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Richard Attenborough
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Richard Attenborough

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1923 – 2014 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Active 1942–2025

Richard Attenborough, born in 1923 in Cambridge, England, made a significant impact on both sides of the camera. As an actor, he appeared in All Night Long (1962) and The Magic Christian (1969), showcasing his versatility in the realm of British cinema. Transitioning to directing, he helmed Magic (1978), a psychological thriller that reflects his ability to navigate complex narratives. With a career spanning decades, Attenborough's contributions to cult and genre films continue to resonate, making him a key figure in the exploration of unconventional storytelling.

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All Night Long

All Night Long

1962 ★ 7.1
as Rod Hamilton

Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ambitious drummer, Johnny Cousin, attempts to tear the interracial couple apart.

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The Magic Christian (1969) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
The Magic Christian
The Magic Christian
6.0 1969 PG
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless boy, Youngman. Together, they set out...
Loot (1970) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Loot
Loot
6.0 1970 R
Two bank robbers, Dennis and Hal, are on the run from the police after a successful heist. Needing s...
Magic (1978) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Magic
Magic
6.0 1978 R
After Charles "Corky" Withers (Hopkins) fails in his first attempt at professional magic, his mentor...
Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
Jurassic Park (1993)
Jurassic Park
1993
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
The Great Escape (1963)
The Great Escape
1963
Gandhi (1982)
Gandhi
1982
Elizabeth (1998)
Elizabeth
1998
Chaplin (1992)
Chaplin
1992

