Richard Attenborough (1923 - )

Date of Birth: 29 August 1923
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Also Known As: Richard Samuel Attenborough (full name); Lord Richard Attenborough; Sir Richard Attenborough

all as performer unless otherwise noted
* = television
+ = computer games

1946
A Matter of Life and Death (performer (an English pilot))
A vida o muerte - Spanish title
Caso de Vida ou Morte - Portugese title
Escalera al cielo – Uruguayan title
Irrtum im Jenseits - Austrian / German title
Kysymys elämästä ja kuolemasta - Finnish title
En sag om liv eller død - Danish title
Scala al paradiso - Italian title
Stairway to Heaven - US title
Une question de vie et de mort – French Belgian title

1955
The Ship That Died of Shame (performer (George Hoskins))
Laiva kuoli häpeään - Finnish title
PT Raiders - US title

1964
Séance on a Wet Afternoon (producer, performer (Bill Savage))
An einem trüben Nachmittag - German title
Lukittujen ovien takana - Finnish title
Plan siniestro - Spanish title
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Ventimila sterline per amanda - Italian title

1967
Doctor Dolittle (performer (Albert Blossom))
Il favoloso dr Dolittle - Italian title
Tohtori Dolittle - Finnish title

1969
The Magic Christian (performer (Oxford coach))
Hupsu, hupsumpi, hupsuin - Finnish title
Magic Christian - German title
The Magic Christian - French title
Si quieres ser millonario no malgastes el tiempo trabajando - Spanish title

Oh! What a Lovely War (producer, director)
Och, jaka piekna wojna! - Polish title
Oh che bella guerra! - Italian title
Oh, vilket makalöst krig - Swedish title
Oi! Mikä ihana sota - Finnish title

1971
10 Rillington Place (performer (John Reginald Christie))
L'assassino di Rillington Place n.10 - Italian title
Dom przy ulicy Rilington 10 - Polish title
El estrangulador de Rillington Place - Spanish title
John Christie, der Frauenwürger von London - German title
Rillingtonin kuristaja - Finnish title
Stryparen på Rillington Place - Swedish title

1974
And Then There Were None (performer (Judge Arthur Cannon))
Diez negritos - Spanish title
Dix petits nègres - French title
...e poi non ne rimase nessuno - Italian title
En af os er morderen - Danish title
Kymmenen pientä neekeripoikaa - Finnish title
Ten Little Indians - US title
Thanatos stin Persepoli - Greek title
Ein Unbekannter rechnet ab – German title
Zehn kleine Negerlein – German title

1978
Magic (director)
Lumous - Finnish title
Magia - Venezuelan title
Magic - Die Puppe des Grauens - German title
Magic - Eine unheimliche Liebesgeschichte - German television title
Pahan riivaama - Finnish title

1983
The 55th Annual Academy Awards (performer (himself)) *

1993
Jurassic Park (performer (John Hammond))
JP – US advertising title
Jurassic park: Parc juràssic - Catalan Spanish title
Jurassic Park: Parque jurásico - Spanish title
Jurski park - Slovenian title
Le parc jurassique – French Canadian title
Park Ha-Yura - Hebrew Israeli title
Park jurajski - Polish title
O Parque dos Dinossauros - Brazilian title
Parque Jurássico - Portugese title

1994
A Century of Cinema (performer (himself))
Um Século de Cinema - Portugese title
Un siglo de cine - Venezuelan title

Miracle on 34th Street (performer (Kris Kringle / Santa Claus))
Cud w Nowym Jorku - Polish title
Cudes na 34. cesti - Slovenian title
Milagre em Manhattan - Portugese title
Milagro en la calle 34 – Chilean cable television title
Milagro en la ciudad - Spanish title
Miracle sur la 34ème rue - French title
Miracolo nella 34ma strada - Italian title
Miraklet på Manhattan - Danish title
Das Wunder von Manhattan - German title

1996
Hamlet (performer (English ambassador (in longer version only)))
Hamlet, de Kenneth Branagh - Spanish title
William Shakespeare's Hamlet

