Actor Richard Attenborough Dead at 90

LONDON (AP) — Acclaimed actor and Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough, whose film career on both sides of the camera spanned 60 years, has died. He was 90.

The actor's son, Michael Attenborough told the BBC that his father died Sunday. He had been in poor health for some time.

As a director, Attenborough made several successful movies, from "Oh What a Lovely War" in 1969 to "Chaplin" and "Shadowlands" in the 1990s. But his greatest success was "Gandhi," a film that was 20 years in the planning and won eight Oscars, including best picture.

Modern audiences know the actor for his role as the failed theme park developer in "Jurassic Park" and Kriss Kringle in a remake of "Miracle on 34th Street".

His early acting roles include his 1942 debut as a terrified warship's crewman in "In Which We Serve," teenage thug Pinkie in "Brighton Rock," the lead role in the original cast of "The Mousetrap," and a strike-breaking factory worker in the 1960 film "The Angry Silence".

He was also featured as a prisoner of war in 1963's "The Great Escape" — known for its classic ensemble cast, including Steve McQueen, James Coburn and Charles Bronson — and starred in "Guns at Batasi". In 1967, he won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in "The Sand Pebbles."

He is survived by his wife, their son and a daughter.