101
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Brannigan
2000
The Spirit of Grey Owl
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I'm All Right Jack
6.7/73
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I'm All Right Jack
1946
A Matter of Life and Death
7.7/418
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A Matter of Life and Death
1959
Jet Storm
6.5/10
Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens to detonate a bomb over the Atlantic.
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1962
Trial and Error
6.5/12
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1962
All Night Long
6.7/32
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1971
A Severed Head
5.3/10
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1967
Doctor Dolittle
6.2/181
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1964
Guns at Batasi
7.1/26
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1960
The League of Gentlemen
7/93
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1950
Morning Departure
6.6/18
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Morning Departure
1979
The Human Factor
5.9/29
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The Human Factor
1958
Dunkirk
6.7/65
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Dunkirk
1953
Box for One
0/0
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1968
Only When I Larf
6.4/4
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1977
The Chess Players
7.1/47
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1952
The Magic Box
6.3/21
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1959
SOS Pacific
6.9/8
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1952
Gift Horse
6.556/18
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2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
6.8/58
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1946
School for Secrets
7/3
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1962
Only Two Can Play
5.893/27
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1960
The Angry Silence
7.1/30
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1956
Private's Progress
6.4/25
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1947
Dancing with Crime
6.1/19
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1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
7.1/20
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1955
The Ship That Died of Shame
6.9/9
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1970
The Last Grenade
5.2/5
Two ruthless mercenaries break their friendship when one of them changes sides.
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The Last Grenade
1956
The Baby and the Battleship
6/8
After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to ret...
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The Baby and the Battleship
1975
Conduct Unbecoming
6.2/20
A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. A young officer must defend a fellow...
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Conduct Unbecoming
1954
Eight O'Clock Walk
6.7/7
Only a British cabdriver's (Richard Attenborough) wife (Cathy O'Donnell) and lawyer (Derek Farr) believe him innocent of killing a little girl.
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Eight O'Clock Walk
1964
The Third Secret
6.1/27
A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter...
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1958
The Man Upstairs
6.1/9
The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist w...
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2004
Within the Way Without
2/1
At the dawn of the new millenium, a Dutch social worker, a famous Japanese poet and a Brazilian girl has made the road to Santiago and back to their c...
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1969
David Copperfield
5.4/14
A made for TV movie of the Charles Dickens' classic novel, turns Dickens' picaresque tale into an extended flashback, with David Copperfield Robin Phi...
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David Copperfield
1948
London Belongs to Me
6.7/13
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mot...
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2000
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
5.8/4
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Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
1945
Journey Together
6.1/5
Two Englishmen (Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling) train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.
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Journey Together
1952
Father's Doing Fine
6.3/3
Lady Buckering, an English widow, has four daughters; Doreen, married to Dougall and about to give birth at home, and Gerda, Bicky and Catherine. The...
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Father's Doing Fine
1990
Pictures of Europe
0/0
What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences between...
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Pictures of Europe
1949
Boys in Brown
6.5/10
Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Bo...
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Boys in Brown
2002
Forever Ealing
6.8/4
This is a history of the England's Ealing Film Studios, from its beginnings in 1902. It follows the studio's successes through the 1930's, World War I...
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Forever Ealing
1957
Brothers in Law
7.063/8
Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with...
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Brothers in Law
2003
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
0/0
Two-part Arena special celebrating the life and distinguished career of one of Britain's best-loved public figures. Lord Attenborough's film CV as act...
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The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
1970
Loot
5.8/16
Two bank robbers, Dennis and Hal, are on the run from the police after a successful heist. Needing somewhere to hide the loot, they turn to a funeral...
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Loot
1996
E=MC²
0/1
A physicist struggling to prove one of Einstein's theories still finds time to dabble in an extra-curricular relationship with one of his lab assistan...
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E=MC²
1957
The Scamp
6.3/9
Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with kindly foster parents.
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The Scamp
1948
The Guinea Pig
7/12
A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes tog...
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The Guinea Pig
1949
The Lost People
5.7/3
Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior t...
