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

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

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Born

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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.

- Gift Horse (1952)
- Tomorrow at 2.55pm on Sony Movies Action
- Tomorrow at 3.55pm on Sony Movies Action
- In 1940 an old US destroyer is given to Britain, and an officer reluctantly takes charge of it.
- SOS Pacific (1959)
- Tuesday at 3.15pm on Talking Pictures
- Survivors of a Pacific plane crash await rescue on a small island, which is the site of an imminent H-bomb test.
- Closing the Ring (2007)
- Thursday at 12am on London Live
- Saturday at 2.05am on London Live
- An old woman consumed by grief following the death of her husband receives a message from a stranger who claims to have found a ring belonging to her that was lost decades before.
- The Magic Christian (1969)
- 14^th July at 1am on Talking Pictures
- An eccentric millionaire spends his wealth deflating those who pursue money or power.
- Father’s Doing Fine (1952)
- 14^th July at 9.30am on Talking Pictures
- An impoverished lady has trouble with her daughters, one of whom is pregnant.
- Jet Storm (1959)
- 15^th July at 9.30am on Talking Pictures
- An airliner in flight from London to New York is discovered to have a bomb on board.