Richard Harris Net Worth
Richard Harris Net Worth is
$400,000
Richard Harris Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Richard St John Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor, singer, theatrical producer, film director and writer. He appeared on stage and in many films, and is perhaps best known for his role as Frank Machin in This Sporting Life. He is also known for playing King Arthur in the 1967 film Camelot and the subsequent 1981 revival of the show. He played an aristocrat and prisoner in A Man Called Horse (1970), a gunfighter in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992), Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator (2000), and Albus Dumbledore in both Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). Harris had a top ten hit in the UK and the US with his 1968 recording of Jimmy Webb's song "MacArthur Park". | Full Name | Richard Harris |
| Date Of Birth | October 1, 1930, Limerick, Republic of Ireland |
| Died | October 25, 2002, Fitzrovia, United Kingdom |
| Place Of Birth | Limerick, Ireland |
| Height | 6' 1" (1.85 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Soundtrack, Producer |
| Education | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Crescent College |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse | Ann Turkel, Elizabeth Rees-Williams |
| Children | Jared Harris, Jamie Harris, Damian Harris |
| Parents | Mildred Josephine Harty Harris, Ivan John Harris |
| Siblings | Dermot Harris, William George Harris, Noel William Michael Harris, Patrick Ivan Harris |
| Awards | British Independent Film Award – The Richard Harris Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Cannes Best Actor Award, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Music Groups | The Jive Five |
| Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Grammy Award for Album of the Year, British Independent Film Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best British Actor, Gr... |
| Movies | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Gladiator, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, A Man Called Horse, Unforgiven, Camelot, This Sporting Life, Man in the Wilderness, Wild Geese, The Count of Monte Cristo, Major Dundee, The Guns of Navarone, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Molly Maguires, The R... |
| Star Sign | Libra |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Irish accent |
| 2 | Pale blue eyes |
| 3 | In his later years he often played characters that speak in raspy whispers |
| 4 | A rebel in real life, a part he often portrayed on screen |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [having been called a drunk by Michael Caine] The point about Michael is that he can say what he likes, I don't mind him opening his mouth and shooting off. I don't care what he says. But don't characterise Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole and me as drunks as if that's all we achieved in our life, because he could live twenty fucking lives and he couldn't achieve as much as we three have achieved. |
| 2 | [on Michael Caine receiving his honorary BAFTA] Good luck to him with his Bafta mask. I hope he does us all a favour and wears the bloody thing in front of his face wherever he goes. |
| 3 | [about Michael Caine comparing himself to Gene Hackman] Hackman is an intimidating and dangerous actor. Mr. Caine is about as dangerous as Laurel or Hardy, or indeed both, and as intimidating as Shirley Temple. |
| 4 | [on Michael Caine's comments about being under appreciated in his own country] He takes himself too seriously. I've made 63 movies and I've never been nominated by Bafta for anything. Do I care? Not in the slightest. |
| 5 | [on Michael Caine] He is an over-fat flatulent 62-year-old windbag, a master of inconsequence now masquerading as a guru, passing off his vast limitations as pious virtues. |
| 6 | [on Tom Cruise] He's got very nice teeth, but has he ever read a book? |
| 7 | [asked if he ever read the Harry Potter books] I haven't, even today I haven't read them. Not because they're not grand, I know they're great. I love the script, but I don't read fiction, it's as simple as that. There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them. |
| 8 | Any suggestion that [Michael Caine] Has eclipsed the names of Finney, O'Toole, Burton, Bates, Smith and Courtenay is tantamount to prophesying that Rin-Tin-Tin will be solemnised beyond the memory of Brando. |
| 9 | People may look at Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton and me and say we never fulfilled our talent. But I laugh at that, and say to anyone with that view that I didn't fulfil their idea of my talent. I didn't fulfil the dreams that they had for me. |
| 10 | Jesus is just a word I use to swear with. |
| 11 | I came to England first in 1954 looking for a bedsit, a room to sleep in while going to my academy. And outside the Earl's Court tube station there was a little tobacco-list and paper shop and they had a board. A glass-filled in board with rooms for rent. And I saw one for thirteen shillings a week and it said, "No Irishmen or black need apply" and I took my jersey and I put it down over my hand and I put my hand right through the glass and I took it out and I kept it for the rest of my life. That's how we were treated here in 1954. That would cause me grievance. That would cause me anger. |
