Ralph Richardson Movies

Want to know the best Ralph Richardson movies?  How about the worst Ralph Richardson movies?  Curious about Ralph Richardson box office grosses or which Ralph Richardson movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Ralph Richardson movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Ralph Richardson (1902-1983) was an Oscar®-nominated English actor. Richardson is considered one of the greatest stage actors of the mid-20th century.    His movie career lasted from the 1930s to the 1980s. His IMDb page shows 87 acting credits from 1933 to 1984.  This page will rank Ralph Richardson movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.  And there are a lot of those movies.

1966’s The Wrong Box

Ralph Richardson Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

The Four Feathers (1939)

Ralph Richardson Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.

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  • Sort Ralph Richardson movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Ralph Richardson movie received.
  • Sort Ralph Richardson movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

Possibly Interesting Facts About Ralph Richardson

1. Ralph David Richardson was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Southwest England) in 1902.

2. Ralph Richardson was part of a trio of great English stage actors, the other two being Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud. They appeared in several scenes together in the epic miniseries Wagner (1981), which was released shortly after Richardson’s death.

3. Ralph Richardson was named a Knight Bachelor in the 1947 King’s New Year Honours List for his services to the stage.

4. Ralph Richardson appeared in three Oscar® Best Picture nominees: The Citadel (1938), The Heiress (1949) and Doctor Zhivago (1965).

5. Ralph Richardson played both God – in Time Bandits (1981) – and the Devil – in Tales from the Crypt (1972).

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15 thoughts on “Ralph Richardson Movies

  1. I saw 8 including top 4. 10s not favorites: dr Zhivago , anna Karenina , (non UMR 10 jesus miniseries with rod steiger, larry Olivier, and ralph and a dozen other stars). 9s not favorites: Khartoum(hidden gem with Olivier and heston) , exodus, the heiress.

    another hidden gem is the divorce of lady x a 7. politically incorrect woman bashing ” man in his folly and kindness has been bamboozled into accepting woman as a rational creature” larry and ralph together . “men know the truth about themselves, women don’t, they only know the truth about each other”. gee, I wonder how this one got bad reviews.
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  2. British great Sir Ralph Richardson gets a UMR page, nice.

    I’ve seen 22 of the 55 films on the chart, favorites include Battle of Britain, Khartoum, Dr. Zhivago, Things to Come, Rollerball, Dragonslayer, Time Bandits, Tales from the Crypt, The Ghoul, The Four Feathers and Greystoke.

    I haven’t seen the top 3 on the critics chart – The Heiress, Chimes at Midnight or Long Night’s Journey into Day. But there’s still time. 🙂

    Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!

    1. Hey Steve. As always….thanks for your thoughts on one of our newest pages. Tally count. Steve with 22, Flora with 14 and me at 13. Good job on your win….seems it has been awhile since you topped the charts…enjoy your victory dance…lol.

      I have seen 8 of your favorites…I remember seeing Things To Come on your recommendation…amazingly that was years ago….how did almost 10 years of his talking movies happen already? Of your favorites…I love Rollerball, Time Bandits and The Four Feathers. Khartoum is on my list of movies to watch. Good stuff as always.

  3. I have seen 14 Ralph Richardson movies.

    The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Dr. Zhivago.

    The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Exodus.

    The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Wrong Box.

    Favourite Ralph Richardson Movies:

    Dr. Zhivago
    The Heiress
    The Citidel
    Our Man in Havana
    Divorce of Lady X
    Battle of Britain
    The Fallen Idol
    The Wrong Box

    Other Ralph Richardson Movies I Have Seen:

    Khartoum
    Clouds Over Europe
    Chimes at Midnight
    Watership Down
    Anna Karenina
    Oh! What a Lovely War

    1. Hey Flora…..thanks for checking out our Ralph Richardson page. Tally count. Steve with 22, Flora with 14 and me at 13. Exodus was a very long movie, well done, but not a fun movie to watch. I have seen 4 of your favorites…with The Heiress and The Wrong Box being on my favorites list as well. I have only seen Watership Down of your “other” movies. Good stuff as always.

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