Richard Attenborough (29 Augustus 1923 – 24 Augustus 2014) was 'n Britse akteur en rolprentmaker. Attenborough is in Cambridge gebore. Hy word beskou as een van die steunpilare van die Britse rolprentbedryf die afgelope sestig jaar. Sy gewildste rolprente is onder meer Jurassic Park, Miracle on 34th Street, Brighton Rock en die Great Escape. Hy het 'n Oscar gewen as regisseur van die rolprent Gandhi (1982). Sy broer was die natuurnavorser sir David Attenborough. In Which We Serve (1942) – Young Stoker A Matter of Life and Death (1946) – Engelse vlieënier Brighton Rock (1947) – Pinkie Brown London Belongs to Me (1948) – Percy Boon Private's Progress (1956) – Pvt. Percival Henry Cox The League of Gentlemen (1959) – Lexy I'm All Right Jack (1959) – Sidney De Vere Cox The Angry Silence (1960) – Tom Curtis The Great Escape (1963) – Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) – Billy Savage Guns at Batasi (1964) – Regimental Sgt.