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Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-12-19 (122 years old)

Place of Birth

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Ralph Richardson

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor, one of a group of theatrical knights of the mid-20th century who, though more closely associated with the stage, also appeared in several classic films.

Richardson first became known for his work on stage in the 1930s. In the 1940s, together with Laurence Olivier, he ran the Old Vic company. He continued on stage and in films into the early 1980s and was especially praised for his comedic roles. In his later years he was celebrated for his theatre work with his old friend John Gielgud. Among his most famous roles were Peer Gynt, Falstaff, John Gabriel Borkman and Hirst in Pinter's No Man's Land.

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Known For

Acting

1986

1984

Six Centuries of Verse as Himself - Reader

1983

Wagner as Pfordten

1982

Witness for the Prosecution as Sir Wilfred Robarts

1981

Dragonslayer as Ulrich
Time Bandits as Supreme Being

1980

1979

Charlie Muffin as Sir Archibald Willoughby

1978

No Man's Land as Hirst
Watership Down as Chief Rabbit (voice)

1977

The Man in the Iron Mask as Colbert de Voliere

1976

Second City Television as Self - Special Guest Star

1975

Rollerball as Librarian

1974

1973

A Doll's House as Dr. Rank
O Lucky Man! as Sir James Burgess / Monty

1972

Tales from the Crypt as The Crypt Keeper
Eagle in a Cage as Sir Hudson Lowe
Home as Jack
Lady Caroline Lamb as George IV
ABC Afterschool Special as Various Roles

1971

1970

Twelfth Night as Sir Toby Belch
Upon This Rock as Himself (Narrator)

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War as Sir Edward Grey
Battle of Britain as Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland
The Bed Sitting Room as Lord Fortnum of Alamein
Midas Run as Lord Henshaw
David Copperfield as Mr. Micawber

1968

The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1967

Omnibus as Self
Omnibus as Self / Johnson

1966

Khartoum as William Gladstone
The Wrong Box as Joseph Finsbury

1965

Doctor Zhivago as Alexander Gromeko
Johnson Over Jordan as Robert Johnson
Chimes at Midnight as Narrator (voice)

1964

Woman of Straw as Charles Richmond
The Great War as Douglas Haig (voice)

1962

The 300 Spartans as Themistocles of Athens
Hedda Gabler as Judge Brack
Heart to Heart as Sir Stanley Johnson

1960

Exodus as Gen. Sutherland
Oscar Wilde as Sir Edward Carson

1957

The Passionate Stranger as Roger Wynter / Sir Clement

1956

Smiley as Rev. Lambeth

1955

Richard III as Duke of Buckingham

1952

The Sound Barrier as John Ridgefield
The Holly and the Ivy as Reverend Martin Gregory
Home at Seven as David Preston

1951

Outcast of the Islands as Captain Tom Lingard

1950

Cricket as Narrator(voice)
Eagles of the Fleet as Commentary
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1949

The Heiress as Dr. Austin Sloper
Come Saturday as Narrator

1948

The Fallen Idol as Baines
Anna Karenina as Alexei Karenin

1946

School for Secrets as Prof. Heatherville

1944

The Volunteer as Self - Narrator

1943

The Silver Fleet as Jaap van Leyden

1942

The Day Will Dawn as Frank Lockwood

1939

The Four Feathers as John Durrance
Q Planes as Maj. Charles Hammond
The Lion Has Wings as Wing Commander Richardson
On the Night of the Fire as Will Kobling
Bees on the Boat-Deck as Sam Gridley
Smith as Smith

1938

The Citadel as Dr. Philip Denny
South Riding as Robert Carne

1937

Thunder in the City as Henry V. Manningdale

1936

Things to Come as The Boss
The Man Who Could Work Miracles as Colonel Winstanley

1935

Bulldog Jack as Morelle

1934

The King of Paris as Paul Lebrun
The Return of Bulldog Drummond as Major Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
Java Head as William Ammidon

1933

The Ghoul as Nigel Hartley
Friday the Thirteenth as Horace Dawes

1931

Dreyfus as Extra

Directing

1952

Home at Seven as Director

Production

1943

The Silver Fleet as Associate Producer