Richard Harris

Richard Harris

Date of Birth:

Oct 01, 1930

Place of Birth:

Limerick 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.

filmography:

Martin's Day Martin's Day

1985

King of the Wind King of the Wind

1990

The Hunchback The Hunchback

1997

A Terrible Beauty A Terrible Beauty

1960

The Great Kandinsky The Great Kandinsky

1995

Game for Vultures Game for Vultures

1979

Camelot Camelot

1982

The Snow Goose The Snow Goose

1971

Alive and Kicking Alive and Kicking

1959

The Deadly Trackers The Deadly Trackers

1973

To Walk with Lions To Walk with Lions

1999

Strike Commando 2 Strike Commando 2

1988

Echoes of a Summer Echoes of a Summer

1976

The Apocalypse The Apocalypse

2004

Triumphs of a Man Called Horse Triumphs of a Man Called Horse

1983

Trojan Eddie Trojan Eddie

1996

The Wreck of the Mary Deare The Wreck of the Mary Deare

1959

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

1981

Silent Tongue Silent Tongue

1993

Smilla's Sense of Snow Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997

Shake Hands with the Devil Shake Hands with the Devil

1959

Hellraisers Hellraisers

2000

Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La

1976

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

2005

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

2002

Kaena: The Prophecy Kaena: The Prophecy

2003

Return of the Islander Return of the Islander

1970

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

2004

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

1998

The Ghost of Richard Harris The Ghost of Richard Harris

2022

Stars' War - The Flight of the Wild Geese Stars' War - The Flight of the Wild Geese

1978

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

2003

Ravagers Ravagers

1979

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

Highpoint Highpoint

1982

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

2001

Savage Hearts Savage Hearts

1995

The Pearl The Pearl

2001

Maigret Maigret

1988

The Last Word The Last Word

1979

The Three Faces The Three Faces

1965

99 and 44/100% Dead 99 and 44/100% Dead

1974

Tarzan the Ape Man Tarzan the Ape Man

1981

The Cassandra Crossing The Cassandra Crossing

1976

Cromwell Cromwell

1970

The Field The Field

1990

Red Desert Red Desert

1964

Orca Orca

1977

Cry, the Beloved Country Cry, the Beloved Country

1995

Julius Caesar Julius Caesar

2002

Patriot Games Patriot Games

1992

The Wild Geese The Wild Geese

1978

The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo

2002

The Bible: In the Beginning... The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

Gladiator Gladiator

2000

Abraham Abraham

1993

Bloomfield Bloomfield

1970

Mutiny on the Bounty Mutiny on the Bounty

1962

The Guns of Navarone The Guns of Navarone

1961

Robin and Marian Robin and Marian

1976

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

1993

The Return of a Man Called Horse The Return of a Man Called Horse

1976

The Long and the Short and the Tall The Long and the Short and the Tall

1961

My Kingdom My Kingdom

2001

Golden Rendezvous Golden Rendezvous

1977

This Sporting Life This Sporting Life

1963

Camelot Camelot

1967

The Barber of Siberia The Barber of Siberia

1998

Mack the Knife Mack the Knife

1989

Grizzly Falls Grizzly Falls

1999

This Is the Sea This Is the Sea

1997

Man in the Wilderness Man in the Wilderness

1971

The Molly Maguires The Molly Maguires

1970

Juggernaut Juggernaut

1974

Major Dundee Major Dundee

1965

A Man Called Horse A Man Called Horse

1970

Hawaii Hawaii

1966

Gulliver's Travels Gulliver's Travels

1977

The Heroes of Telemark The Heroes of Telemark

1965

Caprice Caprice

1967

Unforgiven Unforgiven

1992

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