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Richard Attenborough
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Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Kt, CBE (August 29, 1923 – August 24, 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician. He was the President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Attenborough joined the Royal Air Force during World War II and served in the film unit. He went on several bombing raids over Europe and filmed action from the rear gunner's position. As a film director and producer, Attenborough won two Academy Awards for Gandhi in 1983. He also won four BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his roles in Brighton Rock, The Great Escape, 10 Rillington Place, Miracle on 34th Street (1994) and Jurassic Park. He was the older brother of David Attenborough, a naturalist and broadcaster, and John Attenborough, an executive at Alfa Romeo. He was married to actress Sheila Sim from 1945 until his death.
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The Quiet Art of the British Character Actor
Eight films that celebrate the scene-stealers, the scene-setters, and the soul of British cinema: the character actors who make every frame richer.
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The Heist Film Slips Its Own Cuffs
Seven robberies that treat the job as a pretext: for politics, for grief, for a formal joke. The loot matters less than what the filmmakers smuggle out alongsid...
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 · John Hammond
Hamlet
1996 · English Ambassador
Miracle on 34th Street
1994 · Kris Kringle
Jurassic Park
1993 · Hammond
And Then There Were None
1974 · Judge Arthur Cannon
Guns at Batasi
1964 · Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
The League of Gentlemen
1960 · Lexy
I'm All Right Jack
1959 · Sidney De Vere Cox
Brighton Rock
1948 · Pinkie Brown
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · An English Pilot
The True Glory
1945 · Commentator