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Richard Attenborough’s Milestones
| At age 12, hired public hall in Leicester and mounted an evening of harmonica solos, comic songs, and sketches | |
| Semi-professional debut in small roles with Leicester's Little Theatre (of which his mother was president) | |
| 1941 | Professional stage debut in "Ah, Wilderness!" at Palmers Green |
| 1942 | Film debut, "In Which We Serve" (while still RADA student) |
| 1942 | West End debut, "Awake and Sing" |
| 1943 | First major stage success as Pinkie in "Brighton Rock" |
| 1943 | Joined Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| 1944 | Sent to RAF Film Unit to play a leading role opposite Edward G Robinson in John Boulting's propaganda drama, "Journey Together" |
| 1947 | Achieved star status when he reprised his role as Pinkie in the film version of "Brighton Rock" |
| 1956 | Acted with Bryan Forbes in the film, "The Baby and the Battleship" |
| 1959 | Co-produced (with Forbes) first film, "The Angry Silence" |
| 1959 | Formed Beaver Films with Forbes |
| 1963 | Made first Hollywood film, "The Great Escape" |
| 1964 | Beaver Films dissolved after the making of "Seance on a Wet Afternoon" |
| 1969 | Film directing debut with "Oh! What a Lovely War" |
| 1970 | Played Mr Tungay in NBC rendition of "David Copperfield" |
| 1976 | Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II |
| 1979 | Last screen appearance for nearly 15 years, in Otto Preminger's "The Human Factor" |
| 1982 | Directed and produced "Gandhi"; film won 8 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director |
| 1985 | Served as a consultant for, and provided the narration to, the feature-length documentary, "Mother Teresa" |
| 1988 | Appeared on television in the all-star "Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebration" |
| 1993 | Returned to screen acting in Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" |
| 1994 | Played Kris Kringle in remake of "Miracle on 34th Street" |
| 1996 | Was Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford |
| 1997 | Briefly reprised role in Speilberg's "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" |
| 1998 | Acted role of Sir William Cecil, one of the advisors to the monarch, in "Elizabeth" |
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