Richard St John Harris was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer. He appeared on stage and in many films, and is perhaps best known for his roles as King Arthur in Camelot , as Oliver Cromwell in Cromwell and as Albus Dumbledore in the first two films in the Harry Potter series, his final works. He played a British aristocrat and prisoner in A Man Called Horse , Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator , Saint John in Apocalypse Revelation , gunfighter English Bob in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven , and Dom Frollo in the 1997 TV movie version... of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Harris had a top ten hit in the UK and the US with his 1968 recording of Jimmy Webb's song "MacArthur Park". Harris, the fifth of nine children, was born in Limerick city, Ireland into a middle-class, staunchly Roman Catholic family. His parents were Ivan John Harris and Mildred Josephine Harty Harris (b. 1898, daughter of James Harty, St.
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| Birthdate: | October 1, 1930 |
| Birthplace: | Limerick |
| Date of death: | October 25, 2002 |
| Height: | 6' 1" |
| Education: | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| Also known as: | Harris, Richard, Richard St John Harris, Richard St. John Harris |