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Richard Harris Biography

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Richard St John Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor, singer, theatrical producer, film director and writer. He appeared on stage and in many films, and is perhaps best known for his role as King Arthur in the 1967 film ''Camelot'' and the subsequent 1982 Broadway revival of the show. He is also known for playing Albus Dumbledore in the first two films in the ''Harry Potter'' series, his final works. He played an aristocrat and prisoner in ''A Man Called Horse'' (1970), Emperor Marcus Aurelius in ''Gladiator'' (2000), Saint John in ''Apocalypse Revelation'' (2002), gunfighter and Dom Frollo in a TV movie ''The Hunchback'' (1997) based on the Victor Hugo novel ''Notre-Dame de Paris''. Harris had a top ten hit in the UK and the US with his 1968 recording of Jimmy Webb's song "MacArthur Park". At the height of his stardom in the 1960s and 1970s he was almost as well known for his hellraiser lifestyle and heavy drinking as he was for his considerable abilities as an actor.

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