Richard Harris

Irish actor, singer, film director and writer (1930–2002)

  • Fame63.5
  • Momentum2.0
  • Wikipedia197.7K
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Lived 1930–2002, aged 72
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  • Wikipedia
    66 languages
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  • Era
    1930–2002
    Aged 72
  • Known for
    Harry Potter and the P…
    2001
Summary
Updated 2026-08-30

Richard Harris played King Arthur and Dumbledore, sang "MacArthur Park" to the top of the charts, and earned two Oscar nominations three decades apart — a shape-shifter who moved between grit and grandeur without settling into one lane.

Biography

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Harris trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and surfaced with the British New Wave, earning his first Oscar nomination for This Sporting Life in 1963. He threaded through war epics, Antonioni art films, and Westerns before winning a Golden Globe for playing King Arthur in Camelot in 1967, then landed a surprise hit with his 1968 recording of "MacArthur Park," which cracked the top ten in five countries. His second Oscar nomination came in 1990 for The Field, nearly thirty years after the first. He took the Dumbledore role in the first two Harry Potter films at the end of his…

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  • British Independent Film Award – The Richard Harris Award
  • European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
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63.5
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Momentum2.0
Historical31.1
Now attention20.2
Source confidence70.0
Completeness70.0
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  • Wikipedia
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  • Pantheon 2.0
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