Richard Harris
Acting
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
Acting100
tvJulius Caesar
2002
Lucius Silla
movieHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Albus Dumbledore
movieArthur: King of the Britons
2002
Presenter
movieThe Count of Monte Cristo
2002
Abbé Faria
movieHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Albus Dumbledore
movieMy Kingdom
2001
Sandeman
movieThe Pearl
2001
Dr. Karl
movieGladiator
2000
Marcus Aurelius
movieGrizzly Falls
1999
Old Harry
movieTo Walk with Lions
1999
George Adamson
movieThe Barber of Siberia
1998
Douglas McCraken
movieSesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998
Self (archive footage)
movieThis Is the Sea
1997
Old Man Jacobs
movieThe Hunchback
1997
Dom Frollo
movieSmilla's Sense of Snow
1997
Dr. Andreas Tork
movieTrojan Eddie
1996
John Power
movieCry, the Beloved Country
1995
James Jarvis
The Great Kandinsky
1995
Ernest Kandinsky
movieSavage Hearts
1995
Sir Roger Foxley
tvAbraham
1994
Abraham
movieSilent Tongue
1994
Prescott Roe
movieAbraham
1993
Abraham
movieUnforgiven
1992
English Bob
moviePatriot Games
1992
Paddy O'Neil
movieThe Field
1990
'Bull' McCabe
movieKing of the Wind
1990
King George II
movieMack the Knife
1989
Mr. Peachum
movieStrike Commando 2
1988
Major Vic Jenkins
movieMaigret
1988
Jules Maigret
movieMartin's Day
1985
Martin Steckert
movieTriumphs of a Man Called Horse
1983
John Morgan - Man Called Horse
movieCamelot
1982
King Arthur
movieHighpoint
1982
Lewis Kinney
movieTarzan the Ape Man
1981
James Porter
movieThe Last Word
1979
Danny Travis
movieGame for Vultures
1979
David Swansey
movieThe Wild Geese
1978
Capt. Rafer Janders
movieGolden Rendezvous
1977
John Carter
movieOrca
1977
Captain Nolan
movieGulliver's Travels
1977
Gulliver
movieThe Cassandra Crossing
1976
Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain
movieThe Return of a Man Called Horse
1976
John Morgan / Horse
movieRobin and Marian
1976
Richard the Lionheart / King Richard
tvDinah!
1974
Self
movieJuggernaut
1974
Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon
movie99 and 44/100% Dead
1974
Harry Crown
movieThe Deadly Trackers
1973
Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick
movieMan in the Wilderness
1971
Zachary Bass
movieThe Snow Goose
1971
Philip Rhayadar
movieBloomfield
1970
Eitan
movieCromwell
1970
Oliver Cromwell
movieA Man Called Horse
1970
John Morgan
movieThe Molly Maguires
1970
James McKenna
Return of the Islander
1970
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
movieCamelot
1967
King Arthur
movieCaprice
1967
Christopher White
movieHawaii
1966
Rafer Hoxworth
movieThe Heroes of Telemark
1965
Knut Straud
movieMajor Dundee
1965
Captain Benjamin Tyreen
movieThe Three Faces
1965
Robert (segment "Gli amanti celebri")
movieRed Desert
1964
Corrado Zeller
tvThe Hollywood Palace
1964
Self - Singer
movieThis Sporting Life
1963
Frank Machin
movieMutiny on the Bounty
1962
Seaman John Mills
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self / Self (archive footage)
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self - Co-Host / Self
movieThe Guns of Navarone
1961
Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
movieThe Long and the Short and the Tall
1961
Cpl. Johnstone
movieA Terrible Beauty
1960
Sean Reilly
movieShake Hands with the Devil
1959
Terence O'Brien
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Philip Rhayadar
Directing1
movieBloomfield
1970
Director
Production1
movieThe Return of a Man Called Horse
1976
Executive Producer
Writing1
movieBloomfield
1970
Screenplay