Richard Harris was in This Sporting Life.
Richard Harris . He appeared on stage and in many films , appearing as Frank Machin in This Sporting Life , and King Arthur in the 1967 film Camelot and the subsequent 1981 revival of the show . This Sporting Life is a 1963 British feature film based on the 1960 novel of the same name by David Storey , which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award . The film was Richard Harris 's first starring role , and won him a Best Actor Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival .