Richard Harris

Acting

Richard Harris

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Oct 01, 1930 (94 years old)

Richard Harris

Known For

The Ghost of Richard Harris
1h 47m
DOLBY
Movie 2022

The Ghost of Richard Harris

A candid and revealing insight into the private life and...

Exterior Day
8min
DOLBY
Movie 2022

Exterior Day

Inspired by a famous exchange of letters between Michelangelo Antonioni...

Creating the World of Harry Potter
8 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 2009

Creating the World of Harry Potter

Explore the World of Harry Potter through the behind the...

Strength and Honor: Production Pods
1h 58m
DOLBY
Movie 2005

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

Series of documentary pods chronicling every aspect of the production...

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
3h 17m
DOLBY
Movie 2005

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

An in-depth look at the entire making of Ridley Scott's...

The Apocalypse
1h 33m
DOLBY
Movie 2004

The Apocalypse

While Emperor Domitian persecutes the Christians, the aged apostle John...

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
42min
DOLBY
Movie 2004

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

A 2004 documentary on the first three “Harry Potter” films...

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
1h 5m
DOLBY
Movie 2003

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

Over one hour of black-and-white location footage and interviews with...

Julius Caesar
2 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 2003

Julius Caesar

Twenty year-old Julius Caesar flees Rome for his life during...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2h 41m
DOLBY
Movie 2002

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes...

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.