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: 6 March, 2007