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Acting

Ralph Richardson

Career: Active from 1933 to 1984, busiest in 1939 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 52
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: The Heiress
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ralph Richardson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
0.9, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Showbiz
0.5, average 1.2
Situational Comedy
2.0, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 7
Political Intrigue 7
Social Commentary 6
Character-Driven 5
Period Piece 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Archival Footage 3
Witty Dialogue 3
Class Conflict 2
British Cinema 2
1930s Setting 2
Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

87

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

7 titles · average score 64

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

65

as The Sixth Earl of Greystoke

Give My Regards to Broad Street

33

as Jim

Wagner

71

TV show · as Pfordten

Witness for the Prosecution

64

as Sir Wilfred Robarts

Dragonslayer

70

as Ulrich

as Sir Richard Kitchen

Time Bandits

78

as Supreme Being

1970s

22 titles · average score 65

Watership Down

75

as Chief Rabbit (voice)

No Man's Land

as Hirst

O Lucky Man!

79

as Sir James Burgess / Monty

A Doll's House

54

as Dr. Rank

William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

as Various

Home

as Jack

Eagle in a Cage

59

as Sir Hudson Lowe

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

57

as Mr Benton

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Self

Twelfth Night

66

as Sir Toby Belch

The Looking Glass War

54

as LeClerc

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Jack

1960s

22 titles · average score 68

The Bed Sitting Room

62

as Lord Fortnum of Alamein

The Wrong Box

77

as Joseph Finsbury

Khartoum

82

as William Gladstone

The Great War

86

TV show · as Douglas Haig (voice)

Woman of Straw

44

as Charles Richmond

The 300 Spartans

66

as Themistocles of Athens

Long Day's Journey Into Night

72

as James Tyrone Sr.

Hedda Gabler

70

as Judge Brack

Heart to Heart

as Sir Stanley Johnson

Exodus

67

as Gen. Sutherland

Our Man in Havana

83

as C

Oscar Wilde

52

as Sir Edward Carson

1950s

10 titles · average score 69

The Passionate Stranger

58

as Roger Wynter / Sir Clement

Smiley

68

as Rev. Lambeth

Richard III

77

as Duke of Buckingham

The Sound Barrier

71

as John Ridgefield

Home at Seven

66

as David Preston

The Holly and the Ivy

69

as Reverend Martin Gregory

Outcast of the Islands

59

as Captain Tom Lingard

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Barrister

as Narrator(voice)

Eagles of the Fleet

as Commentary

1940s

7 titles · average score 70

The Heiress

91

as Dr. Austin Sloper

as Narrator

The Fallen Idol

85

as Baines

Anna Karenina

61

as Alexei Karenin

School for Secrets

68

as Prof. Heatherville

The Silver Fleet

58

as Jaap van Leyden

The Day Will Dawn

57

as Frank Lockwood

1930s

19 titles · average score 62

The Four Feathers

83

as John Durrance

as Smith

The Lion Has Wings

45

as Wing Commander Richardson

Q Planes

63

as Maj. Charles Hammond

On the Night of the Fire

73

as Will Kobling

The Citadel

78

as Dr. Philip Denny

South Riding

as Robert Carne

Things to Come

76

as The Boss

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

65

as Colonel Winstanley

Bulldog Jack

57

as Morelle

The Return of Bulldog Drummond

57

as Major Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond

Friday the Thirteenth

55

as Horace Dawes