Filmography

143 credits
2020s 1 credit
2025
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain as Self
Movie ★ 10.0
2010s 4 credits
2017
Diana: The People's Princess as Self
Movie
2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film as Self
Movie ★ 4.8
2013
Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)
TV ★ 6.2
2011
Return to Jurassic Park as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.6
2000s 22 credits
2009
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
Movie
2008
Strolling Into the Sunset as Self
Movie
2008
The Most Famous Man in the World! as Self
Movie
2008
Chaplin the Hero as Self
Movie
2007
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles' as Self
Movie
2007
British Film Forever
TV ★ 5.5
2006
The One Show as Self
TV ★ 4.4
2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool as Self
Movie ★ 5.9
2004
Within the Way Without as (voice)
Movie ★ 2.0
2004
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival as Self
Movie
2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin as Self
Movie ★ 6.9
2003
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough as Self
Movie
2003
A Bridge Too Far: Richard Attenborough - A Director Remembers as Self - Interviewee
Movie ★ 8.0
2002
Forever Ealing as Self
Movie ★ 7.2
2002
Puckoon as Writer/Director
Movie ★ 6.3
2001
Beyond Jurassic Park as Self
Movie ★ 6.7
2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story as Magog
TV ★ 6.8
2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self
Movie ★ 7.0
2000
The Railway Children as The Old Gentleman
Movie ★ 6.8
2000
The Spirit of Grey Owl as Self
Movie
2000
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis as Narrator
Movie ★ 5.0
2000
Light Keeps Me Company as Self
Movie ★ 7.9
1990s 16 credits
1999
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Jacob
Movie ★ 6.2
1998
Elizabeth as Sir William Cecil
Movie ★ 7.2
1998
Diana: Queen of Hearts as Self - Narrator
Movie ★ 7.3
1998
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.7
1998
Parkinson as Self
TV
1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park as John Hammond
Movie ★ 6.6
1997
The Making of 'The Lost World' as Self
Movie ★ 6.9
1996
Hamlet as English Ambassador
Movie ★ 7.3
1996
E=MC² as The Visitor
Movie ★ 3.7
1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self / John Hammond
Movie ★ 7.3
1994
Miracle on 34th Street as Kris Kringle
Movie ★ 6.8
1994
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid as Self
Movie ★ 8.0
1994
A Century of Cinema as Self
Movie ★ 8.3
1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self
Movie ★ 7.6
1993
Jurassic Park as Hammond
Movie ★ 8.0
1990
Pictures of Europe as Self
Movie
1980s 8 credits
1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as Self
Movie ★ 6.5
1988
This Morning as Self
TV ★ 5.2
1987
Sacrée soirée as Self
TV ★ 5.7
1986
Mother Teresa as Narrator (voice)
Movie ★ 7.0
1985
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self
Movie ★ 8.0
1985
Friday People
TV
1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
Movie ★ 6.7
1983
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi as Self
Movie
1970s 14 credits
1979
The Human Factor as Colonel John Daintry
Movie ★ 5.8
1977
The Chess Players as General Outram
Movie ★ 7.0
1977
A Bridge Too Far as Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.2
1975
Rosebud as Edward Sloat
Movie ★ 5.3
1975
Brannigan as Cmdr. Charles Swann
Movie ★ 6.0
1975
Conduct Unbecoming as Maggiore Lionel E. Roach
Movie ★ 5.9
1974
And Then There Were None as Judge Arthur Cannon
Movie ★ 5.7
1974
Spécial cinéma as Self
TV ★ 9.5
1971
10 Rillington Place as John Christie
Movie ★ 7.3
1971
A Severed Head as Palmer Anderson
Movie ★ 5.2
1971
Great Performances as Self
TV ★ 6.1
1970
The Last Grenade as General Charles Whiteley
Movie ★ 5.7
1970
Loot● as Inspector Truscott
Movie ★ 5.7
1970
Don't Make Me Laugh
Movie
1960s 19 credits
1969
The Magic Christian● as Oxford Coach
Movie ★ 5.8
1969
David Copperfield as Mr. Tungay
Movie ★ 5.6
1969
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? as Self
Movie
1968
Only When I Larf as Silas
Movie ★ 7.1
1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Robert Blossom
Movie ★ 6.8
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
TV ★ 6.8
1967
Doctor Dolittle as Albert Blossom
Movie ★ 6.2
1966
The Sand Pebbles as Frenchy Burgoyne
Movie ★ 7.2
1965
The Flight of the Phoenix as Lew Moran
Movie ★ 7.2
1964
Seance on a Wet Afternoon as Bill
Movie ★ 7.2
1964
Guns at Batasi as Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
Movie ★ 7.1
1964
The Third Secret as Alfred Price-Gorham
Movie ★ 6.2
1963
The Great Escape as Bartlett 'Big X'
Movie ★ 7.9
1962
The Dock Brief as Herbert Fowle
Movie ★ 6.6
1962
All Night Long● as Rod Hamilton
Movie ★ 6.8
1962
Only Two Can Play as Gareth L. Probert
Movie ★ 5.8
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
TV ★ 5.8
1960
The League of Gentlemen as Lexy
Movie ★ 7.0
1960
The Angry Silence as Tom Curtis
Movie ★ 7.2
1950s 19 credits
1959
I'm All Right Jack as Sidney De Vere Cox
Movie ★ 6.6
1959
Jet Storm as Ernest Tilley
Movie ★ 7.0
1959
SOS Pacific as Whitey Mullen
Movie ★ 6.9
1959
Danger Within as Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
Movie ★ 6.3
1958
Sea of Sand as Brody
Movie ★ 6.6
1958
Dunkirk as John Holden
Movie ★ 6.9
1958
The Man Upstairs as Peter Watson
Movie ★ 6.5
1957
Brothers in Law as Henry Marshall
Movie ★ 7.1
1957
The Scamp as Stephen Leigh
Movie ★ 6.2
1956
Private's Progress as Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
Movie ★ 6.6
1956
The Baby and the Battleship as Knocker White
Movie ★ 6.4
1955
The Ship That Died of Shame as George Hoskins
Movie ★ 7.3
1954
Eight O'Clock Walk as Thomas Leslie Manning
Movie ★ 6.9
1953
Box for One as The Caller
Movie
1952
The Magic Box as Jack Carter
Movie ★ 6.5
1952
Gift Horse as Dripper Daniels
Movie ★ 6.6
1952
Father's Doing Fine as Dougall
Movie ★ 7.3
1951
Hell Is Sold Out as Pierre Bonnet
Movie ★ 6.0
1950
Morning Departure as Stoker Snipe
Movie ★ 6.9
1940s 16 credits
1949
Boys in Brown as Jackie Knowles
Movie ★ 6.3
1949
The Lost People as Jan
Movie ★ 6.0
1948
Brighton Rock as Pinkie Brown
Movie ★ 6.8
1948
London Belongs to Me as Percy Boon
Movie ★ 7.0
1948
The Guinea Pig as Jack Read
Movie ★ 7.2
1947
Dancing with Crime as Ted Peters
Movie ★ 6.1
1947
The Man Within as Francis Andrews
Movie ★ 6.8
1946
A Matter of Life and Death as An English Pilot
Movie ★ 7.8
1946
School for Secrets as Jack Arnold
Movie ★ 7.2
1945
Journey Together as David Wilton
Movie ★ 6.6
1945
The True Glory as Commentator
Movie ★ 6.5
1944
The Hundred Pound Window as Tommy Draper
Movie ★ 9.0
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter
TV ★ 7.2
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
TV ★ 7.2
1943
Svejk Wrecks Germany as Railway worker
Movie ★ 8.5
1942
In Which We Serve as Young Stoker
Movie ★ 6.8
Crew Credits
2000s 2 credits
2007
Closing the Ring Director
Movie ★ 6.2
2007
Closing the Ring Producer
Movie ★ 6.2
1990s 8 credits
1999
Grey Owl Director
Movie ★ 5.6
1999
Grey Owl Producer
Movie ★ 5.6
1996
In Love and War Director
Movie ★ 5.9
1996
In Love and War Producer
Movie ★ 5.9
1993
Shadowlands Director
Movie ★ 6.9
1993
Shadowlands Producer
Movie ★ 6.9
1992
Chaplin Director
Movie ★ 7.4
1992
Chaplin Producer
Movie ★ 7.4
1980s 5 credits
1987
Cry Freedom Director
Movie ★ 7.0
1987
Cry Freedom Producer
Movie ★ 7.0
1985
A Chorus Line Director
Movie ★ 6.2
1982
Gandhi Director
Movie ★ 7.6
1982
Gandhi Producer
Movie ★ 7.6
1970s 3 credits
1978
Magic● Director
Movie ★ 6.8
1977
A Bridge Too Far Director
Movie ★ 7.2
1972
Young Winston Director
Movie ★ 6.2
1960s 6 credits
1969
Oh! What a Lovely War Director
Movie ★ 6.7
1969
Oh! What a Lovely War Producer
Movie ★ 6.7
1964
Seance on a Wet Afternoon Producer
Movie ★ 7.2
1962
The L-Shaped Room Producer
Movie ★ 6.8
1961
Whistle Down the Wind Producer
Movie ★ 7.2
1960
The Angry Silence Producer
Movie ★ 7.2