Richard Attenborough
British actor (1923-2014) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 90
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, was an English actor, film director and producer. For his directing, he won two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards; for his acting, he won three BAFTAs and two Golden Globes.
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2014Died24 August 20142013
Talking PicturesSeries2011
Return to Jurassic ParkFilm2007
British Film ForeverSeries2004Bodley MedalAward2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real StorySeries, Magog1999
Grey OwlFilm, Director, Producer1998Praemium ImperialeAward
ParkinsonSeries, 19981997
The Lost World: Jurassic ParkFilm, John Hammond1993
Jurassic ParkFilm, Hammond1988Berlinale CameraAwardEuropean Film Academy Special Achievement AwardAward1987
Sacrée soiréeSeries
Cry FreedomFilm, 1987Director, Producer1985Friday PeopleSeries1983Academy Award for Best DirectorAwardAcademy Award for Best PictureAwardBAFTA Award for Best DirectionAwardDirectors Guild of America AwardAwardGolden Globe Award for Best DirectorAwardPadma BhushanAward1979
The Human FactorFilm, Colonel John Daintry1977
A Bridge Too FarFilm, Director1974
Spécial cinémaSeries1972
Young WinstonFilm, Director1971Film '72Series1969
Oh! What a Lovely WarFilm, Director, Producer1968Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion PictureAward1967Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion PictureAward1965BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleAward
The Flight of the PhoenixFilm, 1965Lew Moran1964Silver Shell for Best ActorAward1963
The Great EscapeFilm, Bartlett 'Big X'1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1960
The League of GentlemenFilm, Lexy1958
DunkirkFilm, John Holden1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1942
In Which We ServeFilm, Young Stoker1923Born29 August 1923
Talking PicturesSeries2011Return to Jurassic ParkFilm2007British Film ForeverSeries2004Bodley MedalAward2001Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real StorySeries, Magog1999Grey OwlFilm, Director, Producer1998Praemium ImperialeAwardParkinsonSeries, 19981997The Lost World: Jurassic ParkFilm, John Hammond1993Jurassic ParkFilm, Hammond1988Berlinale CameraAwardEuropean Film Academy Special Achievement AwardAward1987Sacrée soiréeSeriesCry FreedomFilm, 1987Director, Producer1985Friday PeopleSeries1983Academy Award for Best DirectorAwardAcademy Award for Best PictureAwardBAFTA Award for Best DirectionAwardDirectors Guild of America AwardAwardGolden Globe Award for Best DirectorAwardPadma BhushanAward1979The Human FactorFilm, Colonel John Daintry1977A Bridge Too FarFilm, Director1974Spécial cinémaSeries1972Young WinstonFilm, Director1971Film '72Series1969Oh! What a Lovely WarFilm, Director, Producer1968Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion PictureAward1967Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion PictureAward1965BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleAwardThe Flight of the PhoenixFilm, 1965Lew Moran1964Silver Shell for Best ActorAward1963The Great EscapeFilm, Bartlett 'Big X'1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1960The League of GentlemenFilm, Lexy1958DunkirkFilm, John Holden1944Golden Globe AwardsSeries1942In Which We ServeFilm, Young Stoker1923Born29 August 1923People around Richard
Anthony Hopkins Richard directed A Bridge Too Far (1977)
John Mills Richard directed Young Winston (1972)
Bryan Forbes Also in Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Basil Dearden Directed The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Roy Boulting Produced Brighton Rock and Private's Progress
John Boulting Directed I'm All Right Jack and Brighton Rock
Nanette Newman Richard produced Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Bernard Lee Richard produced The Angry Silence (1960)- Norman Bird Richard produced Shadowlands (1994)
- Gerald Sim Richard directed A Bridge Too Far (1977)
John Gielgud Richard produced Gandhi (1983)
Edward Fox Richard directed A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Jack Hawkins Richard directed Young Winston (1973)- Guy Green Directed The Angry Silence and Sea of Sand
Robert Flemyng Richard directed Young Winston and Shadowlands- Michael Relph Produced The League of Gentlemen (1961)
- Marianne Stone Also in Brighton Rock and I'm All Right Jack
- Bernard Horsfall Richard produced Gandhi and The Angry Silence
Patrick Magee Richard directed Young Winston (1973)- Mark Eden Richard produced Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Steven Spielberg Directed Jurassic Park (1994)
Laurence Olivier Richard directed A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Kevin Kline Richard directed Chaplin (1992)
Ian Holm Richard directed Young Winston (1973)
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Jurassic Park 1993
The Great Escape 1963
A Matter of Life and Death 1946
Gandhi 1982
Chaplin 1992
Filmography 40
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Television 16
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Attenborough in Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Attenborough in a press conference with Joseph E. Levine at the premiere of A Bridge Too Far, June 1977
Lord Attenborough during his term as Chancellor of the University of Sussex, February 2006
Markers for the graves of Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, their daughter Jane Holland and their granddaughter, Lucy, at St Mary Magdalene, RichmondAwards
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He was knighted in 1976 for services to film and in 1983 he received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement.
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United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1923 to 2014 · aged 90
