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Actors you may not know are dead, Died - Dead, Actors - Actress, Voice News, Audio News,Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Long before he founded an ill-fated amusement park using the secrets of dino DNA, Richard Attenborough was already an accomplished and award-winning actor. Attenborough starred alongside Steve McQueen in The Great Escape, released in the midst of a busy period that included some of his most widely seen work. He also won two consecutive Golden Globe Awards in 1967 and 1968 for co-starring in The Sand Pebbles (also with McQueen) and Doctor Dolittle.

Needless to say, Attenborough's career contains no shortage of highlights, and his work will no doubt be familiar to classic film fans. Younger filmgoers, however, have their own Attenborough memories thanks to his appearance as John Hammond, whose ambitions led to the creation of Jurassic Park. That blockbuster made him famous to a whole new generation, but it's just one short chapter in a life of many great cinematic achievements (both behind and in front of the camera) that ended on August 24, 2014 at the age of 90.