| 12 | When I worked with Julie Andrews, I think I experienced the greatest hate I ever had for any human being. |
| 13 | I have no friends in this business. I don't go to their clubs, don't go to their hangouts and don't mix at all. I am part of the business but I am apart from it. If anyone ever asks my advice, I tell them, 'Don't take yourself too seriously.' |
| 14 | [on turning seventy] I can be eccentric now and get away with it. |
| 15 | [on his life] I wish I could remember it. |
| 16 | When I'm in trouble, I'm an Irishman. When I turn in a good performance, I'm an Englishman. |
| 17 | If ever I was miscast in my life, it was in the role of husband. I was the worst husband in the world. |
| 18 | Actors take themselves so seriously. Samuel Beckett is important, James Joyce is - they left something behind them. But even Laurence Olivier is totally unimportant. Acting is actually very simple, but actors try to elevate it to an art. |
| 19 | I made films I did not want to see, I took planes to places I didn't want to visit, I bought houses I didn't live in. I was numb, and it didn't seem to matter. (2000) |
| 20 | I consider a great part of my career a total failure. I went after the wrong things - got caught in the 60s. I picked pictures that were way below my talent. Just to have fun. |
| 21 | I hate movies. They're a waste of time. I could be in a pub having more fun talking to idiots rather than sitting down and watching idiots perform. |
| 22 | I feel most alive when I'm working on a film. |
| 23 | [on playing Professor Dumbledore] I'll keep doing it as long as I enjoy it, my health holds out and they still want me. But the chances of all three of those factors remaining constant are pretty slim. |
| 24 | I was a sinner. I slugged some people. I hurt many people. And it's true, I never looked back to see the casualties. |
| 25 | [upon being carried out on a stretcher from the Savoy Hotel, to people entering the hotel] It was the food! |
| 26 | [on his Major Dundee (1965) co-star Charlton Heston'] Heston's the only man who could drop out of a cubic moon, he's so square. The trouble with him is he doesn't think he's a hired actor, like the rest of us. He thinks he's the entire production. He used to sit there in the mornings and clock us with a stopwatch. |
| 27 | I can see the difficulties of making a movie. Directors and producers have to put up with a lot of rubbish from temperamental actors. |
| 28 | What I hate about our business today is the elitism. So-called stars ride in private jets and have bodyguards and dietitians and beauticians. Tom Cruise is a midget and he has eight bodyguards all 6 feet 10, which makes him even more diminutive. It's an absolute joke. |
| 29 | Someone asked me once "What is the difference between Tom Cruise now and you when you were a major star?" I said there is a great difference. Look at a photograph of me from the old days and I'm going to one of my film premieres with a bottle of vodka in my hand. Tom Cruise has a bottle of Evian water. That's the difference - a bottle of Evian water. |
| 30 | I would give up all the accolades - people have occasionally written and said nice things - of my showbiz career to play just once for the senior Munster team. I will never win an Oscar now, but even if I did I would swap it instantly for one sip of champagne from the Heineken Cup. |
| 31 | [his response to hearing he had been Oscar nominated for This Sporting Life (1963)] I've struck a blow for the Irish rebellion! |
| 32 | No one trusts me any more. I spent half the movie [Maigret (1988)] arguing with people and I was accused of causing big on-set rows. But what they won't tell you is I fought for [author Georges Simenon]. I fought for the maintenance of quality. I don't believe in lying down on the job. I've seen these so-called "nice" actors. Very able fellows like Ian McKellen and Kenneth Branagh. But they're like bank managers. So sweet and careful. Who needs them? We are suffering a plague of good taste. Give me Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke any day. They project danger. That's what makes acting - and life - interesting. |
| 33 | No one gave me anything. I fought TB, I fought the devil. But I made people laugh. I don't want immortality. I've lived it all. I've done it all. |
| 34 | I'm not interested in reputation or immortality or things like that...I don't care what I'm remembered for. I don't care if I'm remembered. I don't care if I'm not remembered. I don't care why I'm remembered. I genuinely don't care. |
| 35 | There are too many prima donnas in this business and not enough action. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Not a relation of Ed Harris. |
| 2 | He said he gave up drugs after almost overdosing on cocaine in 1978. |
| 3 | As Harris was born in the Irish Free State he was entitled to a full knighthood. However it is likely he would never have been offered one due to his vocal support for the IRA in the 1970s and early 1980s. |
| 4 | He nearly died from alcoholism in 1981, and a Roman Catholic priest was sent to given him the last rites. |