1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (performer (John Hammond))
Izgubljeni svet - Slovenian title
Kadonnut maailma: Jurassic Park - Finnish title
El món perdut: Jurassic park - Catalan Spanish title
Le monde perdu: Jurassic park – French Canadian / French title
Il mondo perduto: Jurassic Park - Italian title
El mundo perdido: Jurassic Park - Spanish title
O Mundo Perdido: Jurassic Park - Brazilian title
Ha-Olum Ha-Avude - Hebrew Israeli title
Den Tapte verden: Jurassic Park – Norwegian title
Vergessene Welt - Jurassic Park - German title
Zaginiony swiat: Jurassic park - Polish title

1998
Trespasser (performer (voice of John Hammond)) +

1999
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (performer (Jacob))

Tom and Vicky (performer (voice of Grandad)) *

2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (performer (Magog)) *
Jack et le haricot magique - French title
Jack y la habichuela gigante: La verdadera historia - Venezuelan title
Jagd auf den Schatz der Riesen - German title

2002
Forever Ealing (performer (himself - uncredited)) *

Puckoon (performer (the writer / director))

2004
The Making of Puckoon (performer (himself))

Snow Prince (performer)

1942
In Which We Serve (performer (young sailor who leaves his post))
Eroi del mare - Italian title
Havet är vårt öde - Swedish title
Meri on kohtalomme - Finnish title
Nosso Barco, Nossa Alma - Brazilian title
Sangre, sudor y lágrimas - Spanish title

1943
The Hundred Pound Window (performer (Tommy Draper))

Schweik's New Adventures (performer (railway worker))
It Started at Midnight - US title

1944
The Hundred Pound Window (performer (Tommy Draper))

1945
Journey Together (performer (David Wilton))

Think It Over (September 1945) (I.O.Z.) *

1946
School for Secrets (performer (Jack Arnold))
Secret Flight - US title

1947
Brighton Rock (performer (Pinkie Brown))
Finstere Gassen - Austrian title
Lagt kort ligger - Swedish title
Young Scarface - US title

Dancing with Crime (performer (Ted Peters))

The Man Within (performer (Francis Andrews))
Contrabandistas - Chilean title
I contrabbandieri - Italian title
Piratenliebe - Austrian / German title
Salakuljettajan poika - Finnish title
The Smugglers - US title

1948
The Guinea Pig (performer (Jack Read))
The Outsider - US title
Vaarojen poluilla - Finnish title

London Belongs to Me (performer (Percy Boon))
Dulcimer Street - alternative / US title

1949
Boys in Brown (performer (Jackie Knowles))

The Lost People (performer (Jan))
Myrskynviemiä - Finnish title

1950
Morning Departure (performer (Stoker Snipe))
Héroes del mar - Chilean title
Lähtö aamunkoitteessa - Finnish title
Die Letzten Vier - Austrian title
Die Nacht begann am Morgen - German title
Operation Disaster - US title
Sukellusveneansa - Finnish title

1951
Hell Is Sold Out (performer (Pierre Bonnet))
Helvetti loppuunmyyty - Finnish title
En trekant i Paris - Danish title

The Magic Box (performer (Jack Carter))
Det mörka rummet - Swedish title
Näkemiin, Mr Greene - Finnish title
Stupenda conquista - Italian title
Taikalaatikko - Finnish television title
Der Wunderbare Flimmerkasten - German title

1952
Eight O'Clock Walk (performer (Tom Manning))

Father's Doing Fine (performer (Dougall))

The Gift Horse (performer (Dripper Daniels))
Il cacciatorpediniere maledetto - Italian title
Ein Fressen für die Fische - German title
Glory at Sea - US title
Operaatio Normandia - Finnish title

1956
The Baby and the Battleship (performer (Knocker White))
Das Baby auf dem Schlachtschiff - German title
Laivaston lemmikki - Finnish title

Private's Progress (performer (Private Percival Henry Cox))
Alokas liemessä - Finnish title
Der Beste Mann beim Militär - German title
Kompaniets svarta får - Swedish title
Operazione fifa - Italian title

1957
Brothers in Law (performer (Henry Marshall))
4 in legge - Italian title
Hätä ei lue lakia - Finnish title

The Scamp (performer (Stephen Leigh))
Strange Affection - US title

1958
Dunkirk (performer (John Holden))
Dunkerque - helvetinranta - Finnish title
Dunkerque - Italian title

The Man Upstairs (performer (Peter Watson))
Schrei im Morgengrauen - German title

Sea of Sand (performer (Brody))
Aavikon taistelijat - Finnish video title
Desert Patrol - US title
Kaukopartio - Finnish title
Mare di sabbia - Italian title
Natpatrulje i ørkenen - Danish title
Ökensabotörerna - Swedish title

1959
Danger Within (performer (Captain Bunter Phillips))
Breakout - US title
Ilmiantaja - Finnish title
Kuka meistä on petturi? - Finnish title
Verrat im Camp 127 - Austrian / German title

I'm All Right Jack (performer (Sidney de Vere Cox))
Herrasmies hakee paikkaa - Finnish title
Junger Mann aus gutem Hause - German television title
Nudi alla meta - Italian title
Viikunanlehtiä ja lakkoilua - Finnish title

Jet Storm (performer (Ernest Tilley))
Killing Urge
Panik im Düsenflugzeug nach New York - Austrian title
Super jet 709 - Italian title
Der Tod hat Verspätung - German title

The League of Gentlemen (performer (Edward Lexy))
Un colpo da otto - Italian title
Die Herren Einbrecher geben sich die Ehre - German title
Objetivo: banco de Inglaterra - Spanish title
Pankkirosvojen kerho - Finnish title
Verbrecher A.G. - Austrian title

SOS Pacific (performer (Whitey))
Dicke Luft und heiße Liebe - Austrian / German title
Eddie in 1000 Gefahren - Austrian title
Eddie ordner alt - Danish title
Eddie schafft alle - Austrian / German title
S.O.S, Pacífico - Spanish title
Tämä mies ei häikäile - Finnish title

1960
The Angry Silence (producer, performer (Tom Curtis))
Amargo silencio - Spanish title
La tortura del silenzio - Italian title
Vihainen hiljaisuus - Finnish title
Vred tavshed - Danish title
Zorniges Schweigen - Austrian / German title

1961
All Night Long (performer (Rod Hamilton))
Die Heiße Nacht - German title
Noche de pesadilla - Spanish title
Rakasta tai tuhoudu - Finnish title

Whistle Down the Wind (producer)
Cuando el viento silba - Spanish title
Viattomat - Finnish title
...woher der Wind weht - German title

1962
The Dock Brief (performer (Herbert Fowle))
Trial and Error - US title

The L-Shaped Room (producer)
La habitación en forma de L - Spanish title
Salattu rakkaus - Finnish title
La stanza a forma di L - Italian title

Only Two Can Play (performer (Probert))
Bara två kan leka så - Swedish title
Juego para dos - Spanish title
Leikki kahdelle - Finnish title
Lieben kann man nur zu zweit - German title
On n'y joue qu'à deux - French title
Sesso peccato e castità - Italian title

This Is Your Life: Richard Attenborough (18 December 1962) (performer (himself)) *

1963
The Great Escape (performer (Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett (Big X)))
Ha-Briha Ha-Gdola - Hebrew Israeli title
Gesprengte Ketten - German title
El gran escape - Venezuelan title
La gran evasion - Spanish title
A Grande Evasão - Portugese title
La grande evasion - French title
La grande fuga - Italian title
A nagy szökés - Hungarian title
Den stora flykten - Swedish title
Den store flugt - Danish title
Suuri pakoretki - Finnish title

1964
Guns at Batasi (performer (RSM Lauderdale))
Batasin tykit - Finnish title
Cannoni a batasi - Italian title
Os Rifles de Batasi - Brazilian title

