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Richard Attenborough Biography (1923-)

Full name, Richard Samuel Attenborough; born August 29, 1923, in Cambridge, England; son of Frederick Levi (a scholar and academic administrator) and Mary(maiden name, Clegg) Attenborough; married Sheila Beryl Grant Sim (an actress), January 22, 1945; children: Michael, Jane, Charlotte (an actress). Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Contact: Old Farms, Beaver Lodge, Richmond Green, Surrey TW9 JNQ, United Kingdom; c/o Aim, 5 Denmark St., London WC2H 8LP, England.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, producer, director

Birth Details

August 29, 1923

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Young stoker, In Which We Serve, British Lion, 1942
• Tommy Draper, The Hundred Pound Window, Warner Bros./First National, 1943
• Railway worker, Schweik's New Adventures (also known as It Started at Midnight), Coronet, 1943
• English pilot, Stairway to Heaven (also known as A Matter of Life and Death), Universal, 1946
• David Wilton, Journey Together, English Films Inc., 1946
• Jack Arnold, School for Secrets (also known as Secret Flight), General Film Distributors, 1946
• Pinkie Brown, Brighton Rock (also known as Young Scarface),Associated British, 1947
• Ted Peters, Dancing with Crime, Paramount, 1947
• Percy Boon, Dulcimer Street (also known as London Belongs to Me), General Film Distributors, 1948
• Francis Andrews, The Smugglers (also known as The Man Within), Eagle-Lion, 1948
• Jackie Knowles, Boys in Brown, General Film Distributors, 1949
• Jack Read, The Outsider (also known as The Guinea Pig), Variety, 1949
• Jan, The Lost People, General Film Distributors, 1950
• Pierre Bonnet, Hell Is Sold Out, Eros, 1951
• Stoker Snipe, Operation Disaster (also known as Morning Departure), Universal, 1951
• Dougall, Father's Doing Fine, Associated British, 1952
• Dripper Daniels, The Gift Horse (also known as Glory at Sea), Independent Film Distributors, 1952
• Jack Carter, The Magic Box, British Lion, 1954
• Tom Manning, Eight O'Clock Walk, British Lion, 1954
• Private Cox, Private's Progress, British Lion, 1956
• George Hoskins, The Ship That Died of Shame (also known as P.T.Raiders), Continental/General Film Distributors, 1956
• Knocker White, The Baby and the Battleship, British Lion, 1957
• Henry Marshall, Brothers in Law, BC, 1957
• Stephen Leigh, Strange Affection (also known as The Scamp),1957, released in the U.S., 1959
• John Holden, Heron owner, Dunkirk, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958
• Trooper Brody, Desert Patrol (also known as Sea of Sand), Universal, 1958
• Sidney de Vere Cox, I'm All Right, Jack, British Lion, 1959
• Peter Watson, The Man Upstairs, British Lion, 1959
• Whitey, S.O.S. Pacific, Universal, 1959
• Edward Lexy, The League of Gentlemen, Kingsley, 1959
• Ernest Tilley, Jet Storm (also known as Killing Urge and Jetstream), Britannia/British Lion, 1959
• Captain Bunter Phillips, Breakout (also known as Danger Within), Continental, 1959
• Tom Curtis, The Angry Silence, British Lion, 1960
• Rod Hamilton, All Night Long, Rank, 1961
• Gareth Probert, Only Two Can Play, Kingsley/Columbia, 1962
• Herbert Fowle, the accused murderer, Trial and Error (also known as The Dock Brief), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962
• Roger "Big X" Bartlett, The Great Escape, United Artists, 1963
• Narrator, A Boy's Day, 1964
• Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale, Guns at Batasi, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964
• Billy Savage, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, Artixo, 1964
• Alfred Price-Gorham, The Third Secret, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964
• Lew Moran, The Flight of the Phoenix, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965
• Frenchy Burgoyne, The Sand Pebbles, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
• Albert Blossom, Doctor Doolittle, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
• Robert Blossom, The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom, Paramount, 1968
• Silas, Only When I Larf, Paramount, 1968
• Narrator, Don't Make Me Laugh, 1969
• General Charles Whiteley, The Last Grenade, Cinerama, 1970
• Oxford coach, The Magic Christian, Commonwealth, 1970
• Inspector Truscott, Loot, Cinevision, 1971
• Palmer Anderson, A Severed Head, Columbia, 1971
• John Reginald Halliday Christie, 10 Rillington Place, Columbia, 1971
• Narrator, Cup Glory, 1972
• The Village (also known as Il viaggio), 1974
• Death in Persepolis, 1974
• Commander Sir Charles Swann, Brannigan (also known as Joe Battle), United Artists, 1975
• Major Lionel Roach, Conduct Unbecoming, Allied Artists, 1975
• Judge Cannon, Ten Little Indians (also known as And Then ThereWere None, ... e poi non ne rimase nessuno, Diez negritos, Dix petits negres, Ein unbekannter, and Zehn kleine Negerlein), Avco Embassy, 1975
• Edward Sloat, Rosebud, United Artists, 1975
• General Outram, The Chess Players (also known as Shatranj ke khilari), Creative Films, 1978
• Colonel John Daintry, The Human Factor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/UnitedArtists, 1979
