Remembering Richard Attenborough, Giant and Champion of British Stage and Screen — hollywoodreporter.com

People on both sides of the Atlantic -- including many in the biz -- are mourning the death this weekend of Richard Attenborough, one of the most talented and likable actors and directors of the British stage and screen, and a fierce champion of the arts in Britain, less than a week shy of his 91st birthday. Attenborough, who was widely known as "Dickie," enjoyed a career that spanned nearly three-quarters of a century. Although he is best remembered for directing, producing and willing to reality the epic biopic Gandhi (1982), which garnered him Oscars for best director (he's one of only 63 men or women ever awarded that prize) and for best picture (his film beat E.T. and Tootsie, among others), his career in the movies actually began 40 years before that.

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