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- Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) [ 1 ] was an Irish actor and singer. Having studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he rose to prominence as an icon of the British New Wave. He received numerous accolades including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and a Grammy Award.
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Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) [1] was an Irish actor and singer. Having studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he rose to prominence as an icon of the British New Wave.
Richard St John Harris, popularly known as Richard Harris, was an Irish actor, singer, director, producer, and writer. He is known for the variety of roles that he portrayed in his extensive entertainment career. Some of his popular roles include ‘Frank Machin’ in ‘This Sporting Life,’ ‘King Arthur’ in ‘Camelot,’ ‘John Morgan ...
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- He could have played rugby for Ireland. A talented rugby player, Harris played alongside Keith Wood’s father Gordon at Crescent College in Limerick and represented Munster Schools and Munster Under-20s.
- He blagged his way to his first stage role. While recuperating from TB, he spent his time reading, developing a love of the arts. Originally having ambitions to be a director, he instead turning his attention to acting.
- He was a man of many talents. It wasn’t just at acting where Harris excelled. Multi-talented, he also released several albums, including The Richard Harris Love Album, as well as singles from his movies.
- He received threats from Loyalists… and Republicans. In the biography Behaving Badly, Cliff Goodwin says that in 1970, Harris was a target for Loyalist paramilitaries who believed he was sympathetic to the IRA.
Oct 25, 2002 · 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 ...
Actor: Unforgiven. Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family, one of nine children born to Mildred (Harty) and Ivan Harris. He attended Crescent College, a Jesuit school, and was an excellent rugby player, with a strong passion for literature.
- October 1, 1930
- October 25, 2002
Actor: Unforgiven. Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family, one of nine children born to Mildred (Harty) and Ivan Harris. He attended Crescent College, a Jesuit school, and was an excellent rugby player, with a strong passion for literature.
Oct 26, 2002 · Richard Harris, the irascible, craggy-faced, Irish-born actor perhaps best known as King Arthur in the 1967 film musical “Camelot” and more recently as the wise old wizard headmaster Albus...
