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Richard Dreyfuss
Born: Oct 29, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Jaws, American Graffiti, Once Around
First Major Screen Credit: Bewitched: Man's Best Friend (1966)
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Richard Pryor
Born: Dec 01, 1940 in Peoria, Illinois
Died: Dec 10, 2005 in Encino, California
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director, Active: '70s-'80s Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: Blazing Saddles, : Live on the Sunset Strip, Lady Sings the Blues
First Major Screen Credit: Dynamite Chicken (1970)
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Richard Attenborough
Born: Aug 29, 1923 in Cambridge, England
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '40s-'70s, '90s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: A Matter of Life and Death, Elizabeth, Shadowlands
First Major Screen Credit: The Hundred Pound Window (1943)
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Natasha Richardson
Born: May 11, 1963 in London, England
Died: Mar 18, 2009
Occupation: Actor, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Patty Hearst, Nell, Widows' Peak
First Major Screen Credit: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Copper Beeches (1985)
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Richard Gere
Born: Aug 31, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Actor, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Days of Heaven, Pretty Woman, An Officer and a Gentleman
First Major Screen Credit: Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
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Richard Roundtree
Born: Jul 09, 1942 in New Rochelle, New York
Occupation: Actor Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Action
Career Highlights: Shaft, Maniac Cop, Shaft's Big Score!
First Major Screen Credit: Shaft (1971)
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Richard Benjamin
Born: May 22, 1938 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '50s, '70s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: The Sunshine Boys, The Last of Sheila, Love at First Bite
First Major Screen Credit: He & She: Season 01 (1967)
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Richard D. Zanuck
Born: Dec 13, 1934 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor, Active: '70s-??s Major Genres: Drama, Thriller
Career Highlights: Jaws, The Sting, Cocoon
First Major Screen Credit: Compulsion (1959)
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Ian Richardson
Born: Apr 07, 1934 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: Feb 09, 2007
Occupation: Actor, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Career Highlights: Marat / Sade, The Phantom of the Opera, Burning Secret
First Major Screen Credit: Marat / Sade (1966)
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Richard Harris
Born: Oct 01, 1932 in Limerick, Ireland
Died: Oct 25, 2002 in London, England, UK
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Adventure
Career Highlights: Unforgiven, This Sporting Life, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
First Major Screen Credit: The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
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Richard Lester
Born: Jan 19, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Active: '50s-'80s Major Genres: Comedy, Action
Career Highlights: A Hard Day's Night, The Four Musketeers, The Knack ... And How to Get It
First Major Screen Credit: A Show Called Fred (1956)
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Richard Donner
Born: Apr 24, 1930 in The Bronx, New York, New York
Occupation: Director, Actor, Active: '60s-'90s Major Genres: Action, Drama
Career Highlights: Lethal Weapon 2, The Goonies, Lethal Weapon 3
First Major Screen Credit: Wanted: Dead or Alive: The Medicine Man (1960)
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Tony Richardson
Born: Jun 05, 1928 in Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: Nov 14, 1991 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '60s-'80s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: Tom Jones, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, A Taste of Honey
First Major Screen Credit: Josephine and Men (1955)
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Richard Sylbert
Born: Apr 16, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Died: Mar 23, 2002 in Woodland Hills, California
Occupation: Actor, Active: '60s-'90s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Chinatown, The Graduate, The Pawnbroker
First Major Screen Credit: Baby Doll (1956)
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Richard Burton
Born: Nov 10, 1925 in Pontrhydyfen, South Wales, UK
Died: Aug 05, 1984 in Geneva, Switzerland
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '50s-'70s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1984, The Taming of the Shrew
First Major Screen Credit: The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949)
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Richard Farnsworth
Born: Sep 01, 1920 in Los Angeles, California
Died: Oct 06, 2000 in Lincoln, New Mexico
Occupation: Actor, Active: '70s-'90s Major Genres: Western, Drama
Career Highlights: The Straight Story, Anne of Green Gables, Misery
First Major Screen Credit: The Outer Limits: Cry of Silence (1964)
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Richard Boone
Born: Jun 18, 1917 in Los Angeles, California
Died: Jan 10, 1981 in St. Augustine, Florida
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '50s-'70s Major Genres: Western, Drama
Career Highlights: The Tall T, I Bury the Living, Dragnet
First Major Screen Credit: Call Me Mister (1951)
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Richard Widmark
Born: Dec 26, 1914 in Sunrise, Minnesota
Died: Mar 24, 2008
Occupation: Actor, Active: '50s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Western
Career Highlights: Night and the City, Mr. Horn, Coma
First Major Screen Credit: Kiss of Death (1947)
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Richard Brooks
Born: May 18, 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: Mar 11, 1992 in Beverly Hills, California
Occupation: Writer, Director, Active: '40s-'70s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: In Cold Blood, Elmer Gantry, Blackboard Jungle
First Major Screen Credit: Men of Texas (1942)
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Richard L. Bare
Born: Aug 12, 1909 in Turlock, California
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '50s-'70s Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: This Rebel Breed, The Twilight Zone: To Serve Man, Green Acres
First Major Screen Credit: Two-Gun Troubador (1937)