Highlighted works
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The icon of India’s independence movement was described in newsreels as “the little man”, but the ambition and scale of Richard Attenborough’s biopic are nothing short of colossal.
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Nastier than anything else in 1940s British cinema, Richard Attenborough’s intense performance as teenage gangster Pinkie Brown elevates this adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel.
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A true-life WWII POW story gets all-star Hollywood treatment, topped by Steve McQueen’s iconic (and fictional) motorbike ride towards freedom.
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Factory bosses’ scheming greed and their employees’ stubborn self-interest collide in this satire on the British at work and on strike.
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In this charming family film, Rex Harrison plays a man who can converse with all kinds of creatures.
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In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s audacious Technicolor fantasy, WWII airman David Niven finds himself summoned to heaven after surviving a plane crash that should have killed him.
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In this wartime tribute to the courage of the British Navy, Noël Coward traces turbulent experiences across the ranks on an ill-fated destroyer.
Filmography
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interviewee
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interviewee
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on-screen participant
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Narrator
2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
[Subject of Programme]
2011
Special Thanks to
2010
Cameraman The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
The producers wish to thank
2009
on-screen participant
2009
interviewee
2008
The Paul O'Grady Show[15/12/2008]
on-screen participant
2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Show[16/09/2008]
interviewee
2008
interviewee
2007
Directed by
Produced by2007
Guns, Gangsters and Getaways The Story of the British Thriller
Interviewee
2007
Bullets, Bombs and Bridges The Story of the British War Film
interviewee
2007
Corsets, Cleavage and Country Houses The Story of British Costume Drama
interviewee
2005
on-screen participant
2005
interviewee
2004
on-screen participant
2004
on-screen participant
2003
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough Part Two
[Subject of Film]
on-screen participant2003
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough Part One
[Subject of Film]
on-screen participant2003
writer/director
2003
on-screen participant
2003
Charlie The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
interviewee
2002
interviewee
2002
A Week in the West End[11/02/2002]
on-screen participant
2002
interviewee
2002
interviewee
2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Magog
2001
on-screen participant
2001
on-screen participant
2001
The 100 Greatest Films (Part 1)
on-screen participant
2001
interviewee
2000
Directed by
Producer2000
Into the Arms of Strangers Stories of the Kindertransport
Special Thanks
2000
The Old Gentleman
2000
on-screen participant
2000
on-screen participant
2000
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
on-screen participant
2000
Theatre Games/Sir John Gielgud
on-screen participant
2000
on-screen participant
2000
2000
interviewee
1999
voice
1999
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Jacob
1999
Persistence of Vision The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
interviewee
1999
The BBC/BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Tribute
(guest of honour)
1999
Britain The Big Picture A DVD Guide to the British Film Industry
on-screen participant
1999
interviewee
1998
Grandad [voice]
1998
Grandad [voice]
1998
Grandad [voice]
1998
Grandad [voice]
1998
Grandad [voice]
1998
Grandad [voice]
1998
Grandad [voice]
1998
Grandad [voice]
1998
Grandad [voice]
1998
Sir William Cecil
1998
The Noël Coward Trilogy Captain Coward
interviewee
1997
English ambassador
1997
John Hammond
1997
Guest
1997
Countdown: The 2,000th Edition
Guest
1997
Close up on James Stewart[31/12/97]
interviewee
1996
Director
Producer1996
Going West...brighton's West Pier?
on-screen participant
1995
Producer
1995
cast member
1995
the visitor
1995
on-screen participant
1994
Directed by
Produced by1994
cast member
1994
Kriss Kringle
1994
The Little Picture Show[15/03/94]
cast member
1994
interviewee
1994
The Boy Who Sang O for the Wings of a Dove
on-screen participant
1994
The Guardian Interview: Sir Richard Attenborough
interviewee
1993
presenter
1993
Richard Attenborough: Talking Pictures
presenter
1993
narrator
1993
Jurassic Park: The Royal Film Premiere
Guest
1993
on-screen participant
1993
interviewee
1993
interviewee
1992
Director
Producer1992
"Action!..." Sir Richard Attenborough
[Subject of Film]
interviewee1992
John Hammond
1992
on-screen participant
1992
Sir Richard Attenborough Guardian Interview
interviewee
1991
presenter
1991
This Is Your Life (Highlights from 1950s & 1960s)
on-screen participant
1990
presenter
1990
John Hammond
1990
cast member
1990
on-screen participant
1990
on-screen participant
1990
071/081 for London Live from Telecom Tower
on-screen participant
1990
on-screen participant
1990
interviewee
1989
on-screen participant
1988
MOMI Presentation by Richard Attenborough
Presents
1988
Interviewee
1988
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
on-screen participant
1988
on-screen participant
1987
Director
Producer1987
on-screen participant
1987
Cry Freedom... The inside Story
on-screen participant
1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 72-78
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 79-83 Links
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 84-88
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 86-94
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slate 1 Alan Parker Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 5-8 Pinewood Set Ups
