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Richard Harris

Richard Harris

Acting

Born: October 1, 1930Limerick City, Munster, Ireland

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.

Known For
Filmography
Exterior Day

Exterior Day

2022
Strength and Honor: Production Pods

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

Self

2005
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

Self

2005
The Apocalypse

The Apocalypse

John

2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Self

2004
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Albus Dumbledore

2002
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

Self

2002
Arthur: King of the Britons

Arthur: King of the Britons

Presenter

2002
The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Abbé Faria

2002
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

Self

2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Albus Dumbledore

2001
My Kingdom

My Kingdom

Sandeman

2001
The Pearl

The Pearl

Dr. Karl

2001
Hellraisers

Hellraisers

Self

2000
Gladiator

Gladiator

Marcus Aurelius

2000
Grizzly Falls

Grizzly Falls

Old Harry

1999
To Walk with Lions

To Walk with Lions

George Adamson

1999
The Barber of Siberia

The Barber of Siberia

Douglas McCraken

1998
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

Self (archive footage)

1998
This Is the Sea

This Is the Sea

Old Man Jacobs

1997
The Hunchback

The Hunchback

Dom Frollo

1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Dr. Andreas Tork

1997
Trojan Eddie

Trojan Eddie

John Power

1996
Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country

James Jarvis

1995

The Great Kandinsky

Ernest Kandinsky

1995
Savage Hearts

Savage Hearts

Sir Roger Foxley

1995
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

Frank

1993
Abraham

Abraham

Abraham

1993
Silent Tongue

Silent Tongue

Prescott Roe

1993
Unforgiven

Unforgiven

English Bob

1992
Patriot Games

Patriot Games

Paddy O'Neil

1992
The Field

The Field

'Bull' McCabe

1990
King of the Wind

King of the Wind

King George II

1990
Mack the Knife

Mack the Knife

Mr. Peachum

1989
Strike Commando 2

Strike Commando 2

Major Vic Jenkins

1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

Self

1988
Maigret

Maigret

Jules Maigret

1988
Martin's Day

Martin's Day

Martin Steckert

1985
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse

Triumphs of a Man Called Horse

John Morgan - Man Called Horse

1983
Camelot

Camelot

King Arthur

1982
Highpoint

Highpoint

Lewis Kinney

1982
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

Jason

1981
Tarzan the Ape Man

Tarzan the Ape Man

James Porter

1981
The Last Word

The Last Word

Danny Travis

1979
Ravagers

Ravagers

Falk

1979
Game for Vultures

Game for Vultures

David Swansey

1979
The Wild Geese

The Wild Geese

Capt. Rafer Janders

1978
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese

Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese

Self

1978
Golden Rendezvous

Golden Rendezvous

John Carter

1977
Orca

Orca

Captain Nolan

1977
Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver

1977
The Cassandra Crossing

The Cassandra Crossing

Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain

1976
The Return of a Man Called Horse

The Return of a Man Called Horse

John Morgan / Horse

1976
Robin and Marian

Robin and Marian

Richard the Lionheart / King Richard

1976
Echoes of a Summer

Echoes of a Summer

Eugene

1976
Juggernaut

Juggernaut

Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon

1974
99 and 44/100% Dead

99 and 44/100% Dead

Harry Crown

1974
The Deadly Trackers

The Deadly Trackers

Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick

1973
Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La

Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La

Self

1973
Man in the Wilderness

Man in the Wilderness

Zachary Bass

1971
The Snow Goose

The Snow Goose

Philip Rhayadar

1971
Bloomfield

Bloomfield

Eitan

1970
Cromwell

Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

1970
A Man Called Horse

A Man Called Horse

John Morgan

1970
The Molly Maguires

The Molly Maguires

James McKenna

1970

Return of the Islander

Narrator (voice)

1970
Camelot

Camelot

King Arthur

1967
Caprice

Caprice

Christopher White

1967
Hawaii

Hawaii

Rafer Hoxworth

1966
The Bible: In the Beginning...

The Bible: In the Beginning...

Cain

1966
The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark

Knut Straud

1965
Major Dundee

Major Dundee

Captain Benjamin Tyreen

1965
The Three Faces

The Three Faces

Robert (segment "Gli amanti celebri")

1965
Red Desert

Red Desert

Corrado Zeller

1964
This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life

Frank Machin

1963
Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

Seaman John Mills

1962
The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF

1961
The Long and the Short and the Tall

The Long and the Short and the Tall

Cpl. Johnstone

1961
A Terrible Beauty

A Terrible Beauty

Sean Reilly

1960
The Wreck of the Mary Deare

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

Higgins

1959
Alive and Kicking

Alive and Kicking

Lover

1959
Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil

Terence O'Brien

1959