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name: "Ralph Richardson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ralph-richardson"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 December 1902"
died: "10 October 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T06:17:54.335000+00:00"
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# Ralph Richardson

Actor. Born 19 December 1902 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK. Died 10 October 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 December 1902, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- **Died:** 10 October 1983
- **Also known as:** Sir Ralph Richardson, Ральф Ричардсон, Ralph David Richardson, Ральф Дэвид Ричардсон
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q381285, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724732/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12689

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Watership Down*](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md) (81)

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## Biography

Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor. He became known for his stage work in the 1930s and, with Laurence Olivier, ran the Old Vic company in the 1940s. He continued to appear on stage and in films into the early 1980s.

Richardson provided the voice of the Chief Rabbit in the animated film *Watership Down* (1978). Among his other screen roles were Alexander Gromeko in *Doctor Zhivago* (1965), the Supreme Being in *Time Bandits* (1981), the Librarian in *Rollerball* (1975), Simeon in *Jesus of Nazareth* (1977), and the Sixth Earl of Greystoke in *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984). He was knighted in 1947.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Watership Down* (1978), Fi1m 81, as Chief Rabbit (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md)

## Also known for

- *Doctor Zhivago* (1965), Alexander Gromeko
- *Time Bandits* (1981), Supreme Being
- *Rollerball* (1975), Librarian
- *Jesus of Nazareth* (1977), Simeon
- *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984), The Sixth Earl of Greystoke
- *Battle of Britain* (1969), Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1972), The Crypt Keeper
- *Dragonslayer* (1981), Ulrich

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