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Richard Harris

Born
October 1, 1930
Died
October 25, 2002
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.
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Known For
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(2001)
Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(2002)
Albus Dumbledore
Gladiator
(2000)
Marcus Aurelius
Unforgiven
(1992)
English Bob
The Guns of Navarone
(1961)
Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
The Count of Monte Cristo
(2002)
Abbé Faria
Major Dundee
(1965)
Captain Benjamin Tyreen
Patriot Games
(1992)
Paddy O'Neil
The Bible: In the Beginning...
(1966)
Cain
Juggernaut
(1974)
Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon
Orca
(1977)
Captain Nolan
The Heroes of Telemark
(1965)
Knut Straud
Julius Caesar
(2002)
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
The Apocalypse
(2004)
John
Cromwell
(1970)
Oliver Cromwell
Kaena: The Prophecy
(2003)
Opaz (english voice)
Full Filmography
Acting
Shake Hands with the Devil
(1959)
Terence O'Brien
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
(1959)
Higgins
Alive and Kicking
(1959)
Lover
A Terrible Beauty
(1960)
Sean Reilly
The Long and the Short and the Tall
(1961)
Cpl. Johnstone
The Guns of Navarone
(1961)
Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1962)
Seaman John Mills
This Sporting Life
(1963)
Frank Machin
Red Desert
(1964)
Corrado Zeller
The Heroes of Telemark
(1965)
Knut Straud
The Three Faces
(1965)
Robert (segment "Gli amanti celebri")
Major Dundee
(1965)
Captain Benjamin Tyreen
The Bible: In the Beginning...
(1966)
Cain
Hawaii
(1966)
Rafer Hoxworth
Camelot
(1967)
King Arthur
Caprice
(1967)
Christopher White
The Molly Maguires
(1970)
James McKenna
Cromwell
(1970)
Oliver Cromwell
Bloomfield
(1970)
Eitan
A Man Called Horse
(1970)
John Morgan
Return of the Islander
(1970)
Narrator (voice)
Man in the Wilderness
(1971)
Zachary Bass
The Snow Goose
(1971)
Philip Rhayadar
The Deadly Trackers
(1973)
Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick
Juggernaut
(1974)
Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon
99 and 44/100% Dead
(1974)
Harry Crown
The Return of a Man Called Horse
(1976)
John Morgan / Horse
Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La
(1976)
Self
The Cassandra Crossing
(1976)
Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain
Robin and Marian
(1976)
Richard the Lionheart / King Richard
Echoes of a Summer
(1976)
Eugene
Orca
(1977)
Captain Nolan
Gulliver's Travels
(1977)
Gulliver
Golden Rendezvous
(1977)
John Carter
The Wild Geese
(1978)
Capt. Rafer Janders
Stars' War - The Flight of the Wild Geese
(1978)
Self
Game for Vultures
(1979)
David Swansey
Ravagers
(1979)
Falk
The Last Word
(1979)
Danny Travis
Tarzan the Ape Man
(1981)
James Porter
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
(1981)
Jason
Highpoint
(1982)
Lewis Kinney
Camelot
(1982)
King Arthur
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
(1983)
John Morgan - Man Called Horse
Martin's Day
(1985)
Martin Steckert
Strike Commando 2
(1988)
Major Vic Jenkins
Maigret
(1988)
Jules Maigret
Mack the Knife
(1989)
Mr. Peachum
The Field
(1990)
'Bull' McCabe
King of the Wind
(1990)
King George II
Patriot Games
(1992)
Paddy O'Neil
Unforgiven
(1992)
English Bob
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
(1993)
Frank
Abraham
(1993)
Abraham
Silent Tongue
(1993)
Prescott Roe
The Great Kandinsky
(1995)
Ernest Kandinsky
Cry, the Beloved Country
(1995)
James Jarvis
Savage Hearts
(1995)
Sir Roger Foxley
Trojan Eddie
(1996)
John Power
This Is the Sea
(1997)
Old Man Jacobs
Smilla's Sense of Snow
(1997)
Dr. Andreas Tork
The Hunchback
(1997)
Dom Frollo
The Barber of Siberia
(1998)
Douglas McCraken
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
(1998)
Self (archive footage)
Grizzly Falls
(1999)
Old Harry
To Walk with Lions
(1999)
George Adamson
Hellraisers
(2000)
Self
Gladiator
(2000)
Marcus Aurelius
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(2001)
Albus Dumbledore
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
(2001)
Self
My Kingdom
(2001)
Sandeman
The Pearl
(2001)
Dr. Karl
Julius Caesar
(2002)
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
The Count of Monte Cristo
(2002)
Abbé Faria
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(2002)
Albus Dumbledore
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
(2002)
Self
Kaena: The Prophecy
(2003)
Opaz (english voice)
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
(2003)
The Apocalypse
(2004)
John
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
(2004)
Self
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
(2005)
Self
The Ghost of Richard Harris
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Directing
Writing
Production
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