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DANIELL, Henry
Brits film acteur (1894-1963)
* 5.3.1894, London, England - † 31.10.1963
| Versatile character
actor of Hollywood
films who was at his most memorable and convincing as debonair villains or
calculating functionaries. A veteran stage actor before embarking on films at
the dawn of the sound era, Danielle appeared both on the West End in his native
London and on
Broadway. On the big screen, he frequently worked with such top directors as
George Cukor, Michael Curtiz, Jules Dassin, Max Ophuls, Vincente Minnelli, and
Billy Wilder.
Daniell made his feature debut in the comedy THE AWFUL TRUTH opposite Ina Claire, then went on to appear in such classics of the 1930s as CAMILLE (1937), opposite Greta Garbo, under the direction of George Cukor. In this exquisitely produced and critically well-received production, Daniell was a standout as Camille's jilted lover Baron de Varville, bringing equal measures of suavity and elegance to the role. He played the villainous Lerocle in Sam Wood's remake of the melodrama MADAME X (1937), joined the superb ensemble in Norma Shearer's triumphant MARIE ANTOINETTE (1938), and had supporting roles in the Katharine Hepburn-Cary Grant remake of HOLIDAY (1938); again under Cukor's direction. Charles Chaplin tapped him for a role in his satire THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940); Cukor used him in the next Hepburn-Grant pairing also based on a Philip Barry property, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940). As the 1940s progressed, he was cast in such memorable movies as THE SEA HAWK (1940), Joan Crawford's A WOMAN'S FACE (1941), the political biopic MISSION TO MOSCOW (1943), opposite Walter Huston, JANE EYRE (1944) with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine, the thriller THE SUSPECT (1944), and the Boris Karloff-Bela Lugosi horror classic THE BODY SNATCHER (1945). Daniell remained a steady character player throughout the 1950s, showing up as a caricature of a network executive in THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT (1956), Vincent van Gogh's father in Vincente Minnelli's acclaimed LUST FOR LIFE (1956), and he made a credible solicitor in Billy Wilder's courtroom drama WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957). Other notable films featuring Daniell include VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (1961), THE CHAPMAN REPORT (1962), Marlon Brando's MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1962) as the court martial judge, and, in his final screen appearance, he was cast in MY FAIR LADY (1964) |
Filmografie als filmacteur
1929 The
Awful Truth .... Norman
Warriner
1929 Jealousy
.... Clement
1930 The Last of the Lone Wolf (as Henry Daniel) .... Count von Rimpau
1934 The Path of Glory (1934) .... King Maximillian
1936 The Unguarded Hour (1936) .... Hugh Lewis
1937 Camille .... Baron de Varville
1937 The Firefly .... General Savary
1937 Madame X .... Lerocle
1937 The Thirteenth Chair .... John Wales
1937 Under Cover of Night .... Prof. Marvin Griswald
1938 Holiday .... Seton 'Dopey' Cram
1938 Marie Antoinette .... La Motte
1939 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex .... Sir Robert Cecil
Amerikaanse title: ELIZABETH THE
QUEEN
1939 We Are Not Alone
.... Sir Ronald Dawson
1940 All This, and Heaven Too ....
Broussais
1940 The Great Dictator .... Garbitsch
1940 The Philadelphia Story .... Sidney Kidd
1940 The Sea Hawk .... Lord Wolfingham
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1941 Dressed to Kill.... Julian Davis
1941 The Feminine Touch.... Shelley Mason, Critic
1941 A Woman's Face .... Public Prosecutor
1942 Castle in the Desert.... Watson King
1942 Four Jacks and a Jill ....
Bobo
1942 The Great Impersonation ....
Frederick Seamon
1942 Nightmare .... Captain Stafford
1942 Random Harvest (uncredited) .... Heavy man
1942 Reunion in France .... Emile Fleuron
1942 Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror .... Sir Alfred Lloyd
1943 Mission to Moscow .... Minister von Ribbentrop
1943 Sherlock Holmes in Washington .... William Easter
1943 Watch on the Rhine .... Phili Von Ramme
1944 Jane Eyre .... Henry Brocklehurst
1944 The Suspect .... Gilbert Simmons
1945 The Body Snatcher .... Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane
1945 Captain Kidd .... King William III
1945 Hotel Berlin .... Von Stetten
1945 The Woman in Green .... Professor Moriarty
1946 The Bandit of Sherwood Forest .... The Regent
1947 The Exile .... Colonel Ingram
1947 Song of Love .... Franz Liszt
1948 Siren of Atlantis .... Blades
1948 Wake of the Red Witch .... Jacques Desaix
1949 Siren of Atlantis .... Blades
1950 Buccaneer's Girl .... Capt. Duvall
1954 The Egyptian .... Mekere
1955 The Prodigal .... Ramadi
1956 Diane .... Gondi
1956 Lust for Life .... Theodorus Van Gogh
1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit ....
Bill Ogden
1957 Les Girls .... Judge
1957 Mister Cory .... Mr. Earnshaw
1957 The Story of Mankind .... Pierre Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais
1957 The Sun Also Rises .... Army doctor
1957 Witness for the Prosecution .... Mayhew
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1958 From the Earth to the Moon .... Morgana
1959 The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake .... Dr. Emil Zurich
1961 The Comancheros .... Gireaux
1961 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea .... Dr. Zucco
1962 The Chapman Report .... Dr. Jonas
1962 Five Weeks in a Balloon .... Sheik Ageiba
1962 Madison Avenue .... Stipe
1962 Mutiny on the Bounty (uncredited) .... Court-martial judge
1962 The Notorious Landlady ....
Stranger
1964 My Fair Lady (uncredited) .... Ambassador
1968 THE GIRLS/FLICKORNA
