How old was Richard Harris in the movie The Guns of Navarone?

Richard Harris was 29 in The Guns of Navarone when he played the character 'Squadron Leader Howard Barnsby RAAF'.

That was over 63 years ago in 1961.

In 2002 he died aged 72, starring in 82 films in his career, 76 of those after The Guns of Navarone was first released. If he were alive today he would be 93.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Guns of Navarone, I think Richard Harris looks:

Did you know?

  • Director J. Lee Thompson has worked with Richard Harris just once in his career.
  • Richard Harris' first movie was as 'Terence O'Brien' in Shake Hands with the Devil, released in 1959 when he was 27
  • The Guns of Navarone scores 7.33 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Guns of Navarone

Richard Harris' other movies