Richard Attenborough
Acting
Born 1923-08-29
Died 2014-08-24
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
132 credits
Academy Awards 2
Golden Globe Awards 3
BAFTA Awards 4
Directors Guild of America 1
Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo 1
National Board of Review Award for Best Film 1
Bodley Medal 1
Praemium Imperiale 1
Awards
Won 2 Academy Awards
Academy Awards 2 won · 1 nominated
Golden Globe Awards 3 won
- 1983 Best Director Won Gandhi
- 1968 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Won Doctor Dolittle
- 1967 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Won The Sand Pebbles
BAFTA Awards 4 won
- 1983 Best Film Won Gandhi
- 1983 Best Direction Won Gandhi
- 1983 BAFTA Fellowship Won
- 1965 Best Actor in a Leading Role Won Guns at Batasi
Directors Guild of America 1 won
- 1983 Award Won
Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo 1 won
- — Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo Won
National Board of Review Award for Best Film 1 won
- — Best Film Won
Bodley Medal 1 won
- 2004 Bodley Medal Won
Praemium Imperiale 1 won
- 1998 Praemium Imperiale Won
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
45 credits
The Mike Douglas Show
Golden Globe Awards
Great Performances
The One Show
The Dick Cavett Show
Sacrée soirée
Spécial cinéma
Film '72
Jurassic Park
Parkinson
The Great Escape
A Bridge Too Far
Miracle on 34th Street
Elizabeth
Talking Pictures
Hamlet
A Matter of Life and Death
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
The Flight of the Phoenix
The Sand Pebbles
Doctor Dolittle
Sea of Sand
And Then There Were None
Dunkirk
This Morning
10 Rillington Place
Brannigan
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
The Magic Christian
I'm All Right Jack
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Guns at Batasi
Danger Within
The Railway Children
James Bond: The First 21 Years
The League of Gentlemen
Forever Ealing
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Brighton Rock
In Which We Serve
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
The Human Factor
Light Keeps Me Company
Rosebud
Return to Jurassic Park
Directing
12 credits
A Bridge Too Far
Gandhi
Chaplin
A Chorus Line
Grey Owl
Cry Freedom
In Love and War
Magic
Closing the Ring
Shadowlands
Young Winston
Oh! What a Lovely War
Producing
10 credits
Gandhi
Chaplin
Grey Owl
Cry Freedom
In Love and War
Closing the Ring
Shadowlands
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Oh! What a Lovely War
Whistle Down the Wind
Other credits
3 credits
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