Richard Harris two films which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. First, as the gunfighter "English Bob" in the Western "Unforgiven" (1992); second, as the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" (2000). He also played a lead role alongside James Earl Jones in the Darrell Roodt film adaptation of "Cry, the Beloved Country" (1995). In 1999, Harris starred in the film "To Walk with Lions". After "Gladiator", Harris played the supporting role of Albus Dumbledore in the first two of the "Harry Potter" films, and as Abbé Faria in Kevin Reynolds' film adaptation of "The Count of Monte Cristo"
Richard Parker (potter) Richard Parker (potter) Richard John Parker (born Nelson, 1946) is a New Zealand potter who has been based in Kaeo for most of his career. Parker attended Nelson College from 1960 to 1964, and graduated from Christchurch Teachers Training College with a diploma in primary school teaching in 1966. Between 1967 and 1973 he taught at a number of schools around New Zealand. In Nelson, Parker was exposed to the work of early studio potters including Harry Davis, May Davis, and Mirek Smisek. In 1973 Parker attended a workshop run by potter Yvonne Rust in Northland, which prompted his decision