The Third Secret (performer (Alfred Price-Gorham))
Död mans hemlighet - Swedish title
Kuolleen miehen salaisuus - Finnish title
Il terzo segreto - Italian title

1965
The Flight of the Phoenix (performer (Lew Moran))
Aavikkolento - Finnish title
Fenix flykt - Swedish title
Der Flug des Phoenix - German title
Der Flug des Phönix - Austrian title
Vinger til fugl Føniks - Danish title
Le vol du Phénix - French title
Il volo della fenice - Italian title
El vuelo del fénix - Spanish title

1966
The Sand Pebbles (performer (Frenchy Burgoyne))
El cañonero del Yangtze - Chilean title
La canonnière du Yang-Tsé - French title
Kanonbåden San Pablo - Danish title
Kanonbåten San Pablo - Swedish title
Kanonenboot am Yangtse-Kiang - German title
Quelli della San Pablo - Italian title
Tykkivene Jangtse-joella - Finnish title
El Yang-Tsé en llamas - Spanish title

1968
The Bliss of Mrs Blossom (performer (Robert Blossom))
A Felicidade da Senhora Blossom - Portugese title
Hausfreunde sind auch Menschen - German title
I festligaste laget - Swedish title
Los pecados de la señora Blossom - Spanish title
Rakastaja ullakolla - Finnish title
Rakastaja vintillä - Finnish title
La ruota di scorta della signora Blossom - Italian title

Only When I Larf (performer (Silas))
Bara när jag skrattar - Swedish title
El código de los inmorales - Spanish title
...solo quando rido - Italian title
Trio d'escrocs - French title

1970
Loot (performer (Truscott))
Die Größten Gauner weit und breit - German title
Kirstullinen seteleitä - Finnish title
Stålar - Swedish title

David Copperfield (Mr Tungay) *

The Last Grenade (General Charles Whiteley)
I 5 disperati duri a morire - Italian title
I cinque disperati duri a morire - Italian title
La dernière grenade - French title
Leiesoldat - Norwegian video title
Den sista handgranaten - Swedish title
La última explosión - Spanish title
Viimeinen kranaatti - Finnish title
Viimeiseen veripisaraan - Finnish title

1971
A Severed Head (performer (Palmer Anderson))
Ligações Cruzadas - Portugese title
Traue keinem Hausfreund - East German title

1972
Young Winston (producer, director)
Gli anni dell'avventura - Italian title
Churchills äventyrliga ungdom - Swedish title
El joven Winston - Spanish title
Der Junge Löwe - German title
Mlodosc Winstona - Polish title
Nuori seikkailija - Finnish title

1975
Brannigan (performer (Commander Sir Charles Swann))
Brannigan - Der Mann aus Stahl - German title
Brannigan - Ein Mann aus Stahl - Austrian title
Brannigan - terästä nyrkeissä - Finnish title
Ispettore Brannigan, la morte segue la tua ombra - Italian title
Joe Battle

Rosebud (performer (Edward Sloat))
Operation Rosebud - Danish / Swedish title
Operazione Rosebud - Italian title
Unternehmen Rosebud - German title

Conduct Unbecoming (performer (Lionel Roach))
Un colpevole senza volto - Italian title
Culpable sin rostro - Spanish title
Honor pulku - Polish title
A Honra do Regimento - Portugese title
Officerssvinet - Swedish title
Regimentets ære - Danish title
Die Schande des Regiments - German title

1977
A Bridge Too Far (director)
En bro för mycket - Swedish title
Die Brücke von Arnheim - Austrian / German title
Gesher Ehad Rahok Me'die - Hebrew Israeli title
O jeden most za daleko - Polish title
Prílis vzdáleny most - Czech title
Un puente demasiado lejos - Venezuelan title
Un puente lejano - Spanish title
Quell'ultimo ponte - Italian title
Uma Ponte Longe Demais - Brazilian title
Un pont trop loin - French title
Yksi silta liikaa - Finnish title

Shatranj Ke Khiladi (performer (General Outram))
The Chess Players
Les joueurs d'échecs - French title
Shakinpelaajat - Finnish title

