Background
Attenborough, Richard Samuel was born on August 29, 1923 in Cambridge, England. Son of Frederick Attenborough.
( Gandhi's ideas are as meaningful today as they were dur...)
Gandhi's ideas are as meaningful today as they were during his long and inspiring life. His enlightening thoughts and beliefs, especially on violence and the atomic bomb, reveal his eloquent foresight about our contemporary world. The words of one of the greatest men of the twentieth century, chosen by the award-winning director Richard Attenborough from Gandhi's letters, speeches, and published writings, explore the prophet's timeless thoughts on daily life, cooperation, nonviolence, faith, and peace. This bestselling volume includes an introduction by Attenborough and an afterword by Time magazine Senior Foreign Correspondent Johanna McGeary that places Gandhi's life and work in the historical context of the twentieth century. This book and the film Gandhi were the result of producer/director Richard Attenborough's long commitment to keeping alive the flame of Gandhi's spiritual achievement and the wisdom of his actions and his words. They are the wisdom and words of peace. Also included are twenty striking historical photographs, specially selected from the archives at the National Gandhi Museum in New Delhi, that capture the important personal, political, and spiritual aspects of Gandhi's career.
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Actor director producer goodwill ambassador
Attenborough, Richard Samuel was born on August 29, 1923 in Cambridge, England. Son of Frederick Attenborough.
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.
The Little Foxes 1942, Brighton Rock 1943, The Way Back Home (Home of the Brave) 1949, To Dorothy a Son 1965, Sweet Madness 1952, The Mousetrap 1952-1954, Double Image 1956-1957, The Rape of the Belt 1957-1958. Film appearances include: School for Secrets. The Manitoba Within, Dancing with Crime, Brighton Rock, London Belongs to Maine, The Guinea Pig, The Lost People, Boys in Brown, Morning Departure, Hell is Sold Out, The Magic Box, Gift Horse, Father’s Doing Fine, Eight O’Clock Walk, The Ship that Died of Shame. Private’s Progress, The Baby and the Battleship, Brothers in Law, The Scamp, Dunkirk, The Manitoba Upstairs, Sea of Sand, Danger Within, I’m All Right Jack, Jet Storm, South.O.S. Pacific, The Angry Silence (also co-produced) 1959, The League of Gentlemen 1960, Only Two Can Play, All Night Long 1961, The Dock Brief, The Great Escape 1962, Seance on a Wet Afternoon (also produced, Best Actor, San Sebastian Film Festival and British Film Academy), The Third Secret 1963, Guns at Batasi (Best Actor, British Film Academy) 1964, The Flight of the Phoenix 1965, The Sand Pebbles (Hollywood Golden Globe) 1966, Doctor Doolittle (Hollywood Golden Globe), The Bliss of Mistress Blossom 1967, Only When I Larf 1968, The Last Grenade, A Severed Head, David Copperfield, Loot 1969, 10 Rillington Place 1970, And Then There Were None, Rosebud, Brannigan, Conduct Unbecoming 1974, The Chess Players 1977, The Human Factor 1979. Produced: Whistle Down the Wind 1961, The L-Shaped Room 1962. Directed: Young Winston (Hollywood Golden Globe) 1972, A Bridge Too Far (Evening News Best Drama; Oh! What a Lovely War (16 internationalDebut in Awake and Sing 1942. First film appearance In Which We Serve 1942. Joined Royal Air Force 1943.
Seconded to Royal Air Force Film Unit for Journey Together 1944, demobilised 1946.
Returned to stage 1949. Formed Beaver Films with Bryan Forbes 1959, Allied Film Makers 1960.
Goodwill Ambassador for United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund since 1987. Director Chelsea Football Club 1969-1982.
Chairman Actors’ Charitable Trust 1956-1988, Combined Theatrical Charities Appeals Council 1964-1988.
President since 1971), Royal Academy, of Dramatic Arts since 1970 (member Council since 1963), Capital Radio since 1972, United Kingdom Trustees Waterford-Kamhlaba School, Swaziland since 1976 (Governor since 1987), Duke of York’s Theatre since 1979. Deputy Chairman 1980-1986), British Screen Advisory Council since 1987, European Script Fund since 1988. Governor National Film School 1970-1981, Motability since 1977.
President Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain since 1971 (Vice-President 1962-1971), The Gandhi Foundation since 1983, Brighton Festival since 1984, British Film Year 1984-1986, Arts for Health since 1989.
Director Young Vic 1974-1984. Trustee Help a London Child since 1975, Tate Gallery 1976-1982, Tate Foundation since 1986.
Patron Kingsley Hall Community Centre since 1982. Pro-Chancellor Sussex University since 1970.
Freeman of Leicester 1990.
Honorary Doctor of Literature (Leicester) 1970, (Kent) 1981, (Sussex) 1987. Honorary Doctorate.C.L. (Newcastle) 1974, Honorary Doctor of Laws (Dickinson, Pennsylvania).
Evening Standard Film.
Commander des Arts et des Lettres, Chevalier, Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’hunneur.
( Gandhi's ideas are as meaningful today as they were dur...)
Goodwill ambassador United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, since 1987. Member British Actors' Equity Association 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 television and Film Artists (vice president from 1971-1994), 1969-1970, Royal Academy Dramatic Art, member of council since 1963, chairman, since 1972, Capital Radio, 1972-1992, life president, since 1992, Help a London Child, since 1975. 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, president 1997. President Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain (vice president 1962-1971), since 1971. President The Gandhi Foundation, since 1983, Brighton Festival, since 1984, British Film Year, 1984-1986.
Trustee Tate Gallery, 1976-1982, 94-, Tate Foundation, since 1986, Foundation Sport and Arts, since 1991. President Arts for Health, since 1989, Gardner Centre Arts, Sussex U., since 1990. Governor Motability, since 1977.
Pro-Chancellor Sussex U., since 1970. Patron Kingsley Hall Community Center, since 1982. Resident Advisor Centre Disability & Arts, Leicester, since 1990.
Fellow British Academy of Film and Television Arts, British Film Institute. Member Garrick Club, Beefsteak Club.
Married Sheila Beryl Grant Sim. 3 children.