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Henry Daniell

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Henry Daniell (5 March 1894 – 31 October 1963) was an English actor who had a long and prestigious career on stage as well as in films. He is perhaps best known for his villainous roles in films like The Great Dictator, The Philadelphia Story and The Sea Hawk. Daniell was given few opportunities to play a 'good guy', including a supporting part as Franz Liszt in the biographical film Song of Love (1947). His last name is sometimes spelled "Daniel". Daniell's film debut came in 1929 in Jealousy. He appeared as Professor Moriarty in the Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes film The Woman in Green (1945). He appeared in other films such as Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940) (playing Garbitsch, to sound like "garbage", a parody of Joseph Goebbels), and The Body Snatcher (1945, with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi) – as well as two other films in the Sherlock Holmes/Basil Rathbone series: The Voice of Terror (1942) and Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) with fellow Moriarty George Zucco. Daniell played the sleazy Baron de Varville opposite Greta Garbo in Camille (1936). Another early triumph was his portrayal of Cecil in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939). He also played the treacherous Lord Wolfingham (no relation to Francis Walsingham) in The Sea Hawk (1940), fighting Errol Flynn in what is often considered one of the most spectacular sword fighting duels ever filmed. When Michael Curtiz cast him in this film, Henry Daniell initially refused because he couldn't fence. Curtiz accomplished the climactic duel through the use of shadows and over-shoulder shots, with a double fencing Flynn with ingenious inter-cutting of their faces. Towards the end of the Second World War, he appeared in one of his most memorable film roles, as the cruel Mr. Brocklehurst in Jane Eyre (1944), opposite Joan Fontaine who played Eyre. That same year he appeared in The Suspect as Charles Laughton's blackmailing next-door neighbour. In the 1950s and 1960s, he did much television, and also appeared as the malevolent Dr. Emil Zurich in Edward L. Cahn's The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959), and in an episode of Maverick, "Pappy" opposite James Garner the same year. An absolute professional, he was always on the set when needed, and impatient when delays in filming took place. Much in demand for his dry, sardonic delivery, Daniell moved easily from big-budget films, such as (uncredited) Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), to television without difficulty. In 1957, Daniell appeared as King Charles II of England in the NBC anthology series The Joseph Cotten Show in the episode "The Trial of Colonel Blood", with Michael Wilding in the title role. In the same year he played the instructing solicitor to Charles Laughton's leading counsel barrister in Witness for the Prosecution (1957). The actor claimed one of his favourite roles was as Tony Curtis' supervisor in the acclaimed Blake Edwards film Mister Cory (1957) at a time when the actor's career was clearly slowing down, but Daniell retained some of the best and most memorable lines in the movie, "A gentleman never grabs. Manners, Mister Cory. I find them a prerequisite in any circumstance."

  • Nacimiento: 1894-03-04, Barnes, Surrey, UK
  • Fallecimiento: 1963-10-31
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,5 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Conocido por

  • El gran dictador (1940) — Garbitsch
  • Testigo de cargo (1957) — Mayhew
  • Historias de Filadelfia (1940) — Sidney Kidd
  • My Fair Lady (Mi bella dama) (1964) — Ambassador (sin acreditar)
  • El ladrón de cadáveres (1945) — Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane
  • Vivir para gozar (1938) — Seton Cram
  • Sherlock Holmes. El caso de los dedos cortados (1945) — Professor James Moriarty
  • El loco del pelo rojo (1956) — Theodorus van Gogh

