Ralph Richardson
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Filmography
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Witness for the Prosecution
(1982)Though advised by his doctor not to accept more cases, an ill-tempered barrister decides to defend an American accused of murdering an English woman.

The Bed Sitting Room
(1969)In this absurdist comedy, the 20 British survivors of nuclear war are keeping calm and carrying on despite the wreckage all around them.
The Volunteer
(1944)
Twelfth Night
(1970)After a shipwreck, twins Viola and Sebastian live to tell a tale of mistaken identities, disguises and young love in this classic Shakespearian romp.

Q Planes
(1939)Q Planes was released just before the outbreak of World War II. Major Hammond (Ralph Richardson) is assigned to investigate the inexplicable disappearance of secret prototype aircraft during their test flights. The movie is an unusual combination of spy thriller and romantic comedy.

The Return of Bulldog Drummond
(1934)A retired British captain forms a gang to rescue his wife and thwart his nemesis.

The Four Feathers
(1939)A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

The Man Who Could Work Miracles
(1936)An ordinary Englishman is granted the divine ability to make anything he says come true, but he soon discovers that absolute power has its drawbacks.
Anna Karenina
(1948)Julien Duvivier's classic adaptation of the tragic tale about doomed love. Based on Tolstoy's epic novel about a young woman who leaves her stuffy husband for a dashing officer.

The 300 Spartans
(1962)The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Spartan King Leonidis, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of men to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was about 20 times as large. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization. The film was directed by Rudolph Mate and stars Richard Egan and Ralph Richardson.

Oscar Wilde
(1960)Genius. Celebrity. Accused, convicted and destroyed for daring "the love that dare not speak its name." Oscar Wilde Robert Morley stars as the celebrated and enduring author of such works as "The Picture of Doran Gray," "Lady Windermere's Fan," "Salome" and "The Importance of Being Earnest," a man guilty of being Irish, literate and gay. But Wilde transgressed when he became involved with an young aristocrat, Lord Alfred Douglas (John Neville), whose father, the Marquess of Queensberry (Edward Chapman), accused him of unspeakable crimes, an accusation that resulted in trial, imprisonment, banishment and financial ruin.

The Lion Has Wings
(1939)Alexander Korda's bit for the British war effort shows the world both at peace and on the verge of Nazi domination. Spliced together to form a documentary style film of both newsreel and acting. This first of its kind in propaganda films of World War II, shows the might of the English Empire and its eagerness to stand up to the oppressors of morality and free will

Eagle in a Cage
(1972)In 1815, a soldier becomes the Governor of St. Helena, and jailer of Napoleon.

Dragonslayer
(1981)A young wizarding apprentice is sent to kill a dragon which has been devouring girls from a nearby kingdom.

Things to Come
(1936)After a global war followed by a pandemic that leaves what’s left of civilization living underground, a mysterious stranger brings hope for renewal.

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
(1984)Hugh Hudson directs this lavish adaption highlighting the character's dual nature as master of the African jungle and as John Clayton, seventh Earl of Greystoke.

Exodus
(1960)Following WWII, a rebel soldier helps 600 Holocaust survivors escape from British internment camps to get to Palestine, where a new nation is born.

A Doll's House
(1973)Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed

Richard III
(1955)Olivier’s performance, viewed as the greatest of his career, charges Richard with magnetic malevolence as he steals his brother Edward’s crown through a murderous set of machinations.

Khartoum
(1966)In the 1880s, a British-commanded Egyptian army is tasked with defending the capital of Sudan from an invading army comprised of Muslim zealots.