Richard Attenborough
(1923-2014), Actor, producer and director; brother of Sir David AttenboroughRichard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough
Sitter in 10 portraits
Actor, director, producer Richard Attenborough made his film debut in In Which We Serve (1942) and played leading roles and character parts throughout the next two decades in films such as Brighton Rock (1947). In 1959 he also turned to producing forming a partnership with Bryan Forbes. In 1969 he directed his first film, Oh What a Lovely War!. Gandhi (1982) was his greatest success for which he received Academy Awards for Best Film and Best Director. Knighted in 1976 and created a Life Peer in 1993.
by Ivy Smith
pencil, 1988
NPG 6101
Sir David Attenborough; Richard Attenborough
by Ivy Smith
oil on canvas, 1989
NPG 6073
by London News Agency
bromide press print, 1949
NPG x184020
Richard Attenborough; Sheila Sim
by Reuben Saidman
bromide press print, 1950
NPG x198285
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 30 July 1969
NPG x163781
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1971
NPG x342
Ben Kingsley; Richard Attenborough
by Lord Snowdon
chromogenic print, 1982
NPG x34553
by Jillian Edelstein
bromide fibre print, 1985
NPG x31005
Sheila Sim; Bryan Forbes; Nanette Newman; Richard Attenborough
by John Drysdale
resin print
NPG x134370
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