Richard St John Harris, popularly known as Richard Harris, was an Irish actor, singer, director, producer, and writer. He is known for the variety of roles that he portrayed in his extensive entertainment career. Some of his popular roles include ‘Frank Machin’ in ‘This Sporting Life,’ ‘King Arthur’ in ‘Camelot,’ ‘John Morgan’ in ‘A Man Called Horse,’  ‘English Bob’ in ‘Unforgiven,’ ‘Marcus Aurelius’ in ‘Gladiator,’ and ‘Albus Dumbledore’ in the first two movies of the ‘Harry Potter’ series. Harris started his creative journey when he shifted from Ireland to London where he studied performing arts. After working in different theater productions, he got a chance to act in Hollywood movies. ‘This Sporting Life’ in 1963 is considered to be his breakthrough as well as the most prominent movie of his career. Harris also worked in some made-for-TV movies. He released many albums as he was also a singer of distinctive talent. He won many accolades, including ‘Golden Globe Award’ for ‘Best Motion Picture Actor (Musical/Comedy)’ for ‘Camelot,’ ‘Best Actor Award’ at the 1963 ‘Cannes Film Festival’ for ‘This Sporting Life,’ and ‘Grammy Award’ for ‘Best Spoken Word Recording’ for ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull.’