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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Ghost of Richard Harris
2022
as Self (archive footage)
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
2022
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
2005
as Self
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'
2005
as Self
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
2004
as John
While Emperor Domitian persecutes the Christians, the aged apostle John has prophetic visions.

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004
as Self
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
2003
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
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
2002
as Albus Dumbledore
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'
2002
as Self
Behind the scenes of Unforgiven (1992)

Arthur: King of the Britons
2002
as Presenter
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
2002
as Abbé Faria
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
2001
as Self
"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
2001
as Albus Dumbledore
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
2001
as Sandeman
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
2001
as Dr. Karl
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
2000
as Self
Documentary about notorious British and Irish wildmen Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, Oliver Reed and Keith Moon and their excesses and exploits.

Gladiator
2000
as Marcus Aurelius
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
1999
as Old Harry
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
1999
as George Adamson
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
1998
as Douglas McCraken
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!
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Jon Stewart hosts the Sesame Street Muppets' 30 year celebration, but Elmo steps in when things go awry.

This Is the Sea
1997
as Old Man Jacobs
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
1997
as Dom Frollo
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
1997
as Dr. Andreas Tork
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
1996
as John Power
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
1995
as James Jarvis
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
The once-reknowned escape-artist and magician, Kandinsky, is now reduced to confounding the staff and inmates of his retirement home.

Savage Hearts
1995
as Sir Roger Foxley
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
1993
as Frank
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
1993
as Abraham
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
1993
as Prescott Roe
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
1992
as English Bob
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
1992
as Paddy O'Neil
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

The Field
1990
as 'Bull' McCabe
"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
1990
as King George II
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
1989
as Mr. Peachum
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
1988
as Major Vic Jenkins
A commando rescues his squad leader from heroin smugglers in Burma.

Maigret
1988
as Jules Maigret
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
1985
as Martin Steckert
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
1983
as John Morgan - Man Called Horse
Shunka Wakan, formerly Lord John, helps his Dakota son defend their tribe against gold rushers.

Camelot
1982
as King Arthur
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
1982
as Lewis Kinney
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
1981
as Jason
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
1981
as James Porter
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
1979
as Danny Travis
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
1979
as Falk
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
1979
as David Swansey
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
1978
as Capt. Rafer Janders
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
1978
as Self
Promotional short film about the making of the 1978 film The Wild Geese.

Golden Rendezvous
1977
as John Carter
Action-packed suspense thriller finds innocuous-looking purser Carter (Harris) the unlikely hero when the floating casino on which he works is hijacke...

Orca
1977
as Captain Nolan
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
1977
as Gulliver
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
1976
as Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain
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
1976
as John Morgan / Horse
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
1976
Executive Producer
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
1976
as Richard the Lionheart / King Richard
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

Echoes of a Summer
1976
as Eugene
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
1976
as Self
A musical special promoting the then-upcoming release of the 1973 musical version of "Lost Horizon".

Juggernaut
1974
as Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon
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
1974
as Harry Crown
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
1973
as Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick
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
1971
as Zachary Bass
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
1971
as Philip Rhayadar
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
1970
as Eitan
An aging soccer player has a part-time girlfriend, a young fan, and doubts about throwing a game.

Bloomfield
1970
Director, Screenplay
An aging soccer player has a part-time girlfriend, a young fan, and doubts about throwing a game.

Cromwell
1970
as Oliver Cromwell
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
1970
as John Morgan
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
1970
as James McKenna
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)
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
1967
as King Arthur
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
1967
as Christopher White
Patricia Foster, an industrial designer, causes chaos when she sells a secret cosmetics formula to a rival company.

Hawaii
1966
as Rafer Hoxworth
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...
1966
as Cain
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
1965
as Knut Straud
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
1965
as Captain Benjamin Tyreen
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
1965
as Robert (segment "Gli amanti celebri")
Italian comedy film made of three segments directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Mauro Bolognini and Franco Indovina. First segment: Il Provino; second ...

Red Desert
1964
as Corrado Zeller
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
1963
as Frank Machin
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
1962
as Seaman John Mills
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
1961
as Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
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
1961
as Cpl. Johnstone
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
1960
as Sean Reilly
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
1959
as Higgins
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
1959
as Lover
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
1959
as Terence O'Brien
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes ...