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Rich Fulcher

Rich Fulcher (born 1968) is an American comedian, actor and writer, best known as Bob Fossil in The Mighty Boosh and co-creator, with Matt Berry, of the BBC Three sketch show Snuff Box; also voice actor in Disenchantment and Wonka's Larry Chucklesworth.

Rich Moore

Rich Moore (born 1963) is an American animation director, original director on The Simpsons and supervising director of Futurama, who directed Disney's Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia, and Ralph Breaks the Internet, winning two Emmys and three Annies.

Rich Peppiatt

Rich Peppiatt is a British-Irish writer-director, former Daily Star journalist, whose debut narrative feature Kneecap (2024), the first Irish-language Sundance premiere, won a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut and seven BIFAs.

Rich Sommer

Rich Sommer (born 1978, Toledo, Ohio) is an American actor known as Harry Crane on Mad Men (2007–2015), Doug in The Devil Wears Prada, and Henry in Firewatch; two SAG ensemble Awards.

Rich Wilkes

Rich Wilkes (born 1966, Princeton, New Jersey) is an American screenwriter of Airheads (1994), creator of the xXx franchise, and co-writer of The Dirt (2019); he also sings in the punk rock mariachi band Carne Asada.

Richa Moorjani

Richa Moorjani (Richa Shukla Moorjani) is an American actress and Kathak-trained dancer, best known as Kamala in Never Have I Ever (2020–2023) and Deputy Indira Olmstead in Fargo season 5; later roles include Alien: Earth and Running Point.

Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson (1926–2017), American actor, played Oscar Goldman on The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman simultaneously (1976–78); MGM contract player, Paths of Glory, Perry Mason, three daughters.

Richard Armitage (actor)

Richard Crispin Armitage (born 1971, Leicester) is an English actor known for John Thornton in North & South, Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit, Dolarhyde in Hannibal, and Netflix's The Stranger.

Richard Arnold (presenter)

Richard Andrew Arnold (born 1969) is an English TV presenter, Entertainment Editor of ITV's Good Morning Britain, formerly GMTV's TV critic, a 2012 Strictly contestant, and distinct from the NASA astronaut and Manchester United executive of the same name.

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (1923–2014), English actor, Oscar-winning director and producer of Gandhi (1982), star of Brighton Rock, The Great Escape and Jurassic Park, BFI chairman, knighted 1976, life peer 1993.

Richard Ayoade

Richard Ellef Ayoade (born 1977) is a British comedian, actor, writer, director and author, Cambridge Footlights president and 2001 Perrier winner, known as Moss in The IT Crowd (2014 BAFTA), for Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, and for directing Submarine (2010) and The Double (2013).

Richard Bacon (broadcaster)

Richard Bacon (born 1975, Mansfield) is an English broadcaster and format creator, sacked as Blue Peter's 24th presenter in 1998, later of The Big Breakfast, BBC Radio 5 Live, Nat Geo's Explorer, and Yes Yes Media.

Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart (John Richard Basehart, 1914–1984) was an American actor, star of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Admiral Nelson, the Fool in Fellini's La strada, and Wilton Knight in Knight Rider.

Richard Beckinsale

Richard Beckinsale (1947–1979), English comedy actor; Lennie Godber in Porridge and Going Straight, Alan Moore in Rising Damp; trained at RADA, husband of Judy Loe, father of Kate Beckinsale; died of a heart attack at 31.

Richard Belzer

Richard Belzer (1944-2023), American stand-up comedian and actor, best known as Detective John Munch on Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: SVU, a role he played across 10 or 11 series from 1993 to 2016; also SNL warm-up comic, author of conspiracy books.

Richard Benjamin

Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938, New York City) is an American actor and director, husband of Paula Prentiss, Golden Globe winner for The Sunshine Boys, star of Westworld and Roth adaptations, and director of My Favorite Year.

Richard Beymer

Richard Beymer, American actor and filmmaker known as Tony in West Side Story (1961) and Benjamin Horne in Twin Peaks (1990–91, 2017); born in Avoca, Iowa, later an independent documentary and experimental filmmaker living in Iowa.

Richard Boone

Richard Allen Boone (1917–1981), American actor born in Los Angeles, starred as Paladin in Have Gun—Will Travel (1957–63), led Medic and The Richard Boone Show, earned five Emmy nominations, and died in St. Augustine, Florida.

Richard Briers

Richard Briers (1934–2013), English actor, CBE, star of The Good Life, Marriage Lines, and Ever Decreasing Circles; later played Shakespearean roles in Kenneth Branagh's films and voiced Fiver in Watership Down.

Richard Brooks

Richard Brooks (Reuben Sax, 1912–1992) was an American screenwriter-director of Blackboard Jungle, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Elmer Gantry (Oscar winner), The Professionals, and In Cold Blood; distinct from the Law & Order actor of the same name.

Richard Brooks (actor)

Richard Brooks (Richard Lee Brooks, born 1962) is an American actor, singer, and director from Cleveland, Ohio, known as ADA Paul Robinette on Law & Order, Jubal Early on Firefly, and Chief Simpson on 9-1-1, distinct from the Oscar-winning screenwriter of the same name.

Richard Burgi

Richard Burgi (Richard William Burgi, born 1958, Montclair, New Jersey) is an American actor known as Det. Jim Ellison on The Sentinel and Karl Mayer on Desperate Housewives, with soap roles on Another World, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless.

Richard Burton

Richard Burton (Richard Walter Jenkins, 1925–1984), Welsh stage and film actor from Pontrhydyfen, mentored by Philip Burton; seven Oscar nominations without a win, famous for Hamlet, Cleopatra, and Elizabeth Taylor.

Richard Cant

Richard Cant (born 1964, Dartford, Kent) is a British actor, son of presenter Brian Cant, known for Midsomer Murders' Dennis Rainbird, Doctor Who's "Blink", Mary Queen of Scots, Stan & Ollie, and RSC and National Theatre stage work.

Richard Carlson (actor)

Richard Carlson (Richard Dutoit Carlson, 1912-1977) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter, star of It Came from Outer Space, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the TV series I Led 3 Lives.

Richard Chamberlain

Richard Chamberlain (George Richard Chamberlain, 1934–2025), American actor and singer, teen idol as Dr. Kildare (1961–66) and "king of the miniseries" in Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983); three Golden Globes, came out in his 2003 memoir Shattered Love.

Richard Conte

Richard Conte was an American actor whose career spanned the late 1930s to the mid-1970s. He is best known for his roles in film noir and The Godfather.

Richard Coyle

Richard Coyle (born 1972, Sheffield) is an English actor trained at Bristol Old Vic, known for Jeff in Coupling, Father Blackwood in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Aberforth Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts, and West End stage roles.

Richard Crenna

Richard Donald Crenna (1926-2003), American radio, TV, and film actor; Walter Denton on Our Miss Brooks, Luke McCoy on The Real McCoys, Colonel Trautman in the first three Rambo films; Emmy winner for The Rape of Richard Beck.

Richard Cromwell (actor)

Richard Cromwell (LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh, 1910-1960) was an American film actor, star of Tol'able David (1930) and The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), and the first husband of Angela Lansbury; not to be confused with Oliver Cromwell's son.