| 5 | The first Harry Potter film series cast member to die. |
| 6 | He had a longtime hatred of Michael Caine. Harris claimed to have turned down the role of Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File (1965). |
| 7 | Became a born-again Catholic after his brother Dermot died from alcoholism in 1985. |
| 8 | He was a vocal supporter of the Provisional Irish Republican Army from 1973 until 1984. In the late 1980s he was active in persuading Americans of Irish descent not to give money to terrorist groups. |
| 9 | He was replaced by Donald Sutherland as the IRA terrorist Liam Devlin in The Eagle Has Landed (1976) after it was discovered that he had attended a fundraiser for the Provisional IRA in the United States. |
| 10 | He appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Guns of Navarone (1961), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Unforgiven (1992) and Gladiator (2000). The latter two won in the category. |
| 11 | Despite his initial reluctance to accept the role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films (he only agreed to do so at the urging of his granddaughter) he was determined not to let his battle with Hodgkin's disease get in the way of him playing the role. During post-production on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), producer David Heyman visited Harris in the hospital. By this point Harris's illness had progressed to the point where he had become very gaunt and could speak in barely more than a whisper, yet he begged the producer not to recast the role. Ultimately, however, the role had to be recast, as Harris passed away a few weeks later. |
| 12 | Mickey Rourke dedicated his 2009 BAFTA award for Best Actor to Harris calling him "a good friend, and great actor.". |
| 13 | Uncle of actress Annabelle Wallis. |
| 14 | By the time he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in August 2002 it was so advanced that there was no hope of recovery. |
| 15 | He hated making Caprice (1967) with Doris Day so much that he never watched the film. |
| 16 | In an interview on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), Harris told a story about when he was a young actor playing Seyton in a theatrical production of "Macbeth." The lead actor was a real jerk to him, making constant demeaning references to Harris's Irish heritage. On opening night, Harris couldn't take it anymore. In Act V, Macbeth turns to him and says, "Wherefore was that cry?" Harris was supposed to reply, "The queen, my lord, is dead," after which Macbeth goes into his famous soliloquy about "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow." However, Harris decided instead to say, "Oh, don't worry. She's fine. She'll be up and about in ten minutes." He ruined the performance and was promptly fired. |
| 17 | Turned down the role of Commodus in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), then went on to play Commodus' father Marcus Aurelius (who dies at his son's hands) in Gladiator (2000). |
| 18 | Ex-father-in-law of actress Emilia Fox and Annabel Brooks. |
| 19 | While living in England, Harris popped out for milk and when seeing the paper he noticed that Young Munster were playing in Thomond Park, Co. Limerick, Harris got the next available flight to Ireland. He spent the following 3 weeks on a drinking binge. All was unknown at the time to his wife, who had no idea where he was. When he finally returned to England, he rang the doorbell of his house. His wife answered the door and before she had a chance to say anything, he said, "Well, why didn't you pay the ransom?". |
| 20 | Was dyslexic. |
| 21 | Befriended Russell Crowe while filming Gladiator (2000). |
| 22 | During the 1940s and early 1950s he went to see all the films of John Wayne and Gary Cooper. Later, however, he described both actors as "pantomime cowboys". The westerns he made, like A Man Called Horse (1970), were decidedly revisionist in tone. |
| 23 | In 1979 he was diagnosed with hyperglycemia, a condition in which an excessive amount of glucose circulates in the blood plasma. |
| 24 | In his youth he was a fan of Marlon Brando, and could imitate or parody his performance in On the Waterfront (1954) at the drop of a hat. However he did not get along with Brando while filming Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) and blamed the American star's on-set behavior for the film going over budget and over schedule. During the 1960s he often criticized Brando's eccentric movie choices in interviews. |
| 25 | He enjoyed a friendly rivalry with English actor Oliver Reed during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Reed would often refer to himself as "Mr. England." When Harris would hear him saying that, he would then refer to himself as "Mr. Ireland.". |
| 26 | Producers were initially reluctant to cast Harris as King Arthur in Camelot (1967) due to his limited singing ability. Harris was cast after Richard Burton, who had played the part on Broadway in 1961, demanded too much money. The Irish actor insisted on doing his own singing live and later enjoyed a successful pop career, touring America in 1972. |
| 27 | After giving up drinking alcohol for a time in the 1970s, Harris put a bottle of vodka in every room in his house in London. The temptation was huge but he didn't touch a drop. |
