Ralph Richardson

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

Mini Biography

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.

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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

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

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

Watch Ralph Richardson on British television

- The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
- Monday at 9pm on Sony Movies Classic
- Monday at 10pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- Monday at 10pm on Sony Movies Classic
- Monday at 11pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- Wednesday at 1.05pm on Sony Movies Classic
- Wednesday at 2.05pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- 12^th April at 9.25am on Sony Movies Classic
- 12^th April at 10.25am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- 12^th April at 10.25am on Sony Movies Classic
- 12^th April at 11.25am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- A city clerk discovers he has the power to work miracles (given him by supportive gods) and nearly causes the end of the Earth.
- Khartoum (1966)
- 10^th April at 6.10pm on Sony Movies Action
- 10^th April at 7.10pm on Sony Movies Action
- 13^th April at 6.30pm on Sony Movies Action
- 13^th April at 7.30pm on Sony Movies Action
- The last years of General Gordon.
- The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
- 12^th April at 3am on Talking Pictures
- Christmas brings family revelations in a remote Norfolk rectory.