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Richard Harris
Richard Harris’s screen credits include Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator, Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and English Bob in Unforgiven.
Born October 1, 1930† October 25, 2002 Limerick City, Munster, Ireland4 movies on MoviHero
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Richard St John Francis Harris (October 1, 1930 – October 25, 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. He appeared on stage and in many films, notably as Corrado Zeller in Michelangelo Antonioni's Red Desert, Frank Machin in This Sporting Life, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and as King Arthur in the 1967 film Camelot, as well as the 1981 revival of the stage musical. He played an English aristocrat captured by the Sioux in A Man Called Horse (1970), Oliver Cromwell in Cromwell (1970), an embattled Irish farmer in Jim Sheridan's The Field (which earned him a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actor), English Bob in Clint Eastwood's revisionist Western Unforgiven (1992), Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator (2000), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) as Abbé Faria, and Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), the latter of which was his final film role. …
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Harris had a number-one singing hit in Australia, Jamaica and Canada, and a top-ten hit in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States with his 1968 recording of Jimmy Webb's song "MacArthur Park". In 2020, he was listed at number 3 on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
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- 2022Exterior DayActor
- 2005Strength and Honor: Production PodsSelf
- 2005Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'Self
- 2004The ApocalypseJohn
- 2004The Magic Touch of Harry PotterSelf
- 2003The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from NorwayActor
- 2002Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'Self
- 2002Arthur: King of the BritonsPresenter
- 2002The Count of Monte CristoAbbé Faria
- 2001Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The WorldSelf
- 2001My KingdomSandeman
- 2001The PearlDr. Karl
- 2000HellraisersSelf
- 1999Grizzly FallsOld Harry
- 1999To Walk with LionsGeorge Adamson
- 1998The Barber of SiberiaDouglas McCraken
- 1998Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!Self (archive footage)
- 1997This Is the SeaOld Man Jacobs
- 1997The HunchbackDom Frollo
- 1997Smilla's Sense of SnowDr. Andreas Tork
- 1996Trojan EddieJohn Power
- 1995Cry, the Beloved CountryJames Jarvis
- 1995The Great KandinskyErnest Kandinsky
- 1995Savage HeartsSir Roger Foxley
- 1994Silent TonguePrescott Roe
- 1993Wrestling Ernest HemingwayFrank
- 1993AbrahamAbraham
- 1992Patriot GamesPaddy O'Neil
- 1990The Field'Bull' McCabe
- 1990King of the WindKing George II
- 1989Mack the KnifeMr. Peachum
- 1988Strike Commando 2Major Vic Jenkins
- 1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday TributeSelf
- 1988MaigretJules Maigret
- 1985Martin's DayMartin Steckert
- 1984HighpointLewis Kinney
- 1983Triumphs of a Man Called HorseJohn Morgan - Man Called Horse
- 1982CamelotKing Arthur
- 1981Your Ticket Is No Longer ValidJason
- 1981Tarzan the Ape ManJames Porter
- 1979The Last WordDanny Travis
- 1979RavagersFalk
- 1979Game for VulturesDavid Swansey
- 1978The Wild GeeseCapt. Rafer Janders
- 1978Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild GeeseSelf
- 1977Golden RendezvousJohn Carter
- 1977OrcaCaptain Nolan
- 1977Gulliver's TravelsGulliver
- 1976The Cassandra CrossingDr. Jonathan Chamberlain
- 1976The Return of a Man Called HorseProducer · John Morgan / Horse
- 1976Robin and MarianRichard the Lionheart / King Richard
- 1976Echoes of a SummerEugene
- 1974JuggernautLt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon
- 197499 and 44/100% DeadHarry Crown
- 1973The Deadly TrackersSheriff Sean Kilpatrick
- 1973Burt Bacharach in Shangri-LaSelf
- 1971Man in the WildernessZachary Bass
- 1971The Snow GoosePhilip Rhayadar
- 1970BloomfieldDirector · Writer · Eitan
- 1970CromwellOliver Cromwell
- 1970A Man Called HorseJohn Morgan
- 1970The Molly MaguiresJames McKenna
- 1970Return of the IslanderNarrator (voice)
- 1967CamelotKing Arthur
- 1967CapriceChristopher White
- 1966HawaiiRafer Hoxworth
- 1966The Bible: In the Beginning...Cain
- 1965The Heroes of TelemarkKnut Straud
- 1965Major DundeeCaptain Benjamin Tyreen
- 1965The Three FacesRobert (segment "Gli amanti celebri")
- 1964Red DesertCorrado Zeller
- 1963This Sporting LifeFrank Machin
- 1962Mutiny on the BountySeaman John Mills
- 1961The Guns of NavaroneSquadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
- 1961The Long and the Short and the TallCpl. Johnstone
- 1960A Terrible BeautySean Reilly
- 1959The Wreck of the Mary DeareHiggins
- 1959Alive and KickingLover
- 1959Shake Hands with the DevilTerence O'Brien
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