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Henry Daniell
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Henry Daniell
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Acting
Birthday
1894-03-04,Barnes, Surrey, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
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."

Filmography

The Great Dictator

8.3

The Great Dictator
1940-10-15

The Philadelphia Story

7.6

The Philadelphia Story
1940-12-05

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

5.7

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961-07-12

Siren of Atlantis

5.2

Siren of Atlantis
1949-01-04

The Body Snatcher

6.986

The Body Snatcher
1945-05-25

The Comancheros

6.7

The Comancheros
1961-12-16

6.9

Jane Eyre
1943-12-24

The Sun Also Rises

5.9

The Sun Also Rises
1957-08-23

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

6.5

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942-09-18

7.1

The Sea Hawk
1940-08-10

7

A Woman's Face
1941-05-09

The Woman in Green

6.403

The Woman in Green
1945-06-15

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

6.8

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956-04-12

Wake of the Red Witch

5.5

Wake of the Red Witch
1948-12-30

7.146

Lust for Life
1956-09-15

Castle in the Desert

6.8

Castle in the Desert
1942-02-02

Witness for the Prosecution

8.2

Witness for the Prosecution
1957-12-17

The Story of Mankind

4.636

The Story of Mankind
1957-11-08

6.4

Les Girls
1957-10-03

All This, and Heaven Too

7.1

All This, and Heaven Too
1940-07-05

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

6.7

Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943-03-24

Marie Antoinette

6.288

Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26

6.2

Madame X
1937-10-01

6.4

The Firefly
1937-11-05

7

Camille
1936-12-26

From the Earth to the Moon

5.2

From the Earth to the Moon
1958-11-26

7.3

Holiday
1938-05-26

The Awful Truth

0

The Awful Truth
1929-08-10

Buccaneer's Girl

5.6

Buccaneer's Girl
1950-03-01

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

6.2

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939-11-11

Hitler: The Comedy Years

5

Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007-05-10

The Notorious Landlady

6.7

The Notorious Landlady
1962-04-13

6

Madison Avenue
1961-04-13

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

5.9

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
1959-11-13

The Feminine Touch

5.1

The Feminine Touch
1941-10-01

6.1

The Exile
1947-10-17

Under Cover of Night

5.7

Under Cover of Night
1937-01-08

The Secret Of St. Ives

6

The Secret Of St. Ives
1949-06-30

6.7

Song of Love
1947-10-09

The Chapman Report

5.3

The Chapman Report
1962-10-05

5.5

Mister Cory
1957-02-23

6.1

Hotel Berlin
1945-03-02

The Thirteenth Chair

5.8

The Thirteenth Chair
1937-05-07

We Are Not Alone

6.2

We Are Not Alone
1939-11-25

5.7

Diane
1956-01-12

The Unguarded Hour

6.2

The Unguarded Hour
1936-04-10

0

Angel Street
1946-01-20

Four Jacks and a Jill

6

Four Jacks and a Jill
1942-01-23

6.7

The Suspect
1945-01-31

Watch on the Rhine

6.768

Watch on the Rhine
1943-08-27

6.4

The Egyptian
1954-08-25

Dressed to Kill

6.3

Dressed to Kill
1941-08-08

The Last of the Lone Wolf

6

The Last of the Lone Wolf
1930-08-26

The Path of Glory

0

The Path of Glory
1934-10-08

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

0

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1956-04-02

The Great Impersonation

5.8

The Great Impersonation
1942-12-18

6

Captain Kidd
1945-11-22

Mission to Moscow

5.2

Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29

4

Nightmare
1942-11-10

Reunion in France

6.6

Reunion in France
1942-12-25

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

4.9

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946-02-21

Five Weeks in a Balloon

5.4

Five Weeks in a Balloon
1962-08-22

Mutiny on the Bounty

6.97

Mutiny on the Bounty
1962-11-08

4

The Prodigal
1955-05-06

7.504

My Fair Lady
1964-10-21

0

Jealousy
1929-09-13

77 Sunset Strip

6.7

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

4.4

Studio One
1948-11-07

7.6

Combat!
1962-10-02

8

The Islanders
1960-10-02

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

4.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06

6.2

Thriller
1960-09-13

6.5

Peter Gunn
1958-09-22

Lux Video Theatre

5.5

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

6.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

Matinee Theater

3.3

Matinee Theater
1955-10-31

The Philco Television Playhouse

5.6

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03

6.2

Riverboat
1959-09-13

Producers' Showcase

6

Producers' Showcase
1954-10-18

5.3

Lights Out
1949-07-19

6.3

Telephone Time
1956-04-08

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22

6.2

Thriller
1960-09-13

6.2

Thriller
1960-09-13

6.2

Thriller
1960-09-13

6.2

Thriller
1960-09-13

6.4

Wagon Train
1957-09-18