| 28 | He spent the last 12 years of his life living in Room 758 at the world-famous Savoy Hotel in London. His room was located in the "Courtside" section of the hotel. It did have a view of the river, but not as fine a view as the "Hotel" section riverside rooms. He only had his room cleaned once a week and very rarely notified the hotel that he was out of his room, so they had to check his door ten times a day to see if his "Do Not Disturb" sign flipped around to say "Make Up My Room". |
| 29 | Harris did not enjoy his first time in Hollywood making The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959). Production had to be halted several times due to the frequent illnesses of its star, Gary Cooper. He turned down the role of Commodus in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) and was thirty-four when he starred in his first Hollywood movie, Major Dundee (1965). |
| 30 | He won the role of King Arthur in Camelot (1967), the film version of Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe's hit musical, after close friend and drinking buddy Richard Burton, who had played Arthur in the original 1960 Broadway production, turned down an offer to reprise the role in the film. Burton had had a huge success with Lerner & Lowe's show, winning a 1961 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Harris later replaced Burton in the roadshow of the 1980 revival of the musical when Burton was unable to continue due to bursitis, a tour that ended up back on Broadway, with Harris as Arthur, in 1981. |
| 31 | Well known for being a "method actor", Harris was once told that he would play the role of a filthy character, and so he went for a long time without bathing to fit in to the character better, much to the chagrin of his co-stars, who claimed that they could smell him coming a long way away. |
| 32 | Appears in Patriot Games (1992) with James Fox, whose niece is his daughter-in-law. |
| 33 | Is one of a few actors to appear in two Best Picture winners from the 1990s. He appeared in 1992's Best Picture, Unforgiven (1992), and 2000's Best Picture, Gladiator (2000). Others in the same category are Colin Firth, who appeared in The English Patient (1996) and Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Ralph Fiennes, who appeared in Schindler's List (1993) and The English Patient (1996). Fiennes later followed Harris into the Harry Potter films. |
| 34 | Was friends with Sir Sean Connery. |
| 35 | He and Patrick Bergin were two of the only Irish actors to play Irishmen in Patriot Games (1992). |
| 36 | It was his lifelong ambition to play Hamlet. He never did, although he referred to This Sporting Life (1963) as his Hamlet and The Field (1990) as his Lear. He later had one final attempt at an updated version of Lear with My Kingdom (2001). |
| 37 | An alcoholic, he gave up drinking completely in 1981 and returned to drinking Guinness a decade later. |
| 38 | Once said in an interview that he had a great fascination with authority figures and their use of power. During his career he portrayed King Arthur in Camelot (1967); Oliver Cromwell in Cromwell (1970); King Richard the Lionheart in Robin and Marian (1976); Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator (2000) and Headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). |
| 39 | Received the Laurence Olivier Award for his acclaimed performances at the Royal National Theatre, London, England. |
| 40 | Member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Stratford Upon Avon, England, since the early 1960s. His last appearance on the Swan stage (RSC main) was in the mid-1990s. |
| 41 | Graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He was rejected by the Royal Adademy of Dramatic Art. |
| 42 | Associate member of LAMDA. |
| 43 | Both he and his fellow Irish actor (and close friend) Peter O'Toole appeared in versions of "Gulliver's Travels": Harris played the title character in the 1977 film version Gulliver's Travels (1977) and O'Toole played the Emperor of Lilliput in the 1996 TV-film version Gulliver's Travels (1996), where Ted Danson played Gulliver. |
| 44 | Was cremated and his ashes were scattered at his home in the Bahamas |
| 45 | Following his death, many of his family members wanted friend Peter O'Toole to take the role of Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). |
| 46 | He was awarded the 1990 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in Henry IV. |
| 47 | Died shortly before the U.S. premiere of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). |
| 48 | His younger brother, Dermot Harris, was married to actress Cassandra Harris and had two children, Charlotte Brosnan and Christopher Brosnan. After his death, she married Pierce Brosnan and they became Brosnan's stepchildren. |
| 49 | While still a student, he rented the tiny "off-West End" Irving Theatre in London and directed his own production of Clifford Odets' "Winter Journey (The Country Girl)". The critics approved, but the production used up all his savings and Harris said he was forced to sleep in a coal cellar for six weeks. However he actually stayed with some relatives in London. |
