What is Richard Attenborough?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] |name = The Lord Attenborough |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} | image = RichardAttenborough07TIFF.jpg | caption = Attenborough at the [[2007 Toronto International Film Festival]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1923|8|29}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2014|8|24|1923|8|29}} | birth_place = [[Cambridge]], England | death_place = [[London]], England | nationality = British | spouse = {{marriage|[[Sheila Sim]]|22 January 1945|<!--2014 omitted per instructions on Template:Marriage- when marriage ends on death of subject rather than subject's spouse-->}} | children = 3, including [[Michael Attenborough|Michael]] and [[Charlotte Attenborough|Charlotte]] | father = [[Frederick Attenborough]] | mother = Mary Clegg | relatives = [[David Attenborough]] (brother)<br />[[John Attenborough]] (brother) | occupation = Actor, director, producer, entrepreneur, politician | office = [[Member of the House of Lords]] <br />[[Lords Temporal|Lord Temporal]] | party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] | term_start = 30 July 1993 | term_end = 24 August 2014 <br /> [[Life peerage]] | allegiance = [[United Kingdom]] | branch = [[Royal Air Force]] | serviceyears = 1940–1945 | unit = [[Royal Air Force Film Production Unit]] | rank = [[Sergeant]] | battles = [[World War II]]}} '''Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|size=100%|CBE}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|t|ən|b|ər|ə}}; 29 August 1923&nbsp;– 24 August 2014) was an [[English people|English]] [[film producer|movie producer]], [[film director|director]] and [[actor]]. == Early life and education == He was born in [[Cambridge]], [[England]]. Attenborough left his home when he was 17 to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in [[London]]. He earned his first West