Richard Harris
01 October, 1930
| 1.85 m
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Biography
Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family, one of nine children born to Mildred (Harty) and Ivan Harris. He attended Crescent College, a Jesuit school, and was an excellent rugby player, with 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 (LAMDA), then spent several years in stage productions. He debuted on screen in Podając rękę diabłu (1959) and quickly scored regular work in films, including Wrak 'Mary Deare' (1959), Bojownicy nocy (1960) and a good role as a frustrated Australian bomber pilot in Działa Navarony (1961).However, his breakthrough performance was as the quintessential "angry young man" in the sensational drama Sportowe życie (1963), which scored him an Oscar nomination. He then appeared in the WW II commando tale Bohaterowie Telemarku (1965) and in the Sam Peckinpah-directed western Major Dundee (1965). He next showed up in Hawaje (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 Molly Maguires (1970) alongside Sir Sean Connery. Harris took the lead role in the violent western Człowiek zwany Koniem (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 Bloomfield (1970); the western Tropiciele... show more
Movies
In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti, but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by first officer Fletcher Christian.
In an industrial area, unstable Giuliana attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.
A British banker hires a group of British mercenaries to rescue a deposed African President from the hands of a corrupt African dictator.
A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.
Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?
In 1825, an English aristocrat is captured by Native Americans. He lives with them and begins to understand their way of life. Eventually, he is accepted as part of the tribe and aspires to become their leader.
In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.
Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce an atomic bomb component during World War II.
The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere. The plot of illegitimate Mordred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.
Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live.
Puritan statesman Oliver Cromwell leads England in a civil war against the absolutist and Catholic-sympathetic King Charles I.
When a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.
A blackmailer demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he placed aboard the transatlantic liner Britannic.
Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Its main highlights are the Garden of Eden, the first brothers, Noah and his family obeying God to build an ark for the Flood and Abraham's attempted sacrifice of Isaac.
While on an African expedition with her father, Jane Parker meets Tarzan, and the two become fascinated by each other.