| 50 | Only agreed to take the part of Albus Dumbledor in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) after his then 11-year-old granddaughter threatened never to speak to him again if he didn't. |
| 51 | A bout with tuberculosis ended his ambition of becoming a professional rugby player. |
| 52 | One of 9 children born to Limerick farmer Ivan Harris and his wife, the former Mildred Harty. |
| 53 | Was knighted by Denmark in 1985. |
| 54 | Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Richard Burton were drinking partners from the 1960s until O'Toole had to stop drinking in 1978.. |
| 55 | Joined the Knights of Malta (SMOM), despite his two divorces. |
| 56 | Received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Scranton in 1987. |
| 57 | He was a guest professor at the University of Scranton in the mid-1980s, teaching Theatre Arts courses. |
| 58 | Father of director Damian Harris, actors Jared Harris, and Jamie Harris. |
| 59 | Was a pretty good rugby player in his day, still remembered in Limerick City for his tackling ability. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Sporting Life | 1963 | Frank Machin | |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | 1962 | Seaman John Mills | |
| The Guns of Navarone | 1961 | Barnsby | |
| Jungle Fighters | 1961 | Cpl. Johnstone | |
| The Night Fighters | 1960 | Sean Reilly | |
| Art Carney Special | 1960 | TV Series | |
| Armchair Theatre | 1960 | TV Series | Major Gaylord |
| The Wreck of the Mary Deare | 1959 | Higgins | |
| Alive and Kicking | 1959 | Lover | |
| Shake Hands with the Devil | 1959 | Terence O'Brien | |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | 1958 | TV Series | |
| ITV Television Playhouse | 1958 | TV Series | Dan Galvin |
| ITV Play of the Week | 1958 | TV Series | Michael O'Riordan |
| Kaena: The Prophecy | 2003 | Opaz (English version, voice) | |
| Caesar | 2002 | TV Movie | Lucius Cornelius Sulla |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 2002 | Professor Albus Dumbledore | |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | 2002 | Abbé Faria | |
| The Pearl | 2001 | Dr. Karl | |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | 2001 | Professor Albus Dumbledore | |
| My Kingdom | 2001 | Sandeman | |
| Gladiator | 2000 | Marcus Aurelius | |
| The Apocalypse | 2000 | TV Movie | John |
| Grizzly Falls | 1999 | Old Harry | |
| To Walk with Lions | 1999 | George Adamson | |
| Sibirskiy tsiryulnik | 1998 | Douglas McCraken | |
| This Is the Sea | 1997 | Old Man Jacobs | |
| The Hunchback | 1997 | TV Movie | Dom Frollo |
| Smilla's Sense of Snow | 1997 | Dr. Andreas Tork | |
| Trojan Eddie | 1996 | John Power | |
| The Great Kandinsky | 1995 | TV Movie | Ernest Kandinsky |
| Cry, the Beloved Country | 1995 | James Jarvis | |
| Savage Hearts | 1995 | Sir Roger Foxley | |
| Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | 1993 | Frank | |
| Abraham | 1993 | TV Mini-Series | Abraham |
| Silent Tongue | 1993 | Prescott Roe | |
| Unforgiven | 1992 | English Bob | |
| Patriot Games | 1992 | Paddy O'Neil | |
| The Field | 1990 | 'Bull' McCabe | |
| King of the Wind | 1990 | King George II | |
| Mack the Knife | 1989 | Mr. Peachum | |
| Maigret | 1988 | TV Movie | Jules Maigret |
| Trappola diabolica | 1988 | Maj. Vic Jenkins | |
| Martin's Day | 1985 | Martin Steckert | |
| Triumphs of a Man Called Horse | 1983 | John Morgan - Man Called Horse | |
| Camelot | 1982 | TV Movie | King Arthur |
| Highpoint | 1982 | Lewis Kinney | |
| Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid | 1981 | Jason | |
| Tarzan the Ape Man | 1981 | James Parker | |
| The Last Word | 1979 | Danny Travis | |
| Game for Vultures | 1979 | David Swansey | |
| Ravagers | 1979 | Falk | |
| The Wild Geese | 1978 | Capt. Rafer Janders | |
| Golden Rendezvous | 1977 | John Carter | |
| Orca | 1977 | Captain Nolan | |
| Gulliver's Travels | 1977 | Gulliver | |
| The Cassandra Crossing | 1976 | Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain | |
| The Return of a Man Called Horse | 1976 | John Morgan | |
| Robin and Marian | 1976 | Richard the Lionheart King Richard | |
| Echoes of a Summer | 1976 | Eugene Striden | |
| Juggernaut | 1974 | Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon | |
| 99 and 44/100% Dead | 1974 | Harry Crown | |
| The Deadly Trackers | 1973 | Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick | |
| Man in the Wilderness | 1971 | Zachary Bass | |
| The Snow Goose | 1971 | TV Movie | Philip Rhayadar |
| The Hero | 1971 | Eitan | |
| Cromwell | 1970 | Oliver Cromwell | |
| A Man Called Horse | 1970 | John Morgan | |
| The Molly Maguires | 1970 | Detective James McParlan | |
| Caprice | 1967 | Christopher White | |
| Camelot | 1967 | King Arthur | |
| Hawaii | 1966 | Capt. Rafer Hoxworth | |
| The Bible: In the Beginning... | 1966 | Cain | |
| The Heroes of Telemark | 1965 | Knut | |
| Major Dundee | 1965 | Captain Benjamin Tyreen | |
| I tre volti | 1965 | Robert (segment "Gli amanti celebri") | |
| Red Desert | 1964 | Corrado Zeller |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wrecking Crew! | 2008 | Documentary performer: "MacArthur Park" | |
| 'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection | 2003 | Video "Jurassic Park" | |
| 'Weird Al' Yankovic Live! | 1999 | Video "Jurassic Park" | |
