**Richard Attenborough (1923-2014)** was a British actor and director, celebrated for his prolific and varied career on the silver screen.

His acting career began early, establishing himself with the role of the tormented Pinkie Brown in *Brighton Rock* (1947), immediately demonstrating remarkable versatility. Attenborough portrayed a wide range of memorable characters: from the escape leader Bartlett in *The Great Escape* (1963) to the sinister serial killer John Christie in *10 Rillington Place* (1971). In later years, he achieved global fame with the role of the eccentric and visionary John Hammond in *Jurassic Park* (1993) and the benevolent Kris Kringle in *Miracle on 34th Street* (1994). His style was characterized by a naturalness and a unique ability to infuse depth and credibility into both ordinary figures and characters of great authority or moral ambiguity, making him a recognizable and beloved face of world cinema.