Biography
When on November 3, 2002, Joan Rowling "Harry Potter and a Secret Room", the popularity of the actor from Ireland Richard Harris, known to the eldest generation on the films "Siberian Burner", "Patriot Games", "Gladiator" reached a peak. Now Richard was associated exclusively with the Supreme Circle of Visengamot Dumbledore.Childhood and youth
Richard Saint John Harris was born in Limerick, Ireland, in a large Roman Catholic family on October 1, 1930. The father of the boy owned the mill and expecting her son to continue his business. Boy's parents Ivan John and Mildred Josephine Harty had nine children, the fifth of which was Rich.
As a child, Richard dreamed of becoming not a director, but athlete. The boy gladly engaged in rugby, but the teenager became infected with tuberculosis, which forced him to leave the sport. However, until the end of the life, Harris remained a tary fan.
In childhood, in addition to sports, the boy loved the theater and even played several roles on the scene of the local theater in Limerick. When the career in the field did not work out, the young man decided to choose the path of the director or actor. In London, the young man was waiting for disappointment: he did not receive in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and in the Central School of Speech and Drama, the young man refused, referring to his age (Rich was then 24 years old). A year later, Harris is enrolled by a student of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Having received a higher education, Richard got a job in the theater.
Films
In the television scans, Richard Harris appeared for the first time in 1958 and immediately in the lead role (player player in Rugby Frank Macente) in Kineta Lindsay Anderson "Such is a sports life." Given that the young man himself was engaged in rugby in the youth, he did not make difficulty athlete's role. The first work brought a novice actor a premium at the Film Festival in Cannes.
After the break in the work, which was six years, the film of the Italian film director "Red Desert" came out to the rental, but the actor did not bring success. Even the director of Antonione admitted that the choice of actor was unsuccessful.
Success in the career of the film actor came to Richard in 1967 after entering the screens of the American director Joshua Logan "Camelot", where Harris played the main role - King Arthur. For this role, Richard was awarded the Golden Globe from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. In "Camelota" Richard demonstrated the audience not only acting skills, but also excellent vocal data, which later became the basis for recording solo albums.
Three years later, in 1970, the historical drama of the English director Ken Hughes Hughesa "Cromwell" with Harris was published. In 1971, the film was presented at the Moscow Film Festival, where Rich received a prize for the best male role. The last work of the actor was the voicing of the cartoon "Kaen: Prophecy". Cartoon was released in 2003, when Richard Harris was already dead.
In the 80s of the twentieth century, the actor simultaneously with work on the shooting sites, performed on theatrical stage, including in the Broadway Stip "Camelot".
Popularity among young people Harrcy has gained after the role of Dumbledore's sorcery in the films about Harry Potter, shot on the book Joan Rowling. Moreover, Richard Harris starred only in the first two parts ("Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and "Harry Potter and a Secret Room"), in the other series the role of Dumbledore was played by Michael Gambon.
A little-known fact: Dumbledore performed by Harris to the audience presented the granddaughter of the actor, Richard himself wanted to abandon the role of financial reasons, but the girl persuaded the grandfather in the film.
When the author of the books about Harry Potter made a stunning statement that the wizard Dumbledore - Gay, a number of media tried to throw a shadow of the sexual orientation of a character on his actor played, but the active personal life of Richard Harris serves as a direct proof of the heterosexuality of a man.
In total, on the account of Harris, 79 roles in films, starred in 2 documentary films and played himself 48 times, twice performed as a producer, worked as a Writer of the film "Bloomfield".
In addition to work in the film industry, Richard Harris released two musical albums. The edition of the first one exceeded one million, on the basis of which received the status of a gold disk.
Personal life
The biography of the actor about personal life practically does not tell. It is known that in 1957, Rich marked with the English actress Elizabeth Ris-Williams. In marriage, the spouses have three children: Jared, Jamie and Damian. They all went at the footsteps of their parents: the older sons became actors, and Damian chose the direction of the director. In marriage Richard and Elizabeth lived 12 years.
Five years after the divorce with Elizabeth, Richard married 28-year-old American actress Ann Sturkel. Having lived in marriage eight years, 1982, the actors divorced. Children in this marriage Richard did not have.
According to some media, the actor's illness was caused by the actor's illness: Richard suffered from alcoholism (until 1981) and addicts (in 1978, the actor was saved by a miracle when he died from the overdose of cocaine). In Hollywood, Richard Harris was always famous for the explosive character.
In 2000, Richard rolled a rapid party in honor of his 70th anniversary.
Death
In the summer of 2002, Richard Harrison was diagnosed with lymphogranulotosis - malignant neoplasm of lymphatic tissue. On October 25, 2002, this is an oncological disease caused the death of the actor. The body of Richard Harris is cremated, and the dust dispelled on the Bahamas.
In the British tabloid "Mirror" there was information that in the shooting "Harry Potter and the Secret Room" in 2002 the director was forced to invite Dubler, because the actor was very weak because of the disease and could not fully work.
In September 2006, a friend of the deceased actor Manuel di Lucia ordered the Statue of Richard. The statue was performed on the photo of the actor, therefore the similarity is colossal. Now the sculpture is located in the small Irish town of Kilka. Another actor sculpture is located in the hometown of Limerick, where the actor is presented in the image of King Arthur.
November 15, 2012 in the London Museum held an exhibition "Death. Self-portrait, "on which the private collection of Richard Harris was represented on death.
Filmography
- 1955-1967 - "ITV Teleteater"
- 1959 - "Shake the Hand of the Devil"
- 1963 - "Such is a sports life"
- 1967 - "Camelot"
- 1970 - "Man named horse"
- 1970 - "Cromwell"
- 1971 - "Bloomfield"
- 1976 - "Cassandra Pass"
- 1979 - "Destroyers"
- 1981 - "Tarzan, Monkey Man"
- 1982 - "Camelot"
- 1992 - "Patriot Games"
- 1997 - "Gorbun from Notre Dama"
- 1998 - "Siberian Barber"
- 2000 - "Gladiator"
- 2001 - "Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone"
- 2001 - "Mohammed Ali: the eyes of the world"
- 2002 - "Count Monte Cristo"
- 2002 - "Harry Potter and a Secret Room"
- 2002 - "Julius Caesar"