| Trojan Eddie | 1996 | performer: "Don't Laugh At Me 'Cos I'm A Fool" | |
| Unhook the Stars | 1996 | performer: "MacArthur Park" | |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1992 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. | 1991 | TV Movie documentary performer: "Camelot" - uncredited | |
| Mack the Knife | 1989 | performer: "Peachum's Morning Chorale Morning Anthem", "I Prefer Duet", "Uncertainity of Human Condition" | |
| Echoes of a Summer | 1976 | performer: "The Last Castle" / writer: "The Last Castle" | |
| Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La | 1973 | TV Movie performer: "Didn't We", "If I Could Go Back" | |
| The Molly Maguires | 1970 | performer: "Eileen Aroon" | |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1968 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Camelot | 1967 | "Camelot", uncredited / performer: "I Wonder What The King Is Doing Tonight", "Camelot", "How to Handle A Woman", "What Do The Simple Folk Do?", "Finale: Camelot" - uncredited | |
| The Milton Berle Show | 1966 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Major Dundee | 1965 | performer: "Dixie" - uncredited | |
| This Sporting Life | 1963 | performer: "Here In My Heart" |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Return of a Man Called Horse | 1976 | executive producer | |
| Echoes of a Summer | 1976 | executive producer |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hero | 1971 |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hero | 1971 | additional material |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams | 2005 | Video documentary special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interviews with Professors & More | 2003 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Das große RTL Special zum Film | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
| Airport | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Arthur: King of the Britons | 2002 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter / Narrator |
| Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World | 2001 | Documentary | |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 1994-2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| + de cinéma | 2001 | TV Series documentary short | Himself |
| 60 Minutes | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor (segment "Richard Harris") |
| Hellraisers | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1993-2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| HBO First Look | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends | 1999 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| Omnibus | 1994 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The 16th Annual CableACE Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The 65th Annual Academy Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| Hollywood U.K. | 1993 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Contributor |
| Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | 1992 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Clint Eastwood on Westerns | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1963-1992 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest / 'Bull' McCabe from film THE FIELD |
| One on One with John Tesh | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Kirk Douglas | 1991 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The 63rd Annual Academy Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama |
| The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Favourite Comedy Motion Picture |
| This Is Your Life | 1990 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Evening Standard Drama Awards | 1990 | TV Special | Himself |
| Wogan | 1990 | TV Series | |
| Aspel & Company | 1988-1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| Parkinson One to One | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation | 1988 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The Media Show | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Lerner and Loewe: Broadway's Last Romantics | 1988 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross | 1987 | TV Series | Himself |
| Josh, the Logan Legend | 1986 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Royal Variety Performance 1982 | 1982 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Good Morning America | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| Night of One Hundred Stars | 1980 | TV Movie | Himself |
| It'll Be Alright on the Night 2 | 1979 | TV Movie | Himself - Guest |
| The 36th Annual Golden Globes Awards | 1979 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1969-1978 | TV Series | Himself - Actor / Himself |
| The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1978 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Dinah! | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| Parkinson | 1973 | TV Series | Himself |
| Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La | 1973 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Dave Cash Radio Show | 1972 | TV Series | Himself - Singer |
| The 44th Annual Academy Awards | 1972 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
| The 14th Annual Grammy Awards | 1972 | TV Special | Himself |
