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Aug 25, 2014 · An obituary on Monday about the actor and director Richard Attenborough misstated part of the name of a school where he was a student and later president. It is the Royal Academy of...
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Aug 24, 2017 · Richard Samuel Attenborough was a British actor, filmmaker, politician, and entrepreneur. He is best known for bringing on screen the life and teachings of the great Indian leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in the epic movie ‘Gandhi.’ Born to a scholar and academician father, Richard chose an unlikely profession for himself.
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE, FRSA (/ ˈ æ t ən b ər ə /; 29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English actor, film director, and producer. Attenborough was the president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), as well as life president of the ...
Aug 25, 2024 · Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer known for his dynamic on-screen presence, nuanced work behind the camera, and charity efforts. He won two Academy Awards for producing and directing the film Gandhi (1982). Learn more about his life and career in this article.
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Sep 1, 2014 · His father, Frederick Levi Attenborough, the son of the village baker of Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, progressed from elementary school teaching to become a scholar and then a fellow of Emmanuel College Cambridge; and from 1932 until his retirement in 1951 was principal of University College, Leicester, which he piloted to full university status.
At the heart of campus is College House, where the family lived from 1932, after Frederick Attenborough was appointed as the second Principal of University College, Leicester (later to become the University of Leicester).
English actor, director, and producer Richard Attenborough was known for his dynamic on-screen presence, nuanced work behind the camera, and charity efforts. He won an Academy Award for best director for the biographical film Gandhi (1982), about Mahatma Gandhi.
