![Richard Attenborough](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jurassic-park_f0894cb1.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
By TIME Photo
The acclaimed actor and Oscar-winning director of 1982’s Gandhi was called “one of the greats of cinema” by British PM David Cameron. Take a look back at some moment’s in his career that has spanned 60 years.
![Richard Attenborough Richard Attenborough](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/richard-attenborough-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Richard Attenborough In 'Guns At Batasi' Richard Attenborough In 'Guns At Batasi'](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/134139303.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Flight Of The Phoenix The Flight Of The Phoenix](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/richard-attenborough-03.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Richard Attenborough In 'Doctor Dolittle' Richard Attenborough In 'Doctor Dolittle'](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/126147657.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Sir Richard Attenborough Sir Richard Attenborough](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/richard-attenborough-05.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Jurassic Park Jurassic Park](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/richard-attenborough-08.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![MCDMION FE001 MCDMION FE001](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/richard-attenborough-07.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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