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The Lost People
1951
Hell Is Sold Out
5.7/3
A supposedly dead writer suddenly turns up to confront the young woman who is using his penname.
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Hell Is Sold Out
1942
In Which We Serve
6.8/89
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only comman...
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In Which We Serve
2008
Strolling Into the Sunset
0/0
Documentary about the making of Chaplin (1992).
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Strolling Into the Sunset
2008
Chaplin the Hero
0/0
Short documentary exploring the fame and talent of Charlie Chaplin.
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Chaplin the Hero
2008
The Most Famous Man in the World!
0/0
A look at Charlie Chaplin and his rise to fame.
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The Most Famous Man in the World!
1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
6.7/11
Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her. One day, Harriet's...
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1986
Mother Teresa
0/0
We follow the daily activities of Mother Teresa and her nuns, in service to the poor of India and the world. Mother Teresa attends to the basic needs...
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Mother Teresa
1998
Diana: Queen of Hearts
5.5/1
Close friends, family and world leaders profile the life of the princess. Narrated by Sir Richard Attenborough.
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Diana: Queen of Hearts
1945
The True Glory
6.2/15
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the as...
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The True Glory
2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
4.8/4
The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.
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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2017
Diana: The People's Princess
0/0
A princess so tragically taken in the prime of her life. Follow the fascinated tale of Princess Diana… The peoples Princess.
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Diana: The People's Princess
1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
7/3
Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant sophistication and an enduring aura of youthful innoce...
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Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1985
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
6/1
Documentary - After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with hi...
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The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1993
Jurassic Park
7.951/16595
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of e...
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Jurassic Park
1947
The Man Within
5.7/3
A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.
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1970
Don't Make Me Laugh
0/0
A compilation of extracts from Children's Film Foundation productions: "The Rescue Squad", "Ali and the Camel", "The Salvage Gang", "Go Kart Go", "Dan...
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Don't Make Me Laugh
2007
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
0/0
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles' features video clips of surviving cast and crew, including Richard Attenborough, Candice Bergen, and Neile Adams, the...
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The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
1998
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
7.7/3
Acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century, Arena explores the rise of the legendary crooner Frank Sinatra from his early fa...
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Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
2000
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
5/1
A documentary about the decisions parents made in evacuating their children out of harm's way (the Nazis), and being forced to stay behind, the parent...
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The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
1959
Danger Within
6.2/16
Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers find their plans for escape thwarted by a mysteriou...
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1944
The Hundred Pound Window
0/0
An accountant who has to take a second job working at a racetrack, soon becomes mixed up with a shady crowd.
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The Hundred Pound Window
2000
Light Keeps Me Company
7.8/8
Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the...
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Light Keeps Me Company
2002
Puckoon
6.2/6
Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
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2017
And the Winner Isn't
5.7/3
A satirical documentary charting Geoffrey Moore and his daughter Ambra’s journey through Hollywood, as the pair track down celebrities and industry in...
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1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
5/2
A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series.
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James Bond: The First 21 Years
1977
A Bridge Too Far
7.227/837
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A Bridge Too Far
2001
Beyond Jurassic Park
6.8/13
Prepare to go deeper into the breathtaking adventures of the Jurassic Park Trilogy! Highlighted by fascinating, never-seen-before footage from all th...
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1943
Schweik's New Adventures
8/1
Nazis are nothing to the wily good soldier Schweik (Lloyd Pearson).
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1994
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
0/0
A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.
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2011
Return to Jurassic Park
6.6/838
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2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
7/53
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1994
A Century of Cinema
8/2
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1997
The Making of 'The Lost World'
6.8/6
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's 1997 film "The Lost World."
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2004
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
0/0
A documentary portrait of composer Malcolm Arnold. Broadcast in two parts on The South Bank Show but premiered in its entirety at the Royal Festival H...
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Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
0/0
The making of the film Gandhi (1982).
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1969
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
0/0
Banned by the BBC in 1971, director Tony Palmer's profile of the late Peter Sellers was, in the words of the film's subject himself, "the only portrai...
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