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Richard Attenborough
British actor (1923–2014)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 29 August 1923
- Died
- 24 August 2014
- Conflict
- World War II
- Place of birth
- Cambridge
- Place of death
- London
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Attenborough
- Father
- Frederick Attenborough
- Mother
- Mary Clegg
- Spouse
- Sheila Sim
- Sibling
- David Attenborough, John Attenborough
- Genre
- Shakespearean comedy
- Occupation
- screenwriter, film producer, film actor, film director, politician, university teacher, stage actor, actor, director, musician
- Position held
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, member of the House of Lords
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Awards
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Directors Guild of America Award, Padma Bhushan, Praemium Imperiale, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Picture, Silver Shell for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Knight Bachelor, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
- archives at
- University of Sussex Library
- birth name
- Richard Samuel Attenborough
- cause of death
- heart failure
- depicted by
- Sir David Attenborough; Richard Attenborough
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College, Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys
- employer
- University of Oxford
- end of work period
- 2007
- height
- 1.70 m
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable
- honorific suffix
- CBE
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of political party
- Labour Party
- military branch
- Royal Air Force
- military, police or special rank
- Sergeant
- name in native language
- The Right Honourable Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough CBE FRSA
- notable work
- A Bridge Too Far, Gandhi, Shadowlands
- place of burial
- St Mary Magdalene church, Richmond, London
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Richard Attenborough, Category:Films produced by Richard Attenborough
- short name
- The Lord Attenborough, Richard Attenborough
- start of work period
- 1942
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