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Robert Morley
ACTOR

Robert Morley

Known for Around the World in 80 Days · The Great Muppet Caper · Alfred Hitchcock Presents

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Adolph Wilton Morley CBE (26 May 1908 – 3 June 1992) was an English actor who, often in supporting roles, was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment. In Movie Encyclopedia, film critic Leonard Maltin describes Morley as "recognizable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips, and double chin, […] particularly effective when cast as a pompous…

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Born
May 26, 1908
Died
Jun 3, 1992
Birthplace
Semley, England, UK
Known For
Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert Adolph Wilton Morley CBE (26 May 1908 – 3 June 1992) was an English actor who, often in supporting roles, was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment. In Movie Encyclopedia, film critic Leonard Maltin describes Morley as "recognizable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips, and double chin, […] particularly effective when cast as a pompous windbag". More politely, Ephraim Katz in his International Film Encyclopaedia describes Morley as a "a rotund, triple-chinned, delightful character player of the British and American stage and screen."

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Known For

Filmography

Movies

Another Romance of CelluloidSelf (uncredited)
1938
Marie AntoinetteKing Louis XVI
1938
Major BarbaraAndrew Undershaft
1941
You Will RememberTom Barrett / Leslie Stuart
1941
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Partners in CrimeJudge
1942
The Big BlockadeVon Geiselbrecht
1942
The Foreman