Post by Teleadm on Sept 8, 2023 17:54:15 GMT
He had a long career in acting and later directing, from juvenile delinquents to British satire comedies to International movies to directing Oscar nominated movies and back to acting again in later years, during the jurasic period.
He was a Cambridge born lad, his younger brother was David Attenborough of TV nature series.
He joined the Royal Air Force during World War II and served in the film unit, going on several bombing raids over Europe and filming the action from the rear gunner's position.
This year we celebrate his birthdate 100 years ago
Richard Attenborough (1923-2014)
He also managed to squeeze in being president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), as well as life president of the Premier League club Chelsea.
The below is not complete...
Movie acting debut in Nöel Coward's propaganda movie In Which We Serve 1942
As Pinky Brown in Boulton Brothers gangster movie Brighton Rock 1948
Somehow getting away playing a 14y/o in The Guinea Pig 1948
Private's Progress 1956 first of the British comedy satires.
Dunkirk 1958
The Angry Silence 1959
One of the many men who thinks the state owns them, in The League of Gentlemen 1960 (far right)
Entering the international screen with The Great Escape 1963
As the weakling husband to a fake medium in Séance on a Wet Afternoon 1964.
Stranded in the Sahara Desert drama The Flight of the Phoenix 1965
The Sand Pebbles 1966
Directorial debut with Oh! What a Lovely War 1969 based on a stage musical.
As notorious murderer John Christie in 10 Rillington Place 1971.
Brannigan 1975, Attenborough latter admitted that Wayne teached him how to create fist fights in movies.
Directing A Bridge Too Far 1977.
Directing the man overtaken by a doll, Magic 1978.
Directing the epic about Ghandi 1982, a lifelong dream and obsession.
He directed another seven movies, A Chorus Line 1985, Cry Freedom 1987, Chaplin 1992, Shadowlands 1993, In Love and War 1996, Grey Owl 1999 and Closing the Ring 2007 with various results.
Returning to acting with Jurrasic Park 1993 and it's sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997
First published in 2009
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He was a Cambridge born lad, his younger brother was David Attenborough of TV nature series.
He joined the Royal Air Force during World War II and served in the film unit, going on several bombing raids over Europe and filming the action from the rear gunner's position.
This year we celebrate his birthdate 100 years ago
Richard Attenborough (1923-2014)
He also managed to squeeze in being president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), as well as life president of the Premier League club Chelsea.
The below is not complete...
Movie acting debut in Nöel Coward's propaganda movie In Which We Serve 1942
As Pinky Brown in Boulton Brothers gangster movie Brighton Rock 1948
Somehow getting away playing a 14y/o in The Guinea Pig 1948
Private's Progress 1956 first of the British comedy satires.
Dunkirk 1958
The Angry Silence 1959
One of the many men who thinks the state owns them, in The League of Gentlemen 1960 (far right)
Entering the international screen with The Great Escape 1963
As the weakling husband to a fake medium in Séance on a Wet Afternoon 1964.
Stranded in the Sahara Desert drama The Flight of the Phoenix 1965
The Sand Pebbles 1966
Directorial debut with Oh! What a Lovely War 1969 based on a stage musical.
As notorious murderer John Christie in 10 Rillington Place 1971.
Brannigan 1975, Attenborough latter admitted that Wayne teached him how to create fist fights in movies.
Directing A Bridge Too Far 1977.
Directing the man overtaken by a doll, Magic 1978.
Directing the epic about Ghandi 1982, a lifelong dream and obsession.
He directed another seven movies, A Chorus Line 1985, Cry Freedom 1987, Chaplin 1992, Shadowlands 1993, In Love and War 1996, Grey Owl 1999 and Closing the Ring 2007 with various results.
Returning to acting with Jurrasic Park 1993 and it's sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997First published in 2009
Thanks for watching!
Opinions of all kinds are welcome!
