Background
Attenborough, Baron Richard Samuel was born on August 29, 1923 in Cambridge, England. Son of Frederick Attenborough.
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Education
Leverhulme scholar to Royal Academy Dramatic Art, 1941 (Bancroft Medal). Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Leicester, 1970. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Kent, 1981.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Sussex, 1987. Data Control Language (honorary), University Newcastle, 1974. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Dickinson College, 1983.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), American International University, 1994. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Cape Town, 2000.
Career
Fleming Memorial lecturer R.T.S., 1989. Cameron Mackintosh visiting professor of theatre Oxford University, 1996. Pro-chancellor University Sussex, 1970-1998, chancellor since 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Goodwill ambassador United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, since 1987. Member British Actors' Equity Associate Council, 1949-1973, Cinematograph Films Council, 1967-1973, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1970-1973. Formed Beaver Films with Bryan Forbes, 1959, Allied Film Makers, 1960.
Director Chelsea Football Club, 1969-1982, life vice president, since 1993. Director Young Vic, 1974-1984. Chairman The Actor's Charitable Trust, 1956-1988, president, since 1988.
Chairman European Script Fund, 1988-1996, honorary president, since 1996, Combined Theatrical Charities Appeals Council, 1964-1988, president, since 1988. Chairman British Academy Film and television Artists (vice president from 1971-1994, chairman trustees, since 1970, president since 2002), 1969-1970, Royal Academy Dramatic Art, member council since 1963, chairman, since 1972, Capital Radio, 1972-1992, life president, since 1992, Help a London Child, since 1975. Trustee King George V Fund for Actors and Actresses, since 1973.
Chairman United Kingdom Trustees Waterford-Kamhlaba School, Swaziland (governor since 1987), since 1976, Duke of York's Theatre, 1979-1992, British Film Institute, 1981-1992, Goldcrest Films & television, 1982-1987, Committee of Inquiry into the Arts and Disabled People, 1983-1985, Channel Four television (deputy chairman 1980-1986), 1987-1992, British Screen Advisory Council, since 1987. Governor National Film School, 1970-1981, 96, honorary president 96. President Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain (vice president 1962-1971), 1971-1996, honorary president since 1996.
President The Gandhi Foundation, since 1983, Brighton Festival, 1984-1995, British Film Year, 1984-1986. Trustee Tate Gallery, 1976-1982, 94-96, Tate Foundation, since 1986, Foundation Sport and Arts, since 1991. President Arts for Health, since 1989, Gardner Centre Arts, Sussex University, since 1990.
Governor Motability, since 1977. Patron Kingsley Hall Community Center, since 1982. Resident Advisor Centre Disability & Arts, Leicester, since 1990.
Life vice president Chelsea Football Club. Fellow British Academy of Film and Television Arts, British Film Institute. Member Garrick Club, Beefsteak Club.
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Married Sheila Beryl Grant Sim, 1945. 3 children.
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Decorated Commander British Empire, 1967, Knighted 1976. Recipient Evening Standard Film award, 40 years service to British Cinema, 1983, Praemium Imperiale award, 1998, Martin Luther King Junior Peace Prize, 1983, Padma Bhushan, India, 1983, award of merit for humanitarianism in film making, European Film awards, 1988, Shakespeare prize Outstanding Contribution European culture, 1992, Patricia Rothermere award for lifelong service to theatre, London Evening Standard Theatre award, 2003. Named Commandeur, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France, 1985. Chevalier, Order de la Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur'Honneur, France, 1988. Named Freeman of City of Leicester, 1990. Named fellow Kings College London, 1993. Named Baron, Life Peer of Long Borough of Richmond upon Thames, 1993. Recipient honorary fellowship University Wales, Bangor, 1997, Manchester Polytechnic, 1994, Kings College, 1993.Decorated Commander British Empire, 1967, Knighted 1976. Recipient Evening Standard Film award, 40 years service to British Cinema, 1983, Praemium Imperiale award, 1998, Martin Luther King Junior Peace Prize, 1983, Padma Bhushan, India, 1983, award of merit for humanitarianism in film making, European Film awards, 1988, Shakespeare prize Outstanding Contribution European culture, 1992, Patricia Rothermere award for lifelong service to theatre, London Evening Standard Theatre award, 2003. Named Commandeur, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France, 1985.
Chevalier, Order de la Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur'Honneur, France, 1988. Named Freeman of City of Leicester, 1990. Named fellow Kings College London, 1993.
Named Baron, Life Peer of Long Borough of Richmond upon Thames, 1993. Recipient honorary fellowship University Wales, Bangor, 1997, Manchester Polytechnic, 1994, Kings College, 1993.