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Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. Having studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he rose to prominence as an icon of the British New Wave.
Actor: Unforgiven. Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family, one of nine children born to Mildred (Harty) and Ivan Harris. He attended Crescent College, a Jesuit school, and was an excellent rugby player, with a strong passion for literature.
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- Limerick, Ireland
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- Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
Jun 20, 2024 · Richard Harris, Irish stage and screen actor known for flamboyant performances, offstage indulgences, and singing the hit song ‘MacArthur Park.’ His best-known films included This Sporting Life, Camelot, A Man Called Horse, The Field, Unforgiven, Gladiator, and the first two Harry Potter movies.
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- Richard Harris was an Irish actor on stage and screen who became known for his offstage indulgences and flamboyant performances. Some of his notabl...
- Richard Harris played the role of the wizard Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001; also released as Harry Potter and the...
- Richard Harris's first film appearance was in Alive and Kicking (1958).
- The film adaptation of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s Broadway hit Camelot (1967) revealed Richard Harris's pleasant singing voice. The movi...
- Richard Harris died on October 25, 2002, in London, England.
Actor: Unforgiven. Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family, one of nine children born to Mildred (Harty) and Ivan Harris. He attended Crescent College, a Jesuit school, and was an excellent rugby player, with a strong passion for literature.
- October 1, 1930
- October 25, 2002
Oct 26, 2002 · Richard Harris, the voluble Irishman who starred as King Arthur in the film version of ''Camelot'' and more recently played Albus Dumbledore, the wise, magical and benign headmaster in the first...
Richard St John Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish movie, stage, television actor, writer, movie, stage producer, singer-songwriter, and a movie director who is known for his roles as King Arthur in Camelot and as Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter Movie Series.
Oct 27, 2002 · Richard Harris, the boisterous, brawling, sometimes brilliant Irish actor, is dead at 72. A charter member of the acting generation known as the Angry Young Men, he capped his career playing a very old and wise man--Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwart's School in "Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone" (2001).
