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.

Filmography

• 2009Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
• British Film Forever
• 2007Closing the Ring — Director, Producer
• 2004Within the Way Without — (voice)
• 2002Puckoon — Writer/Director
• Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story — Magog
• 2000The Children Who Cheated the Nazis — Narrator
• 2000The Railway Children — The Old Gentleman
• 1999Grey Owl — Director, Producer
• 1999Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat — Jacob
• 1998Elizabeth — Sir William Cecil
• 1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park — John Hammond
• 1996E=MC² — The Visitor
• 1996Hamlet — English Ambassador
• 1996In Love and War — Director, Producer
• 1994Miracle on 34th Street — Kris Kringle
• 1993Jurassic Park — Hammond
• 1993Shadowlands — Director, Producer
• 1992Chaplin — Producer, Director
• 1987Cry Freedom — Producer, Director
• 1986Mother Teresa — Narrator (voice)
• 1985A Chorus Line — Director
• Friday People
• 1982Gandhi — Producer, Director
• 1979The Human Factor — Colonel John Daintry
• 1978Magic — Director
• The South Bank Show
• 1977A Bridge Too Far — Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited), Director
• 1977The Chess Players — General Outram
• 1975Brannigan — Cmdr. Charles Swann
• 1975Conduct Unbecoming — Major Lionel E. Roach
• 1975Rosebud — Edward Sloat
• 1974And Then There Were None — Judge Arthur Cannon
• 1972Young Winston — Director
• 197110 Rillington Place — John Christie
• 1971A Severed Head — Palmer Anderson
• 1970Don't Make Me Laugh
• 1970Loot — Inspector Truscott
• 1970The Last Grenade — General Charles Whiteley
• 1969David Copperfield — Mr. Tungay
• 1969Oh! What a Lovely War — Director, Producer
• 1969The Magic Christian — Oxford Coach
• 1968Only When I Larf — Silas
• 1968The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom — Robert Blossom
• 1967Doctor Dolittle — Albert Blossom
• 1966The Sand Pebbles — Frenchy Burgoyne
• 1965The Flight of the Phoenix — Lew Moran
• 1964Guns at Batasi — Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
• 1964Seance on a Wet Afternoon — Bill, Producer
• 1964The Third Secret — Alfred Price-Gorham
• 1963The Great Escape — Bartlett 'Big X'
• 1962All Night Long — Rod Hamilton
• 1962Only Two Can Play — Gareth L. Probert
• 1962The Dock Brief — Herbert Fowle
• 1962The L-Shaped Room — Producer
• 1961Whistle Down the Wind — Producer
• 1960The Angry Silence — Tom Curtis, Producer
• 1960The League of Gentlemen — Lexy
• 1959Danger Within — Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
• 1959I'm All Right Jack — Sidney De Vere Cox
• 1959Jet Storm — Ernest Tilley
• 1959SOS Pacific — Whitey Mullen
• 1958Dunkirk — John Holden
• 1958Sea of Sand — Brody
• 1958The Man Upstairs — Peter Watson
• 1957Brothers in Law — Henry Marshall
• 1957The Scamp — Stephen Leigh
• 1956Private's Progress — Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
• 1956The Baby and the Battleship — Knocker White
• 1955The Ship That Died of Shame — George Hoskins
• 1954Eight O'Clock Walk — Thomas Leslie Manning
• 1953Box for One — The Caller
• 1952Father's Doing Fine — Dougall
• 1952Gift Horse — Dripper Daniels
• 1952The Magic Box — Jack Carter
• 1951Hell Is Sold Out — Pierre Bonnet
• 1950Morning Departure — Stoker Snipe
• 1949Boys in Brown — Jackie Knowles
• 1949The Lost People — Jan
• 1948Brighton Rock — Pinkie Brown
• 1948London Belongs to Me — Percy Boon
• 1948The Guinea Pig — Jack Read
• 1947Dancing with Crime — Ted Peters
• 1947The Man Within — Francis Andrews
• 1946A Matter of Life and Death — An English Pilot
• 1946School for Secrets — Jack Arnold
• 1945Journey Together — David Wilton
• 1945The True Glory — Commentator
• 1944The Hundred Pound Window — Tommy Draper
• 1943Svejk Wrecks Germany — Railway worker
• 1942In Which We Serve — Young Stoker

Appearances as themselves (43)

• 2025Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain — Self
• 2017Diana: The People's Princess — Self
• 2014Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film — Self
• Talking Pictures — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Return to Jurassic Park — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Chaplin the Hero — Self
• 2008Strolling Into the Sunset — Self
• 2008The Most Famous Man in the World! — Self
• 2007The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles' — Self
• The One Show — Self
• 2005Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool — Self
• Parkinson — Self - Guest
• 2004Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival — Self
• 2003A Bridge Too Far: Richard Attenborough - A Director Remembers — Self - Interviewee
• 2003Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin — Self
• 2003The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough — Self
• 2002Forever Ealing — Self
• 2001Beyond Jurassic Park — Self
• 2000Light Keeps Me Company — Self
• 2000Sir John Mills' Moving Memories — Self
• 2000The Spirit of Grey Owl — Self
• 1998Diana: Queen of Hearts — Self - Narrator
• 1998Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century — Self (archive footage)
• Parkinson — Self
• 1997The Making of 'The Lost World' — Self
• 1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park' — Self / John Hammond
• 1994A Century of Cinema — Self
• 1994In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid — Self
• 1993Audrey Hepburn: Remembered — Self
• 1990Pictures of Europe — Self
• 1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute — Self
• This Morning — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• 1985The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio — Self
• 1983James Bond: The First 21 Years — Self
• 1983Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi — Self
• Spécial cinéma — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• 1969Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee/Presenter