Talk:Richard Attenborough

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Richard Attenborough article.
Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~). Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Ask questions, get answers. This is not a forum for general discussion about the article's subject.	Be polite Assume good faith No personal attacks Be welcoming	Article policies No original research Neutral point of view Verifiability

This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Controversial material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted or if there are other concerns relative to this policy, report it on the living persons biographies noticeboard.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
B	This article has been rated as B-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ]
	This article is supported by WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed biographical guide to actors and filmmakers on Wikipedia.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Peerage.
More information about this article... The following comments have been left for this page: Needs citing ....(Complain)(Let us to it pell-mell) 02:55, 16 September 2006 (UTC) (edit)

An appropriate infobox may need to be added to this article, or the current infobox may need to be updated. Please refer to the list of biography infoboxes for further information.

Contents 1 Condolences 2 "Dickie" 3 Labour Party politicians 4 Silly paragraph 5 War Service

[edit] Condolences

My condolences to the Attenboroughs, who were vactioning in Thailand for the holidays

Richard and Sheila weren't there, but members of their family were there and some were killed. SteveCrook 00:06, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Dickie"

I don't think it matters that much tbh, but I'd suggest that it's only really a segment of the British population that would recognise that usage. Richard/Lord Attenborough is the norm.Alci12 00:05, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't agree at all. I think a very large segment of the British population would recognise the usage, since he's often referred to by other people in the industry in this way on television. Formally, of course he's Lord Attenborough or Richard Attenborough. Most people outside the industry wouldn't refer to him as "Dickie", but I do think they'd know who was being referred to, and that's the point here. -- Necrothesp 17:06, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree, but the opener needs to be restructured and expanded anyway so you could put something in about how he's sort of a "beloved elder" and mention the nickname that way. I also think it would be good to mention his work like BAFTA, NFTS and possibly RADA in the opener. After all, he's recognised for his genuine contribution beyond just putting in some enjoyable preformances. Amo 01:02, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Labour Party politicians

Should he be categorised as a Labour Party politician? He sits as a Labour lord and has sat on the NEC, but I don't think he's ever even tried for election as an MP. I suppose this is really a query about the category as about Dickie's place in it. -- SteveCrook 12:13, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Silly paragraph

'He took no acting roles following his appearance in Otto Preminger's version of The Human Factor in 1979, until his appearance as the eccentric developer John Hammond in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park in 1993. The following year he starred in the remake of Miracle on 34th Street as Kris Kringle. Since then he has made occasional appearances in supporting roles including the 1998 historical drama Elizabeth as Sir William Cecil.'

In other words, he took at least three acting roles following his appearance in The Human Factor.

This paragraph makes very little sense. Unless someone is willing to track down every one of Attenborough's acting appearances since 1979 (and frankly, I for one am not enough of a fan to do so), it needs to be rewritten. Lexo 00:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] War Service

I'm interested to know a little bit more about what Attenborough did for the Royal Air Force during World War II. Jaedglass 00:54, 15 October 2007 (UTC)