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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 Dramatic Art...
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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 24, 2017 · He studied at ‘Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys’ in Leicester before attending the ‘Royal Academy of Dramatic Art’ (RADA) where he studied drama. His family was principled and socially responsible.
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 · As the only member of the family who did not go to university, Richard never lost a lingering sense of guilt, and a wholly unjustified sense of inadequate education. But performing was in his nature, and from school shows he went on to work with the Leicester Little Theatre, an amateur group of which his mother was president.
Aug 26, 2014 · Attenborough served in the RAF for the rest of the war, then on demobilisation he married a fellow student he had met at Rada, Sheila Sim.
Lord Richard Attenborough. Known, for films such as Jurassic Park, The Great Escape, Gandhi and Shadowlands, Richard became interested in the arts and acting, making his stage debut at Leicester’s famous Little Theatre (of which his mother Mary was Chair) in 1937.
