Irish Actor best known for roles in movies like Unforgiven, The Wild Geese, The Guns of Navarone, This Sporting Life, Red Desert, A Man Called Horse, The Field, Gladiator and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. At an AFI lifetime achievement award for Kirk Douglas, Richard described himself as 6ft 2 in height, although he has claimed to be even taller, in a 1968 interview stating "I'm still 6 feet 3 inches when I leave the room".Richard Harris 1985
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I read a synopsis...of my life and these things the studios hand out. And they say I'm Six Foot Three. Which is THREE inches more than I am.
What I hate about our business today is the elitism the so-called stars have imposed on the public, which I think is obnoxious. It's a joke. Who cares about Madonna going to the opening tonight? Now you have guys like Tom Cruise, who's a midget, and has eight bodyguards, all six feet tall, which makes him even more diminutive. He disappears behind them. It's an absolute joke.