Richard Harris

Richard Harris

1930-10-01 Limerick City, Munster, Ireland 86 Credits

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 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 Cromwel...

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The Ghost of Richard Harris

The Ghost of Richard Harris

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

A candid and revealing insight into the private life and public career of Richard Harris. One of the most remarkable actors of his generation, the doc...

Exterior Day

Exterior Day

2022

Acting

Inspired by a famous exchange of letters between Michelangelo Antonioni and Mark Rothko, Esterno giorno is an experimental love letter to Italian cine...

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

2005

as Self

Acting

Series of documentary pods chronicling every aspect of the production of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Released as an extra on the 2005 extended version B...

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

2005

as Self

7.3
Acting

An in-depth look at the entire making of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Consisting of: Tale Of The Scribes: Story Development, The Heat Of Battle: Product...

The Apocalypse

The Apocalypse

2004

as John

5.2
Acting

While Emperor Domitian persecutes the Christians, the aged apostle John has prophetic visions.

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

2004

as Self

7.6
Acting

A 2004 documentary on the first three “Harry Potter” films detailing the behind-the-scenes journey of making them.

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

2003

Acting

Over one hour of black-and-white location footage and interviews with the stars and director, all staged outdoors in manifestly frigid conditions. Man...

The Apocalypse

2002

as Apostle John

Acting

The film is set in 90 AD and concerns Jesus Christ's last surviving disciple, John of Patmos, and his writings and visions from the Apocalypse of John...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

as Albus Dumbledore

7.7
Acting

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger aw...

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

2002

as Self

7.2
Acting

Behind the scenes of Unforgiven (1992)

Arthur: King of the Britons

Arthur: King of the Britons

2002

as Presenter

Acting

The legend of King Arthur is one of the most evocative stories in British mythology. We think of the romantic King, with his beautiful wife Guinevere ...

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

2002

as Abbé Faria

7.7
Acting

Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable ...

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

2001

as Self

7.3
Acting

"This is a kid who just said it. I'm the greatest - and he said it with poetry. And I don't mean just the poems that he wrote but with the poetic ener...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

as Albus Dumbledore

7.9
Acting

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with ...

My Kingdom

My Kingdom

2001

as Sandeman

5.1
Acting

A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over his criminal empire to his three corrupt and powe...

The Pearl

The Pearl

2001

as Dr. Karl

4.4
Acting

A poor Mexican diver finds a priceless pearl that will change his impoverished family's future -- if he can fend off his own greed and the people tryi...

Hellraisers

Hellraisers

2000

as Self

Acting

Documentary about notorious British and Irish wildmen Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, Oliver Reed and Keith Moon and their excesses and exploits.

Gladiator

Gladiator

2000

as Marcus Aurelius

8.2
Acting

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred....

Grizzly Falls

Grizzly Falls

1999

as Old Harry

5.9
Acting

When a young boy is captured by a grizzly bear, he begins the most incredible journey of a lifetime, full of breathtaking excitement, harrowing danger...

To Walk with Lions

To Walk with Lions

1999

as George Adamson

5.8
Acting

Drama based loosely on the final years of Kenya game warden and lion-raiser George Adamson's life. An unofficial sequel to 'Born Free' (1966) and 'Liv...

The Barber of Siberia

The Barber of Siberia

1998

as Douglas McCraken

7.1
Acting

Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wild...

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

1998

as Self (archive footage)

5.8
Acting

Jon Stewart hosts the Sesame Street Muppets' 30 year celebration, but Elmo steps in when things go awry.

This Is the Sea

This Is the Sea

1997

as Old Man Jacobs

5.7
Acting

The film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened by...

The Hunchback

The Hunchback

1997

as Dom Frollo

5.9
Acting

Based on Victor Hugo's famed novel, the story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame, and his unrequited love for the gypsy girl, Esmera...

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997

as Dr. Andreas Tork

6.3
Acting

Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla unco...

Trojan Eddie

Trojan Eddie

1996

as John Power

5.3
Acting

Trojan Eddie sells stolen goods for John Power, aging godfather of a local network of Irish gypsies, known as "travelers." Having done time rather tha...

Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country

1995

as James Jarvis

6.7
Acting

A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.

The Great Kandinsky

1995

as Ernest Kandinsky

6.0
Acting

The once-reknowned escape-artist and magician, Kandinsky, is now reduced to confounding the staff and inmates of his retirement home.

Savage Hearts

Savage Hearts

1995

as Sir Roger Foxley

2.5
Acting

When a beautiful mob hitwoman learns she only has six months to live, she decides to rob her employers, and go out in style, but the syndicate's head ...

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

1993

as Frank

6.1
Acting

Frank, a retired Irish seaman, and Walter, a retired Cuban barber, are two lonely old men trapped in the emptiness of their own lives. When they meet ...

Abraham

Abraham

1993

as Abraham

7.0
Acting

Rather than choosing a great leader or king, God chooses Abraham, an elderly shepherd from Mesopotamia, as the way to establish his Covenant with mank...

Silent Tongue

Silent Tongue

1993

as Prescott Roe

4.6
Acting

Mad with grief after the death of his Kiowa wife, Roe awaits death under a tree with her body beside him. She begins to haunt him because he won't bur...

Unforgiven

Unforgiven

1992

as English Bob

7.9
Acting

William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one las...

Patriot Games

Patriot Games

1992

as Paddy O'Neil

6.7
Acting

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

The Field

The Field

1990

as 'Bull' McCabe

7.1
Acting

"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell...

King of the Wind

King of the Wind

1990

as King George II

6.4
Acting

In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil and good. And thus begins the life of Sham. He is a...

Mack the Knife

Mack the Knife

1989

as Mr. Peachum

6.6
Acting

In the 19th century London, a young girl falls for a famous womanizing criminal and they decide to get married. Her family strongly disapproves so her...

Strike Commando 2

Strike Commando 2

1988

as Major Vic Jenkins

4.7
Acting

A commando rescues his squad leader from heroin smugglers in Burma.

Maigret

Maigret

1988

as Jules Maigret

6.0
Acting

Jules Maigret, a meticulous Parisian police detective, is a famous literary character. In this film adaptation of his stories, he's trying to solve a ...

Martin's Day

Martin's Day

1985

as Martin Steckert

6.2
Acting

Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a 12-year-old as hostage. He proves to be named Martin, too a quiet "good littl...

Triumphs of a Man Called Horse

Triumphs of a Man Called Horse

1983

as John Morgan - Man Called Horse

5.8
Acting

Shunka Wakan, formerly Lord John, helps his Dakota son defend their tribe against gold rushers.

Camelot

Camelot

1982

as King Arthur

8.0
Acting

Shot live from the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, this presentation of the 1980 Broadway revival of the beloved Lerner & Loewe classic follow...

Highpoint

Highpoint

1982

as Lewis Kinney

4.8
Acting

James Hatcher embezzles ten million dollars from a joint mafia/CIA operation, leaving them squabbling with each other. Unemployed Lewis Kinney gets ca...

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

1981

as Jason

5.0
Acting

Set within the super-rich jet-set society of Paris, Richard Harris portrays a man whose life is gradually being destroyed. From sexual trauma to finan...

Tarzan the Ape Man

Tarzan the Ape Man

1981

as James Porter

4.1
Acting

The Tarzan story from Jane's point of view. Jane Parker visits her father in Africa where she joins him on an expedition. A couple of brief encounters...

The Last Word

The Last Word

1979

as Danny Travis

4.0
Acting

When politicians try to force out a renter in a corrupt real-estate deal, the man decides to take matters into his own hands. He takes a police office...

Ravagers

Ravagers

1979

as Falk

4.3
Acting

In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their w...

Game for Vultures

Game for Vultures

1979

as David Swansey

4.4
Acting

The South African businessman David Swansey is delivering illegal German helicopters to Rhodesia. That makes the patriot Gideon Marunga an angry man.

The Wild Geese

The Wild Geese

1978

as Capt. Rafer Janders

6.8
Acting

A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and s...

Stars' War - The Flight of the Wild Geese

Stars' War - The Flight of the Wild Geese

1978

as Self

Acting

Promotional short film about the making of the 1978 film The Wild Geese.

Golden Rendezvous

Golden Rendezvous

1977

as John Carter

4.9
Acting

Action-packed suspense thriller finds innocuous-looking purser Carter (Harris) the unlikely hero when the floating casino on which he works is hijacke...

Orca

Orca

1977

as Captain Nolan

6.2
Acting

After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherma...

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

1977

as Gulliver

5.5
Acting

Based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift and built around the Lilliput and Blefuscu episode. It was made partly in live action and partly...

The Cassandra Crossing

The Cassandra Crossing

1976

as Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain

6.3
Acting

Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train.

The Return of a Man Called Horse

The Return of a Man Called Horse

1976

as John Morgan / Horse

5.7
Acting

Lord John Morgan has returned to civilized life in England, but finds he has nothing but disdain for that life. Yearning to embrace the simplicity of ...