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 9-11 Lindsay Anderson Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 12-13 Lindsay Anderson Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 14-16 Mabel Poulton Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 17-19 John Gielgud Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 20 John Gielgud Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 21 John Gielgud Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 64-66 Bryan Forbes Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 22 John Gielgud Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 23 Roland Joffe Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 24 Roland Joffe Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 27-29 Roland Joffe Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 31 Peggy Ashcroft Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 32-33 Peggy Ashcroft Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 34-37 David Lean Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 38-39 David Lean Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 40-41 Ken Loach Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 42-43 Ken Loach Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 44-46 Ken Loach Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 49-50 Roy Boulting Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 51-52 Sidney Bernstein Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 53-54 Sidney Bernstein Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 55 Sidney Bernstein Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 56-60 John Mills Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 61-63 David Puttnam Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 67-68 Miranda Richardson Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 69-70 Ben Kingsley Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 71 Daniel day-lewis Interview
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 72-78 Links
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 89-94
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 1-2
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 1-3
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 3-4
Director
cast member1986
Director
on-screen participant1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 4-8
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 9-10
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 9-11
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 11-13
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 12-16
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 17-20
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 21-22
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 23-29
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 30-42
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 30-33
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 34-36
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 34-35
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 36-9
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 37-9
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 40-42
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 43-44
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 45-50
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 51-53
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 54-57
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 58-60
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 56-60
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 61-64
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 65-68
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 69-71
Director
cast member1986
British Cinema: A Personal View (Production Material) (Slates 14-22) 1/24
interviewer
1986
Made in Ealing The Story of Ealing Studios
interviewee [1956 footage]
1986
Sir Richard Attenborough Address to BFI Awards
on-screen participant
1986
Alan Parker Richard Attenborough Interview
interviewee
1986
Alan Parker and Richard Attenborough Interview
interviewee
1985
Director
1985
presenter
1985
presenter
1985
narrator
1985
cast member
1985
British Cinema: A Personal View (Production Material) (Box 3: Attenborough)
on-screen participant
1985
British Cinema: A Personal View (Production Material) (Box 7: Attenborough/Parker)
on-screen participant
1985
British Cinema: A Personal View (Production Material) (Box 8: Attenborough/Parker)
on-screen participant
1985
British Cinema: A Personal View (Production Material) (Box 9: Anderson/Attenborough/Parker)
on-screen participant
1985
Richard Attenborough Interview
interviewee
1985
interviewee
1985
interviewee
1984
narrator
1984
The British Film Institute Awards
cast member
1983
Barry Norman Live at the Guildhall
presenter
1983
narrator
1983
on-screen participant
1983
on-screen participant
1983
50 Years of the British Film Institute
on-screen participant
1983
interviewee
1983
interviewee
1982
Director
Producer
[general behind bier who turns round] (uncredited)1982
on-screen participant
1982
Sir Richard Attenborough Interview
interviewee
1980
commentator
1979
Colonel John Daintry
1978
Director
1977
Directed by
1977
introduction
1977
General Outram
1976
Judge Cannon
1975
Major Lionel Roach
1975
Commander Sir Charles Swann
1974
narrator
1974
Sloat
1974
Both Sides of the Camera Focus on the Career of Richard Attemborough
interviewee
1972
Directed by
1972
host
1972
on-screen participant
1972
Royal Gala Variety Performance (In Aid of the British Olympic Appeal Fund and Other Charities)
on-screen participant
1972
interviewee
1971
interviewer
1971
narrator
1971
British Screen Awards A Gala Night for Television and Film
host
1971
Inspector Truscott
1971
cast member
1971
John Reginald Christie
1971
Palmer Anderson
1971
interviewee
1970
narrator
1970
General Charles Whiteley
1970
Mr. Tungay
1970
Frost at the London Palladium for the British Film and Television Awards
[Award winner]
1969
Director
Producer1969
introduction
1969
cast member
1969
Oxford coach
1969
Noel Coward Richard Attenborough
interviewee
1968
Silas
1968
Robert Blossom
1968
on-screen participant
1967
Albert Blossom
1966
Frenchy
1965
Lew Moran
1964
Produced by
Billy Savage1964
commentator
1964
Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale
1964
Alfred Price Gorham
1963
presenter
1963
Roger 'The Bix X' Bartlett
1962
Producer
1962
Herbert Fowle
1962
Rod Hamilton
1962
Gareth L. Probert
1962
on-screen participant
1961
Produced by
[Whistler on Soundtrack]1961
John Mills Collection Film 4 - The Truth about Spring/Cap D'ail
appearance
1960
introduction
1960
presenter
1960
narrator
1960
cast member
1960
Edward Lexy
1959
Produced by
Tom Curtis1959
Whitey Mullen
1959
Ernest Tilley
1959
Captain "Bunter" Phillips
1959
Sidney De Vere Cox
1958
[Subject of Film]
1958
Trooper Brody
1958
The Man Upstairs
1958
John Holden
1957
Stephen Leigh
1957
John Mills Collection Film 1 - Dunkirk
appearance
1956
Private Percival Henry Cox
1956
Henry Marshall
1956
"Knocker" White
1955
Royal Film Performance (Trailer)
commentator
1955
George Hoskins
1954
Tom Manning
1954
John Boulting Richard Attenborough
interviewee
1953
cast member
1953
panellist
1953
panellist
1953
panellist
1952
The Bournville Story: The Film of a Factory in a Garden
commentator
1952
Ordinary Seaman "Dripper" Daniels
1952
Dougall
1951
Pierre Bonnet
1951
Jack Carter
1950
Jackie Knowles
1950
Falder
1950
Stoker George Snipe
1949
Jack Read
1949
Jan
1948
Pinkie Brown
1948
Percy Boon
1947
Ted Peters
1947
Francis Andrews
1946
an English pilot
1946
Jack Arnold
1945
commentator
1945
[Narrator]
1945
David Wilton
1945
I.O.Z.
1944
Tommy Draper
1943
railway worker
1942
[young stoker]
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