Richard Attenborough

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (born August 29, 1923 in Cambridge, England) is an actor and director. He was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Lord Attenborough is President of RADA and chairman of Capital Radio. He is also the elder brother of the broadcaster Sir David Attenborough.

He won the 1982 Academy Award for Directing for his motion picture epic, Gandhi.

His acting credits include:

• In Which We Serve (1942)
• The League of Gentlemen (1959)
• The Great Escape (1963)
• 10 Rillington Place (1971)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

His directing credits include:

• Oh! What A Lovely War (1969)
• Young Winston (1972)
• A Bridge Too Far (1977)
• Magic (1978)
• Gandhi (film) (1982)
• A Chorus Line (1985)
• Cry Freedom (1987)
• Chaplin (1992)
• Shadowlands (1993)
• In Love and War (1996).
• Grey Owl (1999)

In 1967 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, knighted in 1976 and in 1993 he was made a life peer as Baron Attenborough, of Richmond upon Thames in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

As of 2004, Lord Attenborough is the Chancellor of the University of Sussex. He was elected to the post on March 20, 1998, replacing the Duke of Richmond and Gordon.

He has been married to Sheila Sim since 1945 and has three children.

External link

• Internet Movie Database entry
• University of Sussex media release about Lord Attenborough's election as Chancellor, dated Friday, March 20, 1998