1980
The Human Factor (performer (Colonel John Daintry))
Czynnik ludzki - Polish title
El factor humà - Catalan Spanish title
El factor humano - Spanish title
O Factor Humano - Portugese title
Il fattore umano - Italian title
La guerre des otages - French title
Den mänskliga faktorn - Swedish title
Der Menschliche Faktor - German title

1982
Gandhi (producer, director)

1985
A Chorus Line (director)
Chór - Polish title
Chorus Line - Finnish title
A tánckar - Hungarian title

1986
Mother Teresa (performer (narrator), very special thanks)
Matka Teresa z Kalkuty - Polish title

1987
Cry Freedom (producer, director)
Cry Freedom - Le cri de la liberté - French title
Grido di libertà - Italian title
Grita libertad - Spanish title
Huuto vapaudelle - Finnish title
Ett rop på frihet - Swedish title
Schrei nach Freiheit - German title
Um Grito de Liberdade - Brazilian title
Wolaj o wolnosc - Polish title

1992
Chaplin (producer, director)
Charlot - Italian title

John Barry - Moviola (performer (himself))

1993
Audrey Hepburn Remembered (performer (himself)) *
Tähtilegenda - Audrey Hepburn - Finnish title

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (performer (himself))

Shadowlands (producer, director)
Árnyékország - Hungarian title
Dezela senc - Slovenian title
Dois Estranhos, Um Destino - Portugese title
Shadowlands - Ein Geschenk des Augenblicks - German title
Terra das Sombras - Brazilian title
Tierras de penumbra - Spanish title
Tinutul umbrelor - Romanian title
Varjojen maat - Finnish title
Viaggio in Inghilterra - Italian title

1996
E=mc2 (performer (the visitor))
Wavelength

In Love and War (producer, director)
Ahava B'Milhama - Hebrew Israeli title
Amare per sempre - Italian title
De amor y de guerra - Argentinian title
Em Amor e em Guerra - Portugese title
En el amor y en la guerra - Spanish title
En l'amor i la guerra - Catalan Spanish title
Milosc i wojna - Polish title
No Amor e na Guerra - Brazilian title
Pasión de guerra - Mexican title
Sodassa ja rakkaudessa - Finnish title
Szerelemben, háborúban... - Hungarian title
Le temps d'aimer - French title

1998
Diana (performer (himself)) *
Diana: Queen of Hearts - US title

Elizabeth (performer (Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley))
Elisabet - Finnish title
Elizabeta - Slovenian title
Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen

1999
Grey Owl (producer, director)
Búho gris - Spanish title
Grey Owl - Gufo grigio - Italian title
Grey Owl, celui qui rêvait d'être indien – French television title
Rakkaudesta erämaahan - Finnish title

This Morning: 24 May 1999 (performer (himself)) *

The Tom Green Show: Tom, Don't Quit Your Day Job... (12 April 1999) (performer (himself - uncredited)) *

2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (performer (himself))
Moving Memories

The Railway Children (performer (the old gentleman))
Les enfants du chemin de fer - French title

Ljuset haller mig sällskap (performer (himself))
Light Keeps Me Company - English language title
Las luces me guardan compañía – Argentinian title

Parkinson: 21 October 2000 (performer (himself)) *

2002
Hollywood Greats: Steve McQueen (2 April 2002) (performer (himself)) *

John Thaw: An Appreciation (performer (himself / interviewee)) *

The John Thaw Story (performer (himself / interviewee)) *

Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute (performer (himself)) *

2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charlie Chaplin (performer (himself))

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards (performer (himself)) *

Richard Attenborough: The Actors' Director (performer (himself))

2004
Closing the Ring (director)

Richard Attenborough: A Director Remembers (performer (himself))

The Way We Went Wild (performer (himself)) *

2005
The 100 Greatest War Films (performer (himself)) *

The Needs of Kim Stanley (performer (himself))

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (performer (himself)) *

MAGAZINES

Radio Times 18 - 31 December 1999 pp.22-26
illustrated interview (by Andrew Duncan)

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009