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Richard Harris

Richard Harris

Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for Unforgiven
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Unforgiven

7.9(4.9K)
Unforgiven
English Bob
Poster for Gladiator
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Gladiator

8.2(20.8K)
Gladiator
Marcus Aurelius
Poster for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

7.7(23.5K)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Albus Dumbledore
Poster for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

7.9(29.5K)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Albus Dumbledore
Poster for Bloomfield
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Bloomfield

6.1(0.0K)
Bloomfield
Eitan
Poster for The Bible: In the Beginning...
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The Bible: In the Beginning...

7.3(0.3K)
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Cain
Poster for Abraham
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Abraham

7.0(0.1K)
Abraham
Abraham
Poster for The Guns of Navarone
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The Guns of Navarone

7.3(0.9K)
The Guns of Navarone
Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
Poster for Robin and Marian
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Robin and Marian

6.3(0.3K)
Robin and Marian
Richard the Lionheart / King Richard
Poster for Mutiny on the Bounty
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Mutiny on the Bounty

7.1(0.3K)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Seaman John Mills

Production

Poster for Bloomfield
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Bloomfield

6.1(0.0K)
Bloomfield
Director
Poster for The Return of a Man Called Horse
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The Return of a Man Called Horse

5.7(0.1K)
The Return of a Man Called Horse
Executive Producer
Poster for Bloomfield
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Bloomfield

6.1(0.0K)
Bloomfield
Screenplay

Gallery

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Richard Harris portrait
Richard Harris portrait
Richard Harris portrait
Richard Harris portrait
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