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George Curzon
Acting

George Curzon
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1898-10-18,Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Commander Chambré George William Penn Curzon (18 October 1898 – 7 May 1976), known as George Curzon, was a Royal Navy Commander, actor, and father of the present Earl Howe. Curzon, born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, was the only son of diplomat The Hon. Frederick Curzon-Howe (a son of The 3rd Earl Howe) and his wife, the actress Ellis Jeffreys. Curzon trained for the Navy at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, on the Isle of Wight, and first saw action in the First World War. He retired from the Navy as a Lieutenant-Commander, then served as a King's Messenger before turning to the West End stage in 1930. Curzon then went to America and appeared on the New York stage in the play Parnell before entering films. He was given a minor role as a police constable in Basil Dean's Escape (1930). His first major role came in 1935 when he appeared as the title role in Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor. He reprised this role in Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935) and Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938). He appeared in several films directed by Alfred Hitchcock before he moved to the United States and Hollywood, most notably Young and Innocent, where he played a musician and murderer who was caught by his nervous eye-twitch, in a famous long crane shot devised by Hitchcock. A brief interruption came to Curzon's acting career in 1939 when, after playing a minor role in Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn, he again enlisted in the navy during World War II. He later starred in various other films from 1947 until 1965. Curzon had two children from his second marriage: Frederick Richard Penn (b. 1951) and Emma Charlotte (b. 1953). His son succeeded to his kinsman's title of Earl Howe in 1984 (long after the death of Curzon himself in 1976) and his daughter was granted the rank of an earl's daughter a year later (i.e. Lady Emma).

Filmography

Young and Innocent

6.6

Young and Innocent
1937-02-17

The Man Who Knew Too Much

6.5

The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934-12-09

6.135

Jamaica Inn
1939-05-11

6

Q Planes
1939-02-21

5.941

Uncle Silas
1947-10-08

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror

6

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
1938-02-01

The Impassive Footman

4.333

The Impassive Footman
1932-06-28

Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle

10

Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle
1935-10-01

Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor

7

Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor
1935-01-01

Sing Along with Me

9

Sing Along with Me
1952-02-19

Her First Affaire

6.6

Her First Affaire
1932-12-07

The White Angel

7.167

The White Angel
1936-06-25

Strange Boarders

8

Strange Boarders
1938-05-01

10

After the Ball
1932-11-23

For Them That Trespass

5.269

For Them That Trespass
1949-04-21

The First Gentleman

6.5

The First Gentleman
1948-03-15

The Scotland Yard Mystery

5.3

The Scotland Yard Mystery
1934-01-03

6.5

Lorna Doone
1934-12-09

Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife

5.833

Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
1936-02-22

Chin Chin Chinaman

9

Chin Chin Chinaman
1931-09-01

Murder at Covent Garden

7

Murder at Covent Garden
1932-02-18

8

Admirals All
1935-01-01

6.8

Java Head
1934-07-31

6.951

The Cruel Sea
1953-02-24

A Royal Divorce

9

A Royal Divorce
1938-09-21

The Mind of Mr. Reeder

7

The Mind of Mr. Reeder
1939-03-04

5.545

Jassy
1947-08-13

6.198

Woman of Straw
1964-04-28

The Canterville Ghost

9

The Canterville Ghost
1966-11-02

10

Widow's Might
1935-06-17

Harry Black and the Tiger

6.65

Harry Black and the Tiger
1958-07-22

6.5

Oliver Twist
1962-01-07

Victoria Regina

10

Victoria Regina
1964-11-13

10

Persuasion
1960-12-30