- Sir Ralph David Richardson was an English actor who, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century
| Born: | 19 December 1902 Comment | | When did Ralph Richardson die? / Died | 10 October 1983 | | How many years did Ralph Richardson live? / Lived | 80 years | | Zodiac sign: | Sagittarius |
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Ralph Richardson facts
- He worked in films throughout most of his career, and played more than sixty cinema roles
- From an artistic but not theatrical background, Richardson had had no thought of a stage career until a production of Hamlet in Brighton inspired him to become an actor
- He learned his craft in the 1920s with a touring company and later the Birmingham Repertory Theatre
- In 1931 he joined the Old Vic, playing mostly Shakespearean roles
- He led the company the following season, s쳮ding Gielgud, who had taught him much about stage technique
- After he left the company, a series of leading roles took him to stardom in the West End and on Broadway
- In the 1940s, together with Olivier and John Burrell, Richardson was the co-director of the Old Vic company
- There, his most celebrated roles included Peer Gynt and Falstaff
- He and Olivier led the company to Europe and Broadway in 1945 and 1946, before their success provoked resentment among the governing board of the Old Vic, leading to their dismissal from the company in 1947
- In the 1950s, in the West End and occasionally on tour, Richardson played in modern and classic works including The Heiress, Home at Seven, and Three Sisters
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