Richard Harris

Richard Harris

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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Limerick City, Munster, Ireland
    Birthday
    October 1930
Unforgiven
Unforgiven
7.906
Gladiator
Gladiator
8.225
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
7.898
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
7.702
Bloomfield
Bloomfield
6.111
The Bible: In the Beginning...
The Bible: In the Beginning...
7.265
Abraham
Abraham
7.04
The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone
7.309
Robin and Marian
Robin and Marian
6.301
Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty
7.051
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
7.67
The Wild Geese
The Wild Geese
6.8
The Field
The Field
7
Cromwell
Cromwell
6.586
The Cassandra Crossing
The Cassandra Crossing
6.245
Tarzan the Ape Man
Tarzan the Ape Man
4.092
Red Desert
Red Desert
7.327
Orca
Orca
6.189
Patriot Games
Patriot Games
6.681
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country
6.768
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
6.309
The Return of a Man Called Horse
The Return of a Man Called Horse
5.733
Major Dundee
Major Dundee
6.682
Juggernaut
Juggernaut
6.237
The Molly Maguires
The Molly Maguires
6.337
A Man Called Horse
A Man Called Horse
6.443
Hawaii
Hawaii
6.311
Caprice
Caprice
5.878
The Heroes of Telemark
The Heroes of Telemark
6.902
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
5.63
This Is the Sea
This Is the Sea
6
Man in the Wilderness
Man in the Wilderness
6.25
Golden Rendezvous
Golden Rendezvous
5.455
The Long and the Short and the Tall
The Long and the Short and the Tall
6.852
This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life
7
My Kingdom
My Kingdom
5.5
Camelot
Camelot
6.217
Mack the Knife
Mack the Knife
6.643
Grizzly Falls
Grizzly Falls
5.917
The Barber of Siberia
The Barber of Siberia
7.029
99 and 44/100% Dead
99 and 44/100% Dead
5.118
The Three Faces
The Three Faces
5.714
The Apocalypse
The Apocalypse
5.485
Echoes of a Summer
Echoes of a Summer
5.389
Hellraisers
Hellraisers
0
Strike Commando 2
Strike Commando 2
4.717
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
5.813
Trojan Eddie
Trojan Eddie
5.333
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
5
Silent Tongue
Silent Tongue
4.7
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
6.302
To Walk with Lions
To Walk with Lions
5.789
The Hunchback
The Hunchback
5.894
The Deadly Trackers
The Deadly Trackers
5.762
A Terrible Beauty
A Terrible Beauty
5.357
King of the Wind
King of the Wind
7
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
7.7
Martin's Day
Martin's Day
6.4
The Great Kandinsky
7.5
Game for Vultures
Game for Vultures
5.167
Return of the Islander
5.3
The Snow Goose
The Snow Goose
7.333
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow
6.317
Camelot
Camelot
8.5
Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil
6.538
Highpoint
Highpoint
5.143
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
6.5
Ravagers
Ravagers
4.5
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
8
Savage Hearts
Savage Hearts
4.333
Arthur: King of the Britons
Arthur: King of the Britons
8
Maigret
Maigret
8
Alive and Kicking
Alive and Kicking
7.071
The Last Word
The Last Word
6
The Pearl
The Pearl
4.75
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
0
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
0
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
7.4
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
7.471
Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La
Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La
5.667
Exterior Day
Exterior Day
0
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
0
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
6.5