Richard Attenborough's career in pictures

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British actor and film director Lord Richard Attenborough has died at the age of 90. Here are images from his illustrious career.

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Before becoming a renowed director, Lord Attenborough enjoyed success as an actor in roles such as Pinkie in Brighton Rock

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He had the role of an RAF squadron leader in the star-studded 1960s war film The Great Escape

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Lord Attenborough with his wife Sheila Sim in 1983

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Lord Attenborough received a Royal Charter on behalf of the British Film Institute from the Prince of Wales

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A jubilant Lord Attenborough, at Heathrow after returning from Hollywood, clutches the Oscars he won for the biopic Gandhi

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Lord Attenborough had a long association with Chelsea FC. He was a club director when they won the FA Cup in 1970 and later life president

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Here Lord Attenborough is in deep conversation with Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997

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His brother is the naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough

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Lord Attenborough and Sheila Sim attended the premiere of the stage musical Mary Poppins in London in 2004

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In his role as a director, Lord Attenborough is shown on the set of the film Magic

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Lord Attenborough, along with James McAvoy, was honoured by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow in 2008

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Here he is seen meeting the Queen at a gala performance of The Mousetrap in London in 2002

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Lord Attenborough starred in the dinosaur adventure Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg