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Richard Harris

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Richard Harris

Born October 1, 1930 in Limerick City, Munster, IrelandDied October 25, 200270 films

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.

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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.

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Gladiator posterFirst watchGladiator20008.2as Marcus AureliusAfter the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone poster7.9Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2001Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets poster7.7Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002Unforgiven poster7.9Unforgiven1992The Count of Monte Cristo poster7.7The Count of Monte Cristo2002Patriot Games poster6.7Patriot Games1992The Guns of Navarone poster7.3The Guns of Navarone1961Red Desert poster7.3Red Desert1964The Bible: In the Beginning... poster7.3The Bible: In the Beginning...1966

Filmography

70 films as actor
  1. 2022Exterior Day
  2. 2004The ApocalypseJohn
  3. 2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsAlbus Dumbledore
  4. 2002The Count of Monte CristoAbbé Faria
  5. 2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneAlbus Dumbledore
  6. 2001My KingdomSandeman
  7. 2001The PearlDr. Karl
  8. 2000GladiatorMarcus Aurelius
  9. 1999Grizzly FallsOld Harry
  10. 1999To Walk with LionsGeorge Adamson
  11. 1998The Barber of SiberiaDouglas McCraken
  12. 1997This Is the SeaOld Man Jacobs
  13. 1997The HunchbackDom Frollo
  14. 1997Smilla's Sense of SnowDr. Andreas Tork
  15. 1996Trojan EddieJohn Power
  16. 1995Cry, the Beloved CountryJames Jarvis
  17. 1995The Great KandinskyErnest Kandinsky
  18. 1995Savage HeartsSir Roger Foxley
  19. 1994Silent TonguePrescott Roe
  20. 1993Wrestling Ernest HemingwayFrank
  21. 1993AbrahamAbraham
  22. 1992UnforgivenEnglish Bob
  23. 1992Patriot GamesPaddy O'Neil
  24. 1990The Field'Bull' McCabe
  25. 1990King of the WindKing George II
  26. 1989Mack the KnifeMr. Peachum
  27. 1988Strike Commando 2Major Vic Jenkins
  28. 1988MaigretJules Maigret
  29. 1985Martin's DayMartin Steckert
  30. 1984HighpointLewis Kinney
  31. 1983Triumphs of a Man Called HorseJohn Morgan - Man Called Horse
  32. 1982CamelotKing Arthur
  33. 1981Your Ticket Is No Longer ValidJason
  34. 1981Tarzan the Ape ManJames Porter
  35. 1979The Last WordDanny Travis
  36. 1979RavagersFalk
  37. 1979Game for VulturesDavid Swansey
  38. 1978The Wild GeeseCapt. Rafer Janders
  39. 1977Golden RendezvousJohn Carter
  40. 1977OrcaCaptain Nolan
  41. 1977Gulliver's TravelsGulliver
  42. 1976The Cassandra CrossingDr. Jonathan Chamberlain
  43. 1976The Return of a Man Called HorseJohn Morgan / Horse
  44. 1976Robin and MarianRichard the Lionheart / King Richard
  45. 1976Echoes of a SummerEugene
  46. 1974JuggernautLt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon
  47. 197499 and 44/100% DeadHarry Crown
  48. 1973The Deadly TrackersSheriff Sean Kilpatrick
  49. 1971Man in the WildernessZachary Bass
  50. 1971The Snow GoosePhilip Rhayadar
  51. 1970BloomfieldEitan
  52. 1970CromwellOliver Cromwell
  53. 1970A Man Called HorseJohn Morgan
  54. 1970The Molly MaguiresJames McKenna
  55. 1967CamelotKing Arthur
  56. 1967CapriceChristopher White
  57. 1966HawaiiRafer Hoxworth
  58. 1966The Bible: In the Beginning...Cain
  59. 1965The Heroes of TelemarkKnut Straud
  60. 1965Major DundeeCaptain Benjamin Tyreen
  61. 1965The Three FacesRobert (segment "Gli amanti celebri")
  62. 1964Red DesertCorrado Zeller
  63. 1963This Sporting LifeFrank Machin
  64. 1962Mutiny on the BountySeaman John Mills
  65. 1961The Guns of NavaroneSquadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
  66. 1961The Long and the Short and the TallCpl. Johnstone
  67. 1960A Terrible BeautySean Reilly
  68. 1959The Wreck of the Mary DeareHiggins
  69. 1959Alive and KickingLover
  70. 1959Shake Hands with the DevilTerence O'Brien