Richard attenborough autobiography

Richard Attenborough - a biography

Richard Attenborough was born in Cambridge on Wednesday 29th August 1923 and is the eldest of three brothers.

His brothers are John and David Attenborough, David is the famous naturalist and TV presenter. Interested in theatre whilst a teenager, (his mother was the president of the Leicester Little Theatre), Richard, or "Dickie" as he is usually known, won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and went to London to train to become an actor at the age of 17.

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Whilst there, he won his first film role - In Which We Serve. Dickie's performance as a cowardly sailor was very good, possibly too good, as it had the effect of causing him to be somewhat typecast for many years.

Whilst still at RADA, Dickie met actress Sheila Sim.

The got married on Monday 22nd January 1945 and are still happily married now, some 58 years later! This was after some three years active service with the RAF during the Second World War. With