• Narrator, Mother Teresa, Petrie/Productions du Daummou/CS Associates, 1985
• Dr. John Hammond, Jurassic Park (also known as JP), Universal, 1993
• Himself, In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid, 1993
• Himself, A Century of Cinema, 1994
• Kriss Kringle, Miracle on 34th Street, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
• The Visitor, E=mc2 (also known as Wavelength), Trident Releasing, 1995
• English ambassador (long version), Hamlet (also known as William Shakespeare's Hamlet), 1996
• John Hammond, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, 1997
• Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth (also known as Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen), 1998
• Himself, Ljuset haaller mig saellskap (also known as Light Keeps Me Company), First Run Features, 2000
• Himself, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (also known as MovingMemories), 2000
• Writer-director, Puckoon, United Artists, 2002
• Film Work
• (With Bryan Forbes) Producer, The Angry Silence, British Lion, 1960
• Producer, Whistle Down the Wind, Pathe-America, 1961
• (With James Woolf) Producer, The L-Shaped Room, Davis/Royal/Columbia, 1962
• (With Forbes) Producer, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, Artixo, 1964
• Director and (with Brian Duffy) producer, Oh! What a Lovely War, Paramount, 1969
• Producer and director, Young Winston, Columbia, 1972
• Director, A Bridge Too Far, United Artists, 1977
• Director, Magic, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978
• Producer and director, Gandhi, Columbia, 1982
• Director, A Chorus Line, Columbia, 1985
• Director and (with Norman Spencer and John Briley) producer, Cry Freedom, Universal, 1987
• Director and (with Mario Kassar) producer, Chaplin (also known asCharlot), TriStar, 1992
• Director and (with Brian Eastman) producer, Shadowlands, Savoy Pictures, 1993
• Producer and director, In Love and War, 1996
• Producer and director, Grey Owl, New City Releasing, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Voice, Tom and Vicky, ITV, 1999
• Movies
• Mr. Tungay, David Copperfield, NBC, 1970
• The old gentleman, The Railway Children, PBS, 2000
• Miniseries
• Magog, Arbitrator of Justice, Great Council of Mac Slec, Jack and theBeanstalk: The Real Story, CBS, 2001
• Specials
• Clue: Movies, Murder, and Mystery, CBS, 1986
• Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebration, Fox, 1988
• Himself, Audrey Hepburn Remembered, 1993
• Frank Sinatra: The Voice, Arts and Entertainment, 1998
• Himself, Diana (also known as Diana: Queen of Hearts), 1998
• The Noel Coward Story, PBS, 1999
• Jacob, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, PBS, 2000
• Himself, Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute, BBC, 2002
• Himself, John Thaw: An Appreciation, 2002
• Himself, The Orange British Academy Films Awards, 2002
• Himself, The John Thaw Story, 2002
• Himself, Forever Ealing, Channel 4 and TCM, 2002
• Episodic
• Himself, "Richard Attenborough," This Is Your Life, 1962
• Narrator, "Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea," National Geographic Explorer, TBS, 1993
• "John Barry's Moviola," Great Performances, PBS, 1993
• (Uncredited) Himself/director of Grey Owl, "Tom, Don't Quit Your Day Job... ," The Tom Green Show, MTV, 1999
• Himself, Parkinson, BBC, 2000
• Himself, "Steve McQueen," Hollywood Greats, BBC1, 2002
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Richard Miller, Ah! Wilderness, Intimate Theatre, London, 1941
• Sebastian, Twelfth Night, Arts Theatre, London, 1942
• Ralph Berger, Awake and Sing, Arts Theatre, 1942
• Ba, The Holy Isle, Arts Theatre, 1942
• Andrew, London W1, Q Theatre, London, 1942
• Leo Hubbard, The Little Foxes, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1942
• Pinkie Brown, Brighton Rock, Garrick Theatre, London, 1943
• Coney, The Way Back, Westminster Theatre, London, 1949
• Toni Rigi, To Dorothy, a Son, Savoy Theatre, London, 1950, then Garrick Theatre, 1951
• Valentine Crisp, Sweet Madness, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1952
• Detective Trotter, The Mousetrap, Ambassadors' Theatre, London, 1952-1954
• David and Julian Fanshaw, Double Image, Savoy Theatre, 1956-1957,then St. James's, 1957
• Theseus, The Rape of the Belt, Piccadilly Theatre, 1957-1958
• RECORDINGS
• Video Games
• Voice of John Hammond, Trespasser, 1998
• WRITINGS
• Books
• In Search of Gandhi (nonfiction), Newmarket, 1982, New Century Publications, 1983
• (Compiler) The Words of Gandhi, Newmarket, 1982
• (Author of afterword and editor of photographic selections) Gerald Gold,Gandhi: A Pictorial Biography, Newmarket, 1983
• Richard Attenborough's Chorus Line, edited by Diana Carter, New American Library, 1985
• Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom: A Pictorial Record, Knopf, 1987
• Also author of introductions to numerous publications, including British Films, 1985; contributor to periodicals, including Humanist.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• UNESCO Courier, August, 1989, pp. 4-7
• Variety, June 26, 1995, pp. 44-45; February 10, 2003, p. 16