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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 Count of Monte Cristo
(2002)
Abbé Faria
Patriot Games
(1992)
Paddy O'Neil
Orca
(1977)
Captain Nolan
The Bible: In the Beginning...
(1966)
Cain
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1962)
Seaman John Mills
The Guns of Navarone
(1961)
Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
A Man Called Horse
(1970)
John Morgan
Tarzan the Ape Man
(1981)
James Porter
The Heroes of Telemark
(1965)
Knut Straud
Major Dundee
(1965)
Captain Benjamin Tyreen
Robin and Marian
(1976)
Richard the Lionheart / King Richard
Cromwell
(1970)
Oliver Cromwell
Full Filmography
Acting
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
(1959)
Higgins
Alive and Kicking
(1959)
Lover
Shake Hands with the Devil
(1959)
Terence O'Brien
A Terrible Beauty
(1960)
Sean Reilly
The Guns of Navarone
(1961)
Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
The Long and the Short and the Tall
(1961)
Cpl. Johnstone
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1962)
Seaman John Mills
This Sporting Life
(1963)
Frank Machin
Red Desert
(1964)
Corrado Zeller
Major Dundee
(1965)
Captain Benjamin Tyreen
The Heroes of Telemark
(1965)
Knut Straud
The Three Faces
(1965)
Robert (segment "Gli amanti celebri")
The Bible: In the Beginning...
(1966)
Cain
Hawaii
(1966)
Rafer Hoxworth
Caprice
(1967)
Christopher White
Camelot
(1967)
King Arthur
Bloomfield
(1970)
Eitan
Cromwell
(1970)
Oliver Cromwell
The Molly Maguires
(1970)
James McKenna
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
Robin and Marian
(1976)
Richard the Lionheart / King Richard
The Cassandra Crossing
(1976)
Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain
The Return of a Man Called Horse
(1976)
John Morgan / Horse
Echoes of a Summer
(1976)
Eugene
Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La
(1976)
Self
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)
Himself
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
Camelot
(1982)
King Arthur
Highpoint
(1982)
Lewis Kinney
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
Unforgiven
(1992)
English Bob
Patriot Games
(1992)
Paddy O'Neil
Abraham
(1993)
Abraham
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
(1993)
Frank
Silent Tongue
(1993)
Prescott Roe
Cry, the Beloved Country
(1995)
James Jarvis
The Great Kandinsky
(1995)
Ernest Kandinsky
Savage Hearts
(1995)
Sir Roger Foxley
Trojan Eddie
(1996)
John Power
This Is the Sea
(1997)
Old Man Jacobs
The Hunchback
(1997)
Dom Frollo
Smilla's Sense of Snow
(1997)
Dr. Andreas Tork
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
Gladiator
(2000)
Marcus Aurelius
Hellraisers
(2000)
Self
My Kingdom
(2001)
Sandeman
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(2001)
Albus Dumbledore
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
(2001)
Self
The Pearl
(2001)
Dr. Karl
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(2002)
Albus Dumbledore
The Count of Monte Cristo
(2002)
Abbé Faria
Julius Caesar
(2002)
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
(2002)
Self
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
(2003)
Kaena: The Prophecy
(2003)
Opaz (english voice)
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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