
Richard Harris
- Date of Birth: 1930-10-01
- Date of Death: 2002-10-25
- Place of Birth: Limerick City, Munster, Ireland
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 D... 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.

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Documentary, Western, Drama • 2002 September

The Barber of Siberia
Comedy, Drama, Romance, History • 1998 November

The Field
Drama • 1990 September

The Oscars
• 1953 March

This Sporting Life
Drama • 1963 February

Abraham
Adventure, Drama, TV Movie • 1993 December

Mutiny on the Bounty
Adventure, Drama, History • 1962 November

The Heroes of Telemark
Action, Drama, War • 1965 November

The Wild Geese
Action • 1978 June

Alive and Kicking
Comedy • 1959 July