The Return of a Man Called Horse

The Return of a Man Called Horse

1976

Executive Producer

5.7
Producing

Lord John Morgan has returned to civilized life in England, but finds he has nothing but disdain for that life. Yearning to embrace the simplicity of ...

Robin and Marian

Robin and Marian

1976

as Richard the Lionheart / King Richard

6.3
Acting

Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

Echoes of a Summer

Echoes of a Summer

1976

as Eugene

5.1
Acting

A young girl with a terminal heart condition plans to celebrate her 12th birthday on one last summer holiday with her parents in Nova Scotia.

Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La

Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La

1976

as Self

4.0
Acting

A musical special promoting the then-upcoming release of the 1973 musical version of "Lost Horizon".

Juggernaut

Juggernaut

1974

as Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon

6.2
Acting

A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship.

99 and 44/100% Dead

99 and 44/100% Dead

1974

as Harry Crown

4.7
Acting

Uncle Frank Kelly calls on Harry Crown to help him in a gang war. The war becomes personal when Harry's new girlfriend is kidnapped by Uncle Frank's e...

The Deadly Trackers

The Deadly Trackers

1973

as Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick

5.6
Acting

Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick is a pacifist. Frank Brand is the leader of a band of killers. When their paths cross Kilpatrick is compelled to go against ev...

Man in the Wilderness

Man in the Wilderness

1971

as Zachary Bass

6.2
Acting

In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to be...

The Snow Goose

The Snow Goose

1971

as Philip Rhayadar

7.3
Acting

Based upon Paul Gallico's delicate novel, Patrick Garland's Golden Globe winning The Snow Goose is a stark and hauntingly beautiful drama set amongst ...

Bloomfield

Bloomfield

1970

as Eitan

5.1
Acting

An aging soccer player has a part-time girlfriend, a young fan, and doubts about throwing a game.

Bloomfield

Bloomfield

1970

Director, Screenplay

5.1
Directing Writing

An aging soccer player has a part-time girlfriend, a young fan, and doubts about throwing a game.

Cromwell

Cromwell

1970

as Oliver Cromwell

6.5
Acting

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell ...

A Man Called Horse

A Man Called Horse

1970

as John Morgan

6.5
Acting

In 1825, English peer Lord John Morgan is cast adrift in the American West. Captured by Sioux Indians, Morgan is at first targeted for quick extinctio...

The Molly Maguires

The Molly Maguires

1970

as James McKenna

6.3
Acting

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless company t...

Return of the Islander

1970

as Narrator (voice)

5.3
Acting

Through economic necessity, an Aran Islander is forced to travel to England to work on building sites so that he can earn money to support his family ...

Camelot

Camelot

1967

as King Arthur

6.2
Acting

The plot of his illegitimate son Mordred to gain the throne, and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threatens to topple King Arthur and d...

Caprice

Caprice

1967

as Christopher White

5.9
Acting

Patricia Foster, an industrial designer, causes chaos when she sells a secret cosmetics formula to a rival company.

Hawaii

Hawaii

1966

as Rafer Hoxworth

6.3
Acting

Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, ...

The Bible: In the Beginning...

The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966

as Cain

7.3
Acting

Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in...

The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark

1965

as Knut Straud

6.9
Acting

Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy w...

Major Dundee

Major Dundee

1965

as Captain Benjamin Tyreen

6.7
Acting

During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on a...

The Three Faces

The Three Faces

1965

as Robert (segment "Gli amanti celebri")

5.6
Acting

Italian comedy film made of three segments directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Mauro Bolognini and Franco Indovina. First segment: Il Provino; second ...

Red Desert

Red Desert

1964

as Corrado Zeller

7.4
Acting

In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic accident, drifts into an affair with a friend of her h...

This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life

1963

as Frank Machin

7.0
Acting

In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by l...

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

1962

as Seaman John Mills

7.0
Acting

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as ...

The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

1961

as Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF

7.3
Acting

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range fiel...

The Long and the Short and the Tall

The Long and the Short and the Tall

1961

as Cpl. Johnstone

6.8
Acting

Based on a play by Willis Hall. A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the r...

A Terrible Beauty

A Terrible Beauty

1960

as Sean Reilly

4.9
Acting

In 1941, the IRA plans a campaign to coincide with the planned German invasion of England. Dermott O'Neil finds it easy to get into the IRA, but can h...

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

1959

as Higgins

6.3
Acting

A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a resu...

Alive and Kicking

Alive and Kicking

1959

as Lover

6.9
Acting

Three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an escape from their drab surroundings and head for an imp...

Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil

1959

as Terence O'Brien

6.5
Acting

In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes ...