Richard Harris
Acting
Born: October 1, 1930 · Limerick City, Munster, Ireland
Died: October 25, 2002 (aged 72)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Gladiator
2000
Unforgiven
1992
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
Patriot Games
1992
The Guns of Navarone
1961
Red Desert
1964
Orca
1977
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
The Wild Geese
1978
Photos (5)
Movies (71)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Albus Dumbledore
Gladiator
Marcus Aurelius
The Count of Monte Cristo
Abbé Faria
Unforgiven
English Bob
Patriot Games
Paddy O'Neil
The Guns of Navarone
Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
The Cassandra Crossing
Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Cain
Savage Hearts
Sir Roger Foxley
Orca
Captain Nolan
Major Dundee
Captain Benjamin Tyreen
The Heroes of Telemark
Knut Straud
The Wild Geese
Capt. Rafer Janders
Mutiny on the Bounty
Seaman John Mills
Tarzan the Ape Man
James Porter
The Hunchback
Dom Frollo
Juggernaut
Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Dr. Andreas Tork
A Man Called Horse
John Morgan
Camelot
King Arthur
Abraham
Abraham
Red Desert
Corrado Zeller
Robin and Marian
Richard the Lionheart / King Richard
Man in the Wilderness
Zachary Bass
The Molly Maguires
James McKenna
Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
The Barber of Siberia
Douglas McCraken
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Frank
Cry, the Beloved Country
James Jarvis
The Apocalypse
John
This Sporting Life
Frank Machin
Hawaii
Rafer Hoxworth
Highpoint
Lewis Kinney
The Return of a Man Called Horse
John Morgan / Horse
Maigret
Jules Maigret
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Higgins
The Deadly Trackers
Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick
The Three Faces
Robert (segment "Gli amanti celebri")
The Field
'Bull' McCabe
Silent Tongue
Prescott Roe
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver
The Long and the Short and the Tall
Cpl. Johnstone
To Walk with Lions
George Adamson
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
John Morgan - Man Called Horse
Camelot
King Arthur
This Is the Sea
Old Man Jacobs
Mack the Knife
Mr. Peachum
99 and 44/100% Dead
Harry Crown
Golden Rendezvous
John Carter
Ravagers
Falk
Grizzly Falls
Old Harry
Caprice
Christopher White
Exterior Day
2022
Shake Hands with the Devil
Terence O'Brien
Echoes of a Summer
Eugene
Martin's Day
Martin Steckert
A Terrible Beauty
Sean Reilly
The Pearl
Dr. Karl
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
Jason
Game for Vultures
David Swansey
The Last Word
Danny Travis
King of the Wind
King George II
My Kingdom
Sandeman
The Snow Goose
Philip Rhayadar
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003
Trojan Eddie
John Power
Strike Commando 2
Major Vic Jenkins
Arthur: King of the Britons
Presenter
Bloomfield
Eitan
Alive and Kicking
Lover
TV Shows (5)
Self / Appearances (21)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 6 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Dinah!
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 2 eps
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self · 1 eps
Cinépanorama
Self · 1 eps
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Singer · 1 eps
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self · 1 eps
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Self (archive footage)
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Self
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La
Self
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Self
Hellraisers
Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Self
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
Self