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British actor Richard Attenborough in a publicity shot

Richard Attenborough

1923–2014 | British actor, producer, director

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.

Latest Richard Attenborough Pictures

Main title from Brighton Rock (1948) (2). Richard Attenborough as Pinkie Brown
  • 18th June, 2019
Richard Attenborough
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
  • 4th January, 2018
Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough, Judy Gleeson, John Hurt in 10 Rillington Place
British actor Richard Attenborough in a publicity shot
  • 22nd January, 2016
Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough, British actor, in a publicity shot
Jack Read (Richard Attenborough) and Lynne Hartley (Sheila Sim) laugh uproariously in The Guinea Pig (1948)
  • 21st January, 2016
Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim
Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim laugh in The Guinea Pig (1948)

Select Richard Attenborough Filmography

An English Pilot
Francis Andrews
Ted Peters
Jack Read
Main title from Brighton Rock (1948) (2). Richard Attenborough as Pinkie Brown
Pinkie Brown
Jackie Knowles
Stoker Snipe
Jack Carter
Pierre Bonnet
Gift Horse (1952)
Able Seaman ‘Dripper’ Daniels
Dougall
Tom Manning
George Hoskins
Knocker White
The Scamp (1957)
Stephen Leigh
Henry Marshall
Dunkirk (1958)
John Holden
Brody
The Man Upstairs
Whitey Mullen
Sidney De Vere Cox
Capt ‘Bunter’ Phillips
Jet Storm (1959)
Ernest Tilley
Lexy
Tom Curtis
Herbert Fowle, the Accused Murderer
Rod Hamilton
Bartlett ‘Big X’
William Henry ‘Bill’ Savage
Regimental Sgt Major Lauderdale
Lew Moran
Frenchy Burgoyne
Albert Blossom
Loot (1970)
Inspector Truscott
Mr Tungay
Christie
Palmer Anderson
Judge Arthur Cannon
Brannigan (1975)
Cdr Swann
Maj Lionel E. Roach
Colonel John Daintry
Hammond
Kris Kringle
John Hammond
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Personal Details

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Sheila Sim, whose steady rise to success in such films as A Canterbury Tale, The Guinea Pig and Dear Mr Prohack has established her as an accomplished actress who epitomises youthful English charm, has an important romantic role in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman. She plays Janet, the archaeologist narrator’s niece, who suffers unhappiness through her love for Pandora’s fiancé, a famous racing motorist, portrayed by Nigel Patrick
Wife m. 1945–2014 (his death)

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