on his birthday, Richard Harris (Born: October 1, 1930; Died: Oct 25, 2002).

Richard Harris was known for his role as Albus Dumbledore in the movies "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (a.k.a. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) (2001)" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)".

He played Frank Machin in the movie "The Sporting Life (1963)", King Arhur in "Camelot (1967)", John Morgan in "A Man Called Horse (1970)", "The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)" and "Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1982)", Richard the Lionheart in "Robin and Marian (1976)", Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain in "The Cassandra Crossing (1976)", Paddy O'Neil in "Patriot Games (1992)", English Bob in "Unforgiven (1992)", Dr. Andreas Tork in "Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)", Marcus Aurelius in "Gladiator (2000)" and Abbé Faria in "The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)".

Some other movies he appeared in are "Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)", "Alive and Kicking (1959)", "The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)", "{The Night Fighters (1960)", "Jungle Fighters (1961)", "The Guns of Navarone (1961)", "Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)", "Red Desert (1964)", "I tre volti (1965)", "Major Dundee (1965)", "The Heroes of Telemark (1965)", "The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)", "Hawaii (1966)", "Caprice (1967)", "The Molly Maguires (1970)", "Cromwell (1970)", "The Hero (1971)", "The Snow Goose (1971)", "Man in the Wilderness (1971)", "The deadly Trackers (1973)", "99 and 44/100% Dead (1974)", "Juggernaut (1974)", "Echoes of a Summer (1976)", "Gulliver's Travels (1977)", "Golden Rendezvous (1977)", "Orca (1977)", "Ravagers (1979)", "Game for Vultures (1979)", "The Last Word (1979)", "Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)", "Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981)", "Highpoint (1982)", "Camelot (1982)", "Martin's Day (1985)", "Strike Commando 2 (1988)", "Maigret (1988)", "Mack the Knife (1989)", "King of the Wind (1990)", "The Field (1990)", "Silent Tongue (1993)", "Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)", "Savage Hearts (1995)", "Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)", "The Great Kandinsky (1995)", "Trojan Eddie (1996)", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1997)", "This Is the Sea (1997)", "The Barber of Siberia (1998)", "To Walk with Lions (1999)", "Grizzly Falls (1999)", "The Apocalypse (2000)", "My Kingdom (2001)", "The Pearl (2001)" and "Caesar (2002)".