Richard Attenborough

British actor, director, producer (1923–2014) | A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Dunkirk (1958), The Guinea Pig (1948)

British character actor who escaped from early typecasting as a young coward, revealed an ambitious range of characterisations, and went on to produce and direct

Mini Biography

Richard Attenborough became a life peer in 1993. Married actress Sheila Sim in 1945.

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Main title from the 2014 ‘Richard Attenborough’ episode of Talking Pictures (2013) (1) — Talking Pictures | Richard Attenborough (2014) opening credits (1)

Main title from Brighton Rock (1948) (2). Richard Attenborough as Pinkie Brown — Brighton Rock (1948) opening credits (2)

Christie (Richard Attenborough), Beryl Evans (Judy Gleeson) and Timothy Evans (John Hurt) in a scene from the 1971 film, 10 Rillington Place — Richard Attenborough, Judy Gleeson, John Hurt in 10 Rillington Place

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Born

Richard Attenborough was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire on 29^th August, 1923.
Died

Richard Attenborough died in Denville Hall, 62 Duck’s Hill Rd, Northwood, London on 24^th August, 2014, aged 90.

Watch Richard Attenborough on British television

- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Tomorrow at 9pm on Comedy Central HD
- Genetically re-created from blood taken from ancient mosquitoes, dinosaurs run amok in a theme park.
- Guns at Batasi (1964)
- Sunday at 3.40pm on Paramount Network HD
- Sunday at 4.50pm on Paramount Network HD
- 22^nd May at 3.35pm on Paramount Network HD
- 22^nd May at 4.40pm on Paramount Network HD
- The headquarters of an Anglo-African regiment is threatened by rebels.
- The Angry Silence (1960)
- Monday at 1pm on London Live
- Thursday at 3.05pm on London Live
- 23^rd May at 2.50pm on London Live
- A worker who refuses to join an unofficial strike is ‘sent to Coventry’ by his mates; the matter hits national headlines, and the communists use it to their own advantage.
- Only When I Larf (1968)
- Thursday at 9pm on Talking Pictures TV
- The adventures of three confidence tricksters.
- 10 Rillington Place (1971)
- 23^rd May at 9pm on Sony Movies Classic
- 23^rd May at 10pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- 23^rd May at 10pm on Sony Movies Classic
- 23^rd May at 11pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- An account of London’s sordid Christie murders of the forties.
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- 25^th May at 6am on Sky Cinema Sci-Fi/Horror HD
- A team of experts goes to investigate how an island used as a breeding ground for the recreated dinosaurs of Jurassic Park has become a self-supporting eco-system.
- Danger Within (1959)
- 26^th May at 1pm on London Live
- Escape plans of officers in a prisoner-of-war camp are threatened by an informer.