Acting
Richard Harris
Born Oct 1, 1930 · Limerick City, Munster, Ireland · Died Oct 25, 2002
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.
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Acting
Exterior Day
2022
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005
Documentary
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005
Documentary
The Apocalypse
2004
Drama · TV Movie
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004
Documentary
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003
Documentary
Julius Caesar
2002
Drama · War & Politics
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Adventure · Fantasy
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002
Documentary · Western · Drama
Arthur: King of the Britons
2002
Documentary
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
Adventure · Drama · History
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001
Documentary
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Adventure · Fantasy
My Kingdom
2001
Action · Crime · Drama
The Pearl
2001
Drama
Bette
2000
Comedy
Hellraisers
2000
Documentary
Gladiator
2000
Action · Drama · Adventure
Grizzly Falls
1999
Adventure
To Walk with Lions
1999
Adventure · Drama
The Barber of Siberia
1998
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998
Family · Music · TV Movie
This Is the Sea
1997
Drama · Romance
The Hunchback
1997
Drama · Romance · TV Movie
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
Drama · Thriller
Trojan Eddie
1996
Crime · Drama · Romance
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
Drama
Savage Hearts
1995
Thriller
Silent Tongue
1994
Western · Horror · Drama
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
Drama
Abraham
1993
Adventure · Drama · TV Movie
Abraham
1993
Drama
Unforgiven
1992
Western
Patriot Games
1992
Drama · Action · Thriller
The Field
1990
Drama
King of the Wind
1990
Adventure
Mack the Knife
1989
Comedy · Crime · Music
Strike Commando 2
1988
Action · War
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
Music
Maigret
1988
Mystery · TV Movie
Martin's Day
1985
Drama · Crime
Highpoint
1984
Comedy · Action · Thriller
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
1983
Western
Camelot
1982
Romance · Music · Fantasy
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
1981
Drama
Tarzan the Ape Man
1981
Action · Adventure · Comedy
The Last Word
1979
Comedy
Ravagers
1979
Science Fiction · Drama
Game for Vultures
1979
Action
The Wild Geese
1978
Action · Adventure · Thriller
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
1978
Documentary
Golden Rendezvous
1977
Action · Crime · Thriller
Orca
1977
Horror · Thriller
Gulliver's Travels
1977
Fantasy · Family · Animation
The Cassandra Crossing
1976
Action · Thriller
The Return of a Man Called Horse
1976
Western · Adventure
Robin and Marian
1976
Adventure · Romance
Echoes of a Summer
1976
Drama
Juggernaut
1974
Thriller · Action · Adventure
99 and 44/100% Dead
1974
Action · Crime · Comedy
Flick Flack
1974
Documentary · Talk
The Deadly Trackers
1973
Western
Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La
1973
Music
Man in the Wilderness
1971
Western · Adventure · Drama
The Snow Goose
1971
TV Movie · History · Drama
Bloomfield
1970
Drama
Cromwell
1970
Drama · History · War
A Man Called Horse
1970
Western · Drama
The Molly Maguires
1970
Drama · History · Thriller
Camelot
1967
Adventure · Music · Romance
Caprice
1967
Thriller · Comedy · Crime
Hawaii
1966
Drama · Adventure · Romance
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
Adventure · History · Drama
The Heroes of Telemark
1965
Action · Drama · War
Major Dundee
1965
Western · War
The Three Faces
1965
Drama · Romance · Comedy
Red Desert
1964
Drama
This Sporting Life
1963
Drama
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
Adventure · Drama · History
The Guns of Navarone
1961
Adventure · Drama · War
The Long and the Short and the Tall
1961
War · Comedy · Drama
A Terrible Beauty
1960
Drama · War
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
Action · Adventure · Crime
Alive and Kicking
1959
Comedy
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959
Action · Drama · War
Directed
Bloomfield
1970
Drama