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Oct 25, 2002 · Actor Richard Harris dies. Celebrated actor Richard Harris has died following a fight against cancer, his family has confirmed. The Irish screen veteran, 72, had been undergoing chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease, after falling ill two months ago. His death was announced by sons Damian, Jarid and Jamie who said their "beloved father" had passed ...
Oct 26, 2002 · Richard Harris, actor, hell-raiser and one of Limerick's most famous sons, died in a London hospital last night, aged 72. He had been suffering from Hodgkin's disease. The veteran actor fell ill ...
(Original airdate: 02/14/97) Richard Harris discusses his and Peter O'Toole’s tradition of going out for drinks mid-play - and the time they forgot to return...
Jun 28, 2023 · Richard Harris, born as Richard St John Francis Harris, was an Irish actor and singer. He was born on October 1, 1930, in Limerick, Ireland and died on October 25, 2002, in London at the age of 72.
Sir Richard St John Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer, who portrayed Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in the first two film adaptations of the Harry Potter books. Late in his career, he acted in the Oscar-winning films Unforgiven and Gladiator (in the latter as Marcus Aurelius). He played Albus Dumbledore in the ...
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 Camelot, as well as the 1981 revival of the stage ...
Oct 25, 2002 · Richard Harris was born in Limerick in 1930. One of eight children of a wealthy flour-miller, he was brought up surrounded by servants and governesses. But the collapse of the family firm meant that much of his childhood was spent in poverty, his mother taking in other people's washing to earn some money. Harris: boozer brawler, brilliant actor.
