Henry Daniell
Biografia
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."
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Film • 2007
jako Garbitsch (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Fair Lady
Film • 1964
jako Ambassador (uncredited)
Bunt na Bounty
Film • 1962
jako Court-martial Judge (uncredited)
The Chapman Report
Film • 1962
jako Dr. Jonas
Combat!
Serial • 1962
jako Minister
Pięć tygodni w balonie
Film • 1962
jako Sheik Ageiba
The Notorious Landlady
Film • 1962
jako Stranger
W kraju Komanczów
Film • 1961
jako Gireaux
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Film • 1961
jako Dr. Zucco
The Grim Reaper
Film • 1961
jako Pierre Radin
Madison Avenue
Film • 1961
jako Stipe
The Islanders
Serial • 1960
jako Jarden
Thriller
Serial • 1960
jako Dirk Van Prinn
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Film • 1959
jako Dr. Emil Zurich
Startime
Serial • 1959
jako Uncle Henri
Riverboat
Serial • 1959
jako Graham
From the Earth to the Moon
Film • 1958
jako Morgana
77 Sunset Strip
Serial • 1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Serial • 1958
Peter Gunn
Serial • 1958
Świadek oskarżenia
Film • 1957
jako Mayhew
The Story of Mankind
Film • 1957
jako Pierre Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais
Roztańczone dziewczyny
Film • 1957
jako Judge
Maverick
Serial • 1957
Wagon Train
Serial • 1957
jako Morton W. Snipple
The Sun Also Rises
Film • 1957
jako Doctor
Mister Cory
Film • 1957
jako Mr. Earnshaw
Confession
Film • 1956
jako Hubbel
Pasja życia
Film • 1956
jako Theodorus van Gogh
On Trial
Serial • 1956
jako Clark
Wojna i Pokój
Film • 1956
jako (uncredited)
Człowiek w szarym garniturze
Film • 1956
jako Bill Ogden
Telephone Time
Serial • 1956
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Film • 1956
jako Edward Moulton-Barrett
Diane
Film • 1956
jako Gondi
Matinee Theater
Serial • 1955
MGM Parade
Serial • 1955
The Prodigal
Film • 1955
jako Ramadi
Producers' Showcase
Serial • 1954
Egipcjanin Sinuhe
Film • 1954
jako Mekere
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Serial • 1951
jako Count Maverin
Lux Video Theatre
Serial • 1950
jako Lord Belmont
Buccaneer's Girl
Film • 1950
jako Capt. Duval
Lights Out
Serial • 1949
The Secret Of St. Ives
Film • 1949
jako Maj. Edward Chevenish
Siren of Atlantis
Film • 1949
jako Blades
Wake of the Red Witch
Film • 1948
jako Jacques Desaix
Studio One
Serial • 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Serial • 1948
jako Colonel Chart
The Exile
Film • 1947
jako Colonel Ingram
Song of Love
Film • 1947
jako Franz Liszt
Syn Robin Hooda
Film • 1946
jako The Regent - William of Pembroke
Angel Street
Film • 1946
jako Mr. Manningham
Captain Kidd
Film • 1945
jako King William III
The Woman in Green
Film • 1945
jako Professor James Moriarty
The Body Snatcher
Film • 1945
jako Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane
Hotel Berlin
Film • 1945
jako Baron Von Stetten
The Suspect
Film • 1945
jako Mr. Simmons
Jane Eyre
Film • 1943
jako Henry Brocklehurst
Straż nad Renem
Film • 1943
jako Phili Von Ramme
Mission to Moscow
Film • 1943
jako Minister von Ribbentrop
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Film • 1943
jako William Easter
Spotkanie we Francji
Film • 1942
jako Emile Fleuron
The Great Impersonation
Film • 1942
jako Frederick Seamon
Nightmare
Film • 1942
jako Capt. Edgar Stafford
Sherlock Holmes - Głos Terroru
Film • 1942
jako Sir Anthony Lloyd
Castle in the Desert
Film • 1942
jako Watson King
Four Jacks and a Jill
Film • 1942
jako Bobo
The Feminine Touch
Film • 1941
jako Shelley Mason
Dressed to Kill
Film • 1941
jako Julian Davis
A Woman's Face
Film • 1941
jako Public Prosecutor
Filadelfijska opowieść
Film • 1940
jako Sidney Kidd
Dyktator
Film • 1940
jako Garbitsch
Sokół morski
Film • 1940
jako Lord Wolfingham
All This, and Heaven Too
Film • 1940
jako Broussais
We Are Not Alone
Film • 1939
jako Sir Ronald Dawson
Prywatne życie Elżbiety i Essexa
Film • 1939
jako Sir Robert Cecil
Marie Antoinette
Film • 1938
jako La Motte
Wakacje
Film • 1938
jako Seton Cram
The Firefly
Film • 1937
jako General Savary
Madame X
Film • 1937
jako Lerocle
The Thirteenth Chair
Film • 1937
jako John Wales
Under Cover of Night
Film • 1937
jako Professor Marvin Griswald
Camille
Film • 1936
jako Baron de Varville
The Unguarded Hour
Film • 1936
jako Hugh Lewis
The Path of Glory
Film • 1934
jako King Maximillian
The Last of the Lone Wolf
Film • 1930
jako Count von Rimpau (as Henry Daniel)
Jealousy
Film • 1929
jako Clement
The Awful Truth
Film • 1929
jako Norman Warriner