Filmografía

  • My Fair Lady (Mi bella dama) (1964) — Ambassador (sin acreditar)
  • Rebelión a bordo (1962) — Court-martial Judge (sin acreditar)
  • The Chapman Report (1962) — Dr. Jonas
  • Combat (1962) — Minister
  • Cinco semanas en globo (1962) — Sheik Ageiba
  • La misteriosa dama de negro (1962) — Stranger
  • Los comancheros (1961) — Gireaux
  • Viaje al fondo del mar (1961) — Dr. Zucco
  • The Grim Reaper (1961) — Pierre Radin
  • Madison Avenue (1961) — Stipe
  • The Islanders (1960) — Jarden
  • Thriller (1960) — Dirk Van Prinn / Pierre Radin / Squire Moloch / Count Alexander Cagliostro / Vicar John Weatherford
  • The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) — Dr. Emil Zurich
  • Startime (1959) — Uncle Henri
  • Riverboat (1959) — Graham
  • De la Tierra a la Luna (1958) — Morgana
  • 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
  • Peter Gunn (1958)
  • Testigo de cargo (1957) — Mayhew
  • Historia de la humanidad (1957) — Pierre Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais
  • Las Girls (1957) — Judge
  • Maverick (1957)
  • Caravana (1957) — Morton W. Snipple
  • ¡Fiesta! (1957) — Doctor
  • El temible Mr. Cory (1957) — Mr. Earnshaw
  • Confession (1956) — Hubbel
  • El loco del pelo rojo (1956) — Theodorus van Gogh
  • On Trial (1956) — Clark / Van Buren
  • Guerra y paz (1956) — (sin acreditar)
  • El hombre del traje gris (1956) — Bill Ogden
  • Telephone Time (1956)
  • The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1956) — Edward Moulton-Barrett
  • Astucias de mujer (1956) — Gondi
  • Matinee Theater (1955)
  • MGM Parade (1955)
  • El hijo pródigo (1955) — Ramadi
  • Producers' Showcase (1954)
  • Sinuhé, el egipcio (1954) — Mekere
  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) — Count Maverin
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) — Lord Belmont
  • El capitán pirata (1950) — Capt. Duval
  • The Secret Of St. Ives (1949) — Maj. Edward Chevenish
  • La Atlántida (1949) — Blades
  • La venganza del bergantín (1948) — Jacques Desaix
  • Studio One (1948)
  • The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) — Colonel Chart
  • La conquista del reino (1947) — Colonel Ingram
  • Pasión inmortal (1947) — Franz Liszt
  • El hijo de Robin de los Bosques (1946) — The Regent - William of Pembroke
  • Angel Street (1946) — Mr. Manningham
  • El capitán Kidd (1945) — King William III
  • Sherlock Holmes. El caso de los dedos cortados (1945) — Professor James Moriarty
  • El ladrón de cadáveres (1945) — Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane
  • Hotel Berlin (1945) — Baron Von Stetten
  • El sospechoso (1945) — Mr. Simmons
  • Alma rebelde (1943) — Henry Brocklehurst
  • Alarma en el Rhin (1943) — Phili Von Ramme
  • Misión en Moscú (1943) — Minister von Ribbentrop
  • Sherlock Holmes en Washington (1943) — William Easter
  • Reunión en Francia (1942) — Emile Fleuron
  • The Great Impersonation (1942) — Frederick Seamon
  • Noche de pesadilla (1942) — Capt. Edgar Stafford
  • Sherlock Holmes. La voz del terror (1942) — Sir Anthony Lloyd
  • Castle in the Desert (1942) — Watson King
  • Four Jacks and a Jill (1942) — Bobo
  • Huellas femeninas (1941) — Shelley Mason
  • Dressed to Kill (1941) — Julian Davis
  • Un rostro de mujer (1941) — Public Prosecutor
  • Historias de Filadelfia (1940) — Sidney Kidd
  • El gran dictador (1940) — Garbitsch
  • El halcón del mar (1940) — Lord Wolfingham
  • El cielo y tú (1940) — Broussais
  • We Are Not Alone (1939) — Sir Ronald Dawson
  • La vida privada de Elisabeth y Essex (1939) — Sir Robert Cecil
  • Maria Antonieta (1938) — La Motte
  • Vivir para gozar (1938) — Seton Cram
  • La espía de Castilla (1937) — General Savary
  • Madame X (1937) — Lerocle
  • The Thirteenth Chair (1937) — John Wales
  • Under Cover of Night (1937) — Professor Marvin Griswald
  • La dama de las camelias (1936) — Baron de Varville
  • Una hora en blanco (1936) — Hugh Lewis
  • The Path of Glory (1934) — King Maximillian
  • The Last of the Lone Wolf (1930) — Count von Rimpau (as Henry Daniel)
  • Jealousy (1929) — Clement
  • The Awful Truth (1929) — Norman Warriner