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British stage and screen actor, Ralph Richardson — Ralph Richardson, British actor of stage and screen

Ralph Richardson

(1902–83)

British actor, director (died aged 80) | Things to Come (1936), The Four Feathers (1939), The Divorce of Lady X (1938)

Distinguished British stage actor, in occasional films. Despite his splendid theatrical voice and thespian mannerisms he was at his best playing ordinary chaps, though his gallery included plenty of eccentrics

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Born in Cheltenham, Ralph Richardson was on stage from 1921, notably in productions at the Old Vic – in partnership with Laurence Olivier – at the Royal Court Theatre and the National Theatre, where first nights were marred by firing ‘Ralph’s Rocket’, in memory of his love of his fireworks. (He once destroyed Olivier’s dressing room with a misdirected rocket.)

In private life Richardson was as eccentric as some of the characters he played: stopped by police late at night when walking very slowly along the gutter of an Oxford street, he explained that he was taking his pet mouse for a stroll.

Latest Ralph Richardson Pictures

Photograph from The Passionate Stranger (1957) (1) featuring Ralph Richardson (as Roger Wynter / Sir Clement) and Margaret Leighton (as Judith Wynter / Leonie Hathaway) — The Passionate Stranger (1957) photograph (1) | Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton

Screenshot from Time Bandits (1981) (1) featuring Ralph Richardson — Time Bandits (1981) screenshot (1) | Ralph Richardson

Main title from Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (21). Ralph Richardson as Simeon — Jesus of Nazareth (1977) opening credits (21)

Ralph Richardson (as Capt John Durrance) and June Duprez (as Ethne Burroughs) in a colour photograph from The Four Feathers (1939) (1) — The Four Feathers (1939) photograph (1) | Richardson, Duprez

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Personal Details

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Died

Died

Ralph Richardson died in Marylebone, London on 10^th October, 1983, aged 80.
Born

Ralph Richardson was born in Tivoli Rd, Cheltenham GL50 on 19^th December, 1902.

Watch Ralph Richardson on British television

- Thunder in the City (1937)
- An American salesman in London helps a penniless duke promote a non-existent metal.
- Sunday at 7.50am on Talking Pictures TV
- The Ghoul (1933)
- An Egyptologist returns from the tomb to uncover stolen jewels and a murderer.
- Sunday at 9pm on Legend
- The 300 Spartans (1962)
- Sparta leads the ancient Greek states against Persia’s attack at Thermopylae.
- 11^th December at 11am on Film4 HD