Actor
Ralph Richardson
Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor, one of a group of theatrical knights of the mid-20th century who, though more closely associated with the stage, also appeared in several classic films. Richardson first became known for his work on stage in the 1930s. In the 1940s, together with Laurence Olivier, he ran the Old Vic company. He continued on stage and in films into the early 1980s and was especially prais ...

Known For
Acting
1986 -- Directed by William Wyler | Self
1984 -- Give My Regards to Broad Street | Jim
1984 -- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | The Sixth Earl of Greystoke
1983 -- Invitation to the Wedding |
1982 -- Witness for the Prosecution | Sir Wilfred Robarts
1981 -- Time Bandits | Supreme Being
1981 -- Dragonslayer | Ulrich
1979 -- Charlie Muffin | Sir Archibald Willoughby
1978 -- Watership Down | Chief Rabbit (voice)
1978 -- No Man's Land | Hirst
1977 -- The Man in the Iron Mask | Colbert de Voliere
1977 -- Jesus of Nazareth | Simeon
1975 -- Rollerball | Librarian
1974 -- Frankenstein: The True Story | Mr. Lacey
1973 -- A Doll's House | Dr. Rank
1973 -- O Lucky Man! | Sir James Burgess / Monty
1973 -- William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare | Various
1972 -- Lady Caroline Lamb | George IV
1972 -- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | The Caterpillar
1972 -- Tales from the Crypt | The Crypt Keeper
1972 -- Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? | Mr. Benton
1972 -- Eagle in a Cage | Sir Hudson Lowe
1972 -- Home | Jack
1970 -- Twelfth Night | Sir Toby Belch
1970 -- The Looking Glass War | LeClerc
1970 -- Upon This Rock | Himself (Narrator)
1969 -- David Copperfield | Mr. Micawber
1969 -- Battle of Britain | Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland
1969 -- The Bed Sitting Room | Lord Fortnum of Alamein
1969 -- Midas Run | Lord Henshaw
1969 -- Oh! What a Lovely War | Sir Edward Grey
1968 -- The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage)
1966 -- The Wrong Box | Joseph Finsbury
1966 -- Khartoum | William Gladstone
1965 -- Moscow in Madrid | Self
1965 -- Chimes at Midnight | Narrator (voice)
1965 -- Doctor Zhivago | Alexander Gromeko
1965 -- Johnson Over Jordan | Robert Johnson
1965 -- Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean | Self
1964 -- Woman of Straw | Charles Richmond
1962 -- Hedda Gabler | Judge Brack
1962 -- Heart to Heart | Sir Stanley Johnson
1962 -- Long Day's Journey Into Night | James Tyrone
1962 -- The 300 Spartans | Themistocles of Athens
1960 -- Exodus | Gen. Sutherland
1960 -- Oscar Wilde | Sir Edward Carson
1960 -- Our Man in Havana | 'C'
1957 -- The Passionate Stranger | Roger Wynter / Sir Clement
1956 -- Smiley | Rev. Lambeth
1955 -- Richard III | Duke of Buckingham
1952 -- The Holly and the Ivy | Reverend Martin Gregory
1952 -- The Sound Barrier | John Ridgefield
1952 -- Home at Seven | David Preston
1951 -- Outcast of the Islands | Captain Tom Lingard
1950 -- Eagles of the Fleet | Commentary
1950 -- Cricket | Narrator(voice)
1949 -- The Heiress | Dr. Austin Sloper
1949 -- Come Saturday | Narrator
1948 -- The Fallen Idol | Baines
1948 -- Anna Karenina | Alexei Karenin
1946 -- School for Secrets | Prof. Heatherville
1944 -- The Volunteer | Self - Narrator
1943 -- The Silver Fleet | Jaap van Leyden
1942 -- The Day Will Dawn | Frank Lockwood
1939 -- The Lion Has Wings | Wing Commander Richardson
1939 -- On the Night of the Fire | Will Kobling
1939 -- Smith | Smith
1939 -- The Four Feathers | John Durrance
1939 -- Q Planes | Maj. Charles Hammond
1939 -- Bees on the Boat-Deck | Sam Gridley
1938 -- The Citadel | Dr. Philip Denny
1938 -- South Riding | Robert Carne
1938 -- The Divorce of Lady X | Lord Mere
1937 -- Thunder in the City | Henry V. Manningdale
1936 -- The Man Who Could Work Miracles | Colonel Winstanley
1936 -- Things to Come | The Boss
1935 -- Bulldog Jack | Morelle
1934 -- The King of Paris | Paul Lebrun
1934 -- Java Head | William Ammidon
1934 -- The Return of Bulldog Drummond | Major Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
1933 -- Friday the Thirteenth | Horace Dawes
1933 -- The Ghoul | Nigel Hartley
1931 -- Dreyfus | Extra
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