Richard Attenborough

Richard Samuel Attenborough. He was born on August 29, 1923 in Cambridge. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. As an actor, he made his film debut with a small role in the film by N. Coward and D. Lin "... in which we serve" (1942). In total, Richard Attenborough starred in more than 50 films, often playing the role of the military, embodying the idea of “strong John Bull”. Fame came to the actor after the films of John Sturges “The Great Escape”, “Canoner on the Yangtze Klang” by more

Richard Samuel Attenborough. He was born on August 29, 1923 in Cambridge. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. As an actor, he made his film debut with a small role in the film by N. Coward and D. Lin "... in which we serve" (1942). In total, Richard Attenborough starred in more than 50 films, often playing the role of the military, embodying the idea of “strong John Bull”. Fame came to the actor after the films of John Sturges “The Great Escape”, “Canoner on the Yangtze Klang” by Robert Wise and “Rillington Place, 10” by Richard Fleischer.
Together with B. Forbes, Attenborough founded the film company Beaver Films, where a film about a “positive” strikebreaker called Angry Silence (1960) was staged.

Richard Attenborough’s directorial debut was the adaptation of Littlewood’s anti-war musical Oh What a Beautiful War! (1969), based on songs from the 1st World War era.
The director gained fame with the biographical film Gandhi, which tells about the life of an outstanding public figure of India - Mahatma Gandhi.