Ralph Richardson

ActorDirectorProduction Dec 19 (died age 80) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK 1931–1993 (62 year career)

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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 prais…

Known For

Film

Doctor Zhivago

Alexander Gromeko

Film

Jesus of Nazareth

Simeon

Film

Watership Down

Chief Rabbit (voice)

Film

Time Bandits

Supreme Being

Film

The Heiress

Dr. Austin Sloper

Film

Rollerball

Librarian

Film

Battle of Britain

Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland

Film

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

The Sixth Earl of Greystoke

Filmography

Acting (101)

Movies (85)

Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One

1993

as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)

Directed by William Wyler

1986

as Self

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984

as The Sixth Earl of Greystoke

6.4

Give My Regards to Broad Street

1984

as Jim

5.0

Invitation to the Wedding

1983

Laurence Olivier: a life

1982

as Self

10.0

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

as Sir Wilfred Robarts

Time Bandits

as Supreme Being

Dragonslayer

as Ulrich

Charlie Muffin

as Sir Archibald Willoughby

5.5

Watership Down

1978

as Chief Rabbit (voice)

7.2

No Man's Land

1978

as Hirst

7.0

The Man in the Iron Mask

1977

as Colbert de Voliere

6.3

Rollerball

1975

as Librarian

6.3

Frankenstein: The True Story

as Mr. Lacey

A Doll's House

as Dr. Rank

O Lucky Man!

as Sir James Burgess / Monty

6.9

O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment

1973

as Himself

William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

1973

as Various

Tales from the Crypt

1972

as The Crypt Keeper

6.8

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

as Mr. Benton

Lady Caroline Lamb

as George IV

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

as The Caterpillar

Eagle in a Cage

as Sir Hudson Lowe

Home

as Jack

The Looking Glass War

as LeClerc

Twelfth Night

as Sir Toby Belch

Upon This Rock

as Himself (Narrator)

Battle of Britain

1969

as Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland

6.9

Oh! What a Lovely War

as Sir Edward Grey

David Copperfield

as Mr. Micawber

Midas Run

as Lord Henshaw

The Bed Sitting Room

as Lord Fortnum of Alamein

5.9

The Movie Orgy

1968

as Self (archive footage)

Khartoum

as William Gladstone

The Wrong Box

as Joseph Finsbury

Doctor Zhivago

as Alexander Gromeko

Moscow in Madrid

as Self

Chimes at Midnight

1965

as Narrator (voice)

7.2

Johnson Over Jordan

1965

as Robert Johnson

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean

1965

as Self

Woman of Straw

1964

as Charles Richmond

6.2

The 300 Spartans

1962

as Themistocles of Athens

6.4

Hedda Gabler

1962

as Judge Brack

7.1

Long Day's Journey Into Night

1962

as James Tyrone

7.0

Heart to Heart

1962

as Sir Stanley Johnson

Exodus

as Gen. Sutherland

Our Man in Havana

as 'C'

Oscar Wilde

as Sir Edward Carson

The Passionate Stranger

1957

as Roger Wynter / Sir Clement

Smiley

as Rev. Lambeth

Richard III

as Duke of Buckingham

7.2

Home at Seven

1952

as David Preston

6.3

The Holly and the Ivy

1952

as Reverend Martin Gregory

6.5

The Sound Barrier

1952

as John Ridgefield

6.5

Outcast of the Islands

1951

as Captain Tom Lingard

Eagles of the Fleet

as Commentary

Cricket

as Narrator(voice)

The Heiress

1949

as Dr. Austin Sloper

7.7

Come Saturday

1949

as Narrator

Anna Karenina

as Alexei Karenin

The Fallen Idol

as Baines

School for Secrets

as Prof. Heatherville

The Volunteer

as Self - Narrator

The Silver Fleet

as Jaap van Leyden

The Day Will Dawn

as Frank Lockwood

On the Night of the Fire

1939

as Will Kobling

5.2

Bees on the Boat-Deck

1939

as Sam Gridley

The Lion Has Wings

1939

as Wing Commander Richardson

6.2

Q Planes

1939

as Maj. Charles Hammond

The Four Feathers

as John Durrance

Smith

as Smith

The Divorce of Lady X

as Lord Mere

The Citadel

as Dr. Philip Denny

South Riding

as Robert Carne

Thunder in the City

as Henry V. Manningdale

5.4

Things to Come

1936

as The Boss

6.5

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

1936

as Colonel Winstanley

Bulldog Jack

as Morelle

The King of Paris

as Paul Lebrun

Java Head

1934

as William Ammidon

6.0

The Return of Bulldog Drummond

1934

as Major Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond

6.1

The Ghoul

1933

as Nigel Hartley

5.6

Friday the Thirteenth

1933

as Horace Dawes

6.0

Dreyfus

1931

as Extra

Television (16)

Six Centuries of Verse

as Self - Reader

Wagner

as Pfordten

The Morecambe and Wise Show

Jesus of Nazareth

as Simeon

Second City Television

1976

as Self

7.6

Frankenstein: The True Story

1973

as Mr. Lacey

8.5

ABC Afterschool Special

as Various Roles

Great Performances

as Self

Play for Today

as Jack

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Omnibus

as Self / Johnson

The World of Wodehouse

1967

as Clarence Threepworth, 9th Earl of Emsworth

Blandings Castle

1967

as Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth

The Great War

1964

as Douglas Haig (voice)

8.2

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Barrister

8.6

What's My Line?

1950

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Home at Seven

Director

The Silver Fleet

Associate Producer