| The David Frost Show | 1970-1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| Grand Prix R.T.L. International 71 | 1971 | TV Movie | Himself - Musician |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1968-1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| Neues aus der Welt des Films | 1970 | TV Series | Himself - Studio Guest |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| An Toileanach a Dfhill | 1970 | Documentary short | Narrator (voice) |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Dee Time | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| Here's Peggy Fleming | 1968 | TV Special | Himself |
| Once More with Felix | 1968 | TV Series | Himself - Singer |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1968 | TV Series | Himself - Singer |
| The Don Rickles Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1968 | TV Series | Singer / Himself - Singer |
| The Circle | 1967 | Documentary | |
| The 39th Annual Academy Awards | 1967 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards |
| The Milton Berle Show | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Eamonn Andrews Show | 1965-1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cinema | 1966 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Cinépanorama | 1965 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 | 2010 | Video Game | Professor Dumbledore |
| Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 1: The Magic Begins | 2009 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's | 2009 | Video documentary | Himself |
| How the West Was Lost | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | English Bob (uncredited) |
| Banda sonora | 2007 | TV Series | King Arthur |
| Never Apologize | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| Passion & Poetry: Major Dundee | 2005 | Video short | Himself |
| Cinema mil | 2005 | TV Series | King Arthur |
| Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Build a Scene | 2003 | Video documentary short | Professor Albus Dumbledore (uncredited) |
| The 75th Annual Academy Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself (Memorial Tribute) |
| Patriot Games: Up Close | 2002 | TV Movie | Paddy O'Neil (uncredited) |
| 60 Minutes | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor (segment "Richard Harris") |
| The Secret World of Spying | 1992 | TV Movie | Paddy O'Neil |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen | 1988 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The Story of Camelot | 1967 | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Richard Harris Award | British Independent Film Awards | Posthumously. | |
| 2001 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Empire Awards, UK | ||
| 2001 | Dilys Powell Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | ||
| 2000 | Lifetime Achievement Award | European Film Awards | ||
| 2000 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Wine Country Film Festival | ||
| 1993 | Bronze Wrangler | Western Heritage Awards | Theatrical Motion Picture | Unforgiven (1992) |
| 1971 | Prize | Moscow International Film Festival | Best Actor | Cromwell (1970) |
| 1971 | Bronze Wrangler | Western Heritage Awards | Theatrical Motion Picture | A Man Called Horse (1970) |
| 1968 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actor - Comedy or Musical | Camelot (1967) |
| 1963 | Best Actor | Cannes Film Festival | This Sporting Life (1963) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |
| 2002 | British Independent Film Award | British Independent Film Awards | Best Actor | My Kingdom (2001) |
| 2001 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture | Gladiator (2000) |
| 1995 | CableACE | CableACE Awards | Actor in a Movie or Miniseries | Abraham (1993) |
| 1991 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Field (1990) |
| 1991 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | The Field (1990) |
| 1983 | ACE | CableACE Awards | Actor in a Theatrical or Musical Program | Camelot (1982) |
| 1982 | Razzie Award | Razzie Awards | Worst Actor | Tarzan the Ape Man (1981) |
| 1972 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | The Snow Goose (1971) |
| 1972 | Fotogramas de Plata | Fotogramas de Plata | Best Foreign Movie Performer (Mejor intérprete de cine extranjero) | Cromwell (1970) |
| 1971 | Golden Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Bloomfield (1971) | |
| 1971 | Fotogramas de Plata | Fotogramas de Plata | Best Foreign Performer (Mejor intérprete de cine extranjero) | A Man Called Horse (1970) |
| 1964 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | This Sporting Life (1963) |
| 1964 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best British Actor | This Sporting Life (1963) |
3rd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | DFWFCA Award | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | The Field (1990) |
| 1963 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | This Sporting Life (1963) |
Known for movies
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
as Professor Albus Dumbledore
Gladiator (2000)
as Marcus Aurelius
Unforgiven (1992)
as English Bob
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
as Abbé Faria