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Richard Harris

Acting 72 (deceased) years old Limerick City, Munster, Ireland ★ 2.4
Born: October 1, 1930
Died: October 25, 2002

Biography

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. 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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Known For

The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo Abbé Faria 2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Albus Dumbledore 2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Albus Dumbledore 2002
Gladiator
Gladiator Marcus Aurelius 2000
To Walk with Lions
To Walk with Lions George Adamson 1999

Filmography

Acting Credits (99)

Exterior Day
Exterior Day 2022
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Strength and Honor: Production Pods Self 2005
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' Self 2005
The Apocalypse
The Apocalypse John 2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter Self 2004
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway 2003
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar Lucius Silla 2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Albus Dumbledore 2002
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' Self 2002
Arthur: King of the Britons
Arthur: King of the Britons Presenter 2002
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo Abbé Faria 2002
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World Self 2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Albus Dumbledore 2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Self 2001
My Kingdom
My Kingdom Sandeman 2001
The Pearl
The Pearl Dr. Karl 2001
Bette
Bette 2000
Hellraisers
Hellraisers Self 2000
Gladiator
Gladiator Marcus Aurelius 2000
Grizzly Falls
Grizzly Falls Old Harry 1999
To Walk with Lions
To Walk with Lions George Adamson 1999
The Barber of Siberia
The Barber of Siberia Douglas McCraken 1998
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! Self (archive footage) 1998
This Is the Sea
This Is the Sea Old Man Jacobs 1997
The Hunchback
The Hunchback Dom Frollo 1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow Dr. Andreas Tork 1997
Trojan Eddie
Trojan Eddie John Power 1996
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country James Jarvis 1995
The Great Kandinsky
The Great Kandinsky Ernest Kandinsky 1995
Savage Hearts
Savage Hearts Sir Roger Foxley 1995
Abraham
Abraham Abraham 1994
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway Frank 1993
Abraham
Abraham Abraham 1993
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties Self 1993
Silent Tongue
Silent Tongue Prescott Roe 1993
Unforgiven
Unforgiven English Bob 1992
Patriot Games
Patriot Games Paddy O'Neil 1992
The Field
The Field 'Bull' McCabe 1990
King of the Wind
King of the Wind King George II 1990
Mack the Knife
Mack the Knife Mr. Peachum 1989
Strike Commando 2
Strike Commando 2 Major Vic Jenkins 1988
Maigret
Maigret Jules Maigret 1988
Martin's Day
Martin's Day Martin Steckert 1985
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse John Morgan - Man Called Horse 1983
Camelot
Camelot King Arthur 1982
Highpoint
Highpoint Lewis Kinney 1982
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid Jason 1981
Tarzan the Ape Man
Tarzan the Ape Man James Porter 1981
Russell Harty
Russell Harty 1980
The Last Word
The Last Word Danny Travis 1979
Ravagers
Ravagers Falk 1979
Game for Vultures
Game for Vultures David Swansey 1979
The Wild Geese
The Wild Geese Capt. Rafer Janders 1978
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese Self 1978
Golden Rendezvous
Golden Rendezvous John Carter 1977
Orca
Orca Captain Nolan 1977
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels Gulliver 1977
The Cassandra Crossing
The Cassandra Crossing Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain 1976
The Return of a Man Called Horse
The Return of a Man Called Horse John Morgan / Horse 1976
Robin and Marian
Robin and Marian Richard the Lionheart / King Richard 1976
Echoes of a Summer
Echoes of a Summer Eugene 1976
Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La
Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La Self 1976
Dinah!
Dinah! Self 1974
Juggernaut
Juggernaut Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon 1974
99 and 44/100% Dead
99 and 44/100% Dead Harry Crown 1974
Flick Flack
Flick Flack 1974
The Deadly Trackers
The Deadly Trackers Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick 1973
Man in the Wilderness
Man in the Wilderness Zachary Bass 1971
The Snow Goose
The Snow Goose Philip Rhayadar 1971
Bloomfield
Bloomfield Eitan 1970
Cromwell
Cromwell Oliver Cromwell 1970
A Man Called Horse
A Man Called Horse John Morgan 1970
The Molly Maguires
The Molly Maguires James McKenna 1970
Return of the Islander
Return of the Islander Narrator (voice) 1970
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest 1968
Camelot
Camelot King Arthur 1967
Caprice
Caprice Christopher White 1967
Hawaii
Hawaii Rafer Hoxworth 1966
The Bible: In the Beginning...
The Bible: In the Beginning... Cain 1966
The Heroes of Telemark
The Heroes of Telemark Knut Straud 1965
Major Dundee
Major Dundee Captain Benjamin Tyreen 1965
The Three Faces
The Three Faces Robert (segment "Gli amanti celebri") 1965
Red Desert
Red Desert Corrado Zeller 1964
The Hollywood Palace
The Hollywood Palace Self - Singer 1964
This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life Frank Machin 1963
Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty Seaman John Mills 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show Self - Co-Host 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show Self 1961
The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF 1961
The Long and the Short and the Tall
The Long and the Short and the Tall Cpl. Johnstone 1961
A Terrible Beauty
A Terrible Beauty Sean Reilly 1960
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
The Wreck of the Mary Deare Higgins 1959
Alive and Kicking
Alive and Kicking Lover 1959
Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil Terence O'Brien 1959
Cinépanorama
Cinépanorama Self 1956
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame Philip Rhayadar 1951
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show Self 1948

Directing Credits (1)

Writing Credits (1)

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