Richard Harris

Richard Harris Movies and TV Shows

Richard St. John Harris was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer. He appeared on stage and in many films, and is perhaps best known for his roles as King Arthur in Camelot (1967), as Oliver Cromwell in Cromwell (1970) and as Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), his last film. He also played a British aristocrat and prisoner in A Man Called Horse (1970) and a gunfighter in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). As a singer, Harris is probably best remembered for his recording of Jimmy Webb's song "MacArthur Park", which reached the top ten in sales on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean in 1968. Harris, the fifth of nine children, was born in Limerick City, County Limerick, Munster, Ireland, the son of Ivan John Harris and Mildred Josephine Harty Harris. In 1957, he married Elizabeth Rees-Williams, the daughter of David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore. Their three children are the actor Jared Harris, the actor Jamie Harris, and the director Damian Harris. Harris and Rees-Willams divorced in 1969, and then Elizabeth married another well-known actor, Sir Rex Harrison. Harris' second marriage was to the American actress Ann Turkel, who was 16 years younger than he, and this marriage also ended in a divorce. Despite his divorces, Harris was a member of the Roman Catholic Knights of Malta, and was also dubbed a knight by the Queen of Denmark in 1985. Harris was a life long friend of actor Peter O'Toole. Harris died of Hodgkin's disease on 25 October 2002, aged 72, two and a half weeks before the American premiere of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. He was replaced as Dumbledore by the Irish-born actor Sir Michael Gambon. For years, whenever he was in London, Harris resided at the Savoy Hotel. According to the hotel archivist Susan Scott, as Harris was being taken from the hotel on a stretcher, shortly before his death, he warned the diners, "It was the food!" Harris's remains were cremated, and his ashes were scattered in The Bahamas Islands, where he had owned a home.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 10/1/1930 (93 years old)
  • Place of birth: Limerick City, Munster, Ireland
  • nationality: American
  • Net worth: $4,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
2022

Documentary

8.0
75%
2002

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.4
77%
2002

Adventure

7.7
76%
2001

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
79%
Gladiator
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 82%
role:
Marcus Aurelius
2000

Action

Adventure

Drama

8.5
82%
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The Barber of Siberia
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 71%
role:
Douglas McCraken
Not available
1998

Comedy

Drama

History

Romance

7.7
71%
Not available
Smilla's Sense of Snow
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 64%
role:
Dr. Andreas Tork
Not available
1997

Action

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

6.3
64%
Not available
1995

Drama

6.8
65%
Unforgiven
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 79%
role:
English Bob
1992

Western

8.2
79%
Patriot Games
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 67%
role:
Paddy O'Neil
1992

Action

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.8
67%
Tarzan, the Ape Man
IMDB 3.4
TMDB 38%
role:
James Porter
1981

Action

Adventure

Comedy

3.4
38%
The Wild Geese
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 69%
role:
Capt. Rafer Janders
1978

Action

War & Politics

6.8
69%
Orca
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 62%
role:
Captain Nolan
1977

Adventure

Horror

5.7
62%
The Cassandra Crossing
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 62%
role:
Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain
1976

Action

Drama

Thriller

6.3
62%
Robin and Marian
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 64%
role:
Richard the Lionheart / King Richard
1976

Action

Adventure

Drama

Romance

6.5
64%
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Juggernaut
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 61%
role:
Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon
Not available
1974

Action

Crime

Thriller

6.6
61%
Not available
Man in the Wilderness
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 63%
role:
Zachary Bass
1971

Adventure

Drama

Western

6.8
63%
A Man Called Horse
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 64%
role:
John Morgan
1970

Action

Adventure

Drama

Western

6.8
64%
1966

Drama

Family

6.2
73%
1965

Action

War & Politics

6.5
70%
Major Dundee
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Captain Benjamin Tyreen
1965

Western

War & Politics

6.7
66%
Red Desert
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 74%
role:
Corrado Zeller
1964

Drama

7.5
74%
This Sporting Life
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 71%
role:
Frank Machin
1963

Drama

7.5
71%
Mutiny on the Bounty
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Seaman John Mills
1962

Adventure

Drama

History

7.2
70%
The Guns of Navarone
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 73%
role:
Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF
1961

Action

War & Politics

7.5
73%
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1961

Drama

War & Politics

6.7
72%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Richard Harris are, for example, Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and The Count of Monte Cristo.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and Google Play.
The best Anystream ratings are Gladiator (8.4), Unforgiven (8.1) and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (7.8).
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