Richard Harris

7.8	Listal rating

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Birth Name: Richard St. John Harris

Born: 1 October 1930 Died: 25 October 2002

Country of origin: Ireland

Height: 6' 1"

Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

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Richard Harris Videos

Richard Harris hilarious stories

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About: A genuine star of cinema on screen and a fiery hell raiser off screen, Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family. He was an excellent rugby player and had a strong passion for literature. Unfortunately, a bout of tuberculosis as a teenager ended his aspirations to a rugby career, but he became fascinated with the theater and skipped a local dance one night to attend a performance of "Henry IV". He was hooked and went on to learn his cr A genuine star of cinema on screen and a fiery hell raiser off screen, Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family. He was an excellent rugby player and had a strong passion for literature. Unfortunately, a bout of tuberculosis as a teenager ended his aspirations to a rugby career, but he became fascinated with the theater and skipped a local dance one night to attend a performance of "Henry IV". He was hooked and went on to learn his craft at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, then spent several years in stage productions. He debuted on screen in Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) and quickly scored regular work in films, including The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959), A Terrible Beauty (1960) and a good role as a frustrated Australian bomber pilot in The Guns of Navarone (1961).

However, his breakthrough performance was as the quintessential "angry young man" in the sensational drama This Sporting Life (1963), which scored him an Oscar nomination. He then appeared in the WW II commando tale The Heroes of Telemark (1965) and in the Sam Peckinpah-directed western Major Dundee (1965). He next showed up in Hawaii (1966) and played King Arthur in Camelot (1967), a lackluster adaptation of the famous Broadway play. Better performances followed, among them a role as a reluctant police informer in The Molly Maguires (1970) alongside Sir Sean Connery. Harris took the lead role in the violent western A Man Called Horse (1970), which became something of a cult film and spawned two sequels.

As the 1970s progressed, Harris continued to appear regularly on screen; however, the quality of the scripts varied from above average to woeful. His credits during this period included directing himself as an aging soccer player in the delightful Bloomfield (1971); the western The Deadly Trackers (1973); the big-budget "disaster" film Juggernaut (1974); the strangely-titled crime film 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974); with Connery again in Robin and Marian (1976); Gulliver's Travels (1977); a part in the Jaws (1975) ripoff Orca (1977) and a nice turn as an ill-fated mercenary with Richard Burton and Roger Moore in the popular action film The Wild Geese (1978).

The 1980s kicked off with Harris appearing in the silly Bo Derek vanity production Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) and the remainder of the decade had him appearing in some very forgettable productions.

However, the luck of the Irish was once again to shine on Harris' career and he scored rave reviews (and another Oscar nomination) for The Field (1990). He then locked horns with Harrison Ford as an IRA sympathizer in Patriot Games (1992) and got one of his best roles as gunfighter English Bob in the Clint Eastwood western Unforgiven (1992). Harris was firmly back in vogue and rewarded his fans with more wonderful performances in Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993); Cry, the Beloved Country (1995); The Great Kandinsky (1995) (TV) and This Is the Sea (1997). Further fortune came his way with a strong performance in the blockbuster Gladiator (2000) and he became known to an entirely new generation of film fans as Albus Dumbledore in the mega-successful Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). His final screen role was as "Lucius Sulla" in Julius Caesar (2002) (TV).

A diverse, vigorous and captivating actor, Richard Harris passed away from Hodgkin's Disease on October 25, 2002. ... (more)

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Movies

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

Rating:

7.1

5407 Watched

2. Gladiator (2000)

Rating:

7.7

5154 Watched

3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Rating:

6.9

5138 Watched

4. Unforgiven (1992)

Rating:

1250 Watched

5. The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Rating:

7.3

843 Watched

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TV

1. Late Show with David Letterman (1993)

Rating:

6.5

165 Watched

2. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

Rating:

7.5

40 Watched

3. Julius Caesar (2002)

Rating:

6.7

15 Watched

4. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

Rating:

8.9

18 Watched

5. The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003)

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18 Watched

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Music

1. 10 Things I Hate About You: Music From The Motion Picture

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7.4

14 own

2. MacArthur Park - Richard Harris Sings The Songs of Jimmy Webb

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2 own

3. Webb Sessions: 1968-69

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6.3

1 own

Movies directed by

1. The Hero (1971)

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2 Watched

Movies written by

1. The Hero (1971)

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2 Watched

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"Born: Richard St John Harris on October 1, 1930 Place of Birth: Limerick City, Irish Free State Died: October 25, 2002 Place of Death: London, England, UK Born into a middle-class, staunchly Roman Catholic family, Harris played on several rugby teams until he caught tuberculosis in his teens and was forced to quit. He subsequently became interested in acting, applied to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He would direct his first play, Winter Journey while still a student, which woul"

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"blockquote> 2 nominations Nominated 1-The Field (1990) Other nominations before 70s 2-This Sporting Life (1963) "

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"1981 - Tarzan the Ape Man"

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"Major Dundee"

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"Highest rated: Unforgiven: 8 (1992) Wrestling Ernest Hemingway: 7.7 (1993) Gladiator: 7.7 (2000) The Sporting Life: 7.6 (1963) Red Desert: 7.4 (1964) Average: 7.68 Low but popular: : (19)"

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" Actor: Richard Harris "Harry Potter" Role: Albus Dumbledore Richard Harris died shortly before the release of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." Prior to that, he earned two Oscar nominations for "" (1963) and "The Field" (1991), as well as a Golden Globe for "Camelot" (1968). He even managed to get a top ten hit on the U.S. charts in 1968 with his rendition of "MacArthur Park.""