Person
Richard Attenborough
Actor · Director· Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, a polymathic figure in mid-20th century British culture, served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, documenting aerial combat as a rear gunner and filmmaker. His career spanned acting and filmmaking, with roles in classics like "Brighton Rock" and "The Great Escape," and directing "Gandhi," which earned him two Academy Awards. A fixture in the British arts establishment as President of RADA and BAFTA, Attenborough's multifaceted legacy includes entrepreneurial ventures and a political career, all while balancing a personal life marked by a lifelong marriage to actress Sheila Sim.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain | Self | Film |
| 2014 | Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self | Film |
| 2007 | Closing the Ring | Director | Film |
| 2005 | Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool | Self | Film |
| 2004 | Within the Way Without | (voice) | Film |
| 2003 | Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | Self | Film |
| 2002 | Forever Ealing | Self | Film |
| 2002 | Puckoon | Writer/Director | Film |
| 2001 | Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story | Magog | TV |
| 2000 | Light Keeps Me Company | Self | Film |
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self | Film |
| 2000 | The Railway Children | The Old Gentleman | Film |
| 1999 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Jacob | Film |
| 1999 | Grey Owl | Director | Film |
| 1998 | Elizabeth | Sir William Cecil | Film |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | John Hammond | Film |
| 1996 | Hamlet | English Ambassador | Film |
| 1996 | E=MC² | The Visitor | Film |
| 1996 | In Love and War | Director | Film |
| 1995 | The Making of 'Jurassic Park' | Self / John Hammond | Film |
| 1994 | Miracle on 34th Street | Kris Kringle | Film |
| 1993 | Audrey Hepburn: Remembered | Self | Film |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | Hammond | Film |
| 1993 | Shadowlands | Director | Film |
| 1992 | Chaplin | Director | Film |
| 1987 | Cry Freedom | Director | Film |
| 1979 | The Human Factor | Colonel John Daintry | Film |
| 1977 | The Chess Players | General Outram | Film |
| 1975 | Brannigan | Cmdr. Charles Swann | Film |
| 1975 | Conduct Unbecoming | Major Lionel E. Roach | Film |
| 1975 | Rosebud | Edward Sloat | Film |
| 1974 | And Then There Were None | Judge Arthur Cannon | Film |
| 1971 | 10 Rillington Place | John Christie | Film |
| 1971 | A Severed Head | Palmer Anderson | Film |
| 1970 | The Last Grenade | General Charles Whiteley | Film |
| 1970 | Loot | Inspector Truscott | Film |
| 1969 | The Magic Christian | Oxford Coach | Film |
| 1969 | David Copperfield | Mr. Tungay | Film |
| 1968 | Only When I Larf | Silas | Film |
| 1968 | The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom | Robert Blossom | Film |
| 1967 | Doctor Dolittle | Albert Blossom | Film |
| 1966 | The Sand Pebbles | Frenchy Burgoyne | Film |
| 1965 | The Flight of the Phoenix | Lew Moran | Film |
| 1964 | The Third Secret | Alfred Price-Gorham | Film |
| 1964 | Guns at Batasi | Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale | Film |
| 1964 | Seance on a Wet Afternoon | Bill | Film |
| 1963 | The Great Escape | Bartlett 'Big X' | Film |
| 1962 | All Night Long | Rod Hamilton | Film |
| 1962 | Only Two Can Play | Gareth L. Probert | Film |
| 1962 | The Dock Brief | Herbert Fowle | Film |
| 1960 | The League of Gentlemen | Lexy | Film |
| 1960 | The Angry Silence | Tom Curtis | Film |
| 1959 | I'm All Right Jack | Sidney De Vere Cox | Film |
| 1959 | SOS Pacific | Whitey Mullen | Film |
| 1959 | Jet Storm | Ernest Tilley | Film |
| 1959 | Danger Within | Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips | Film |
| 1958 | Sea of Sand | Brody | Film |
| 1958 | Dunkirk | John Holden | Film |
| 1958 | The Man Upstairs | Peter Watson | Film |
| 1957 | Brothers in Law | Henry Marshall | Film |
| 1957 | The Scamp | Stephen Leigh | Film |
| 1956 | Private's Progress | Pvt. Percival Henry Cox | Film |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship | Knocker White | Film |
| 1955 | The Ship That Died of Shame | George Hoskins | Film |
| 1954 | Eight O'Clock Walk | Thomas Leslie Manning | Film |
| 1952 | The Magic Box | Jack Carter | Film |
| 1952 | Father's Doing Fine | Dougall | Film |
| 1952 | Gift Horse | Dripper Daniels | Film |
| 1950 | Morning Departure | Stoker Snipe | Film |
| 1949 | Boys in Brown | Jackie Knowles | Film |
| 1948 | London Belongs to Me | Percy Boon | Film |
| 1948 | Brighton Rock | Pinkie Brown | Film |
| 1947 | The Man Within | Francis Andrews | Film |
| 1947 | Dancing with Crime | Ted Peters | Film |
| 1946 | School for Secrets | Jack Arnold | Film |
| 1946 | A Matter of Life and Death | An English Pilot | Film |
| 1945 | Journey Together | David Wilton | Film |
| 1945 | The True Glory | Commentator | Film |
| 1943 | Svejk Wrecks Germany | Railway worker | Film |
| 1942 | In Which We Serve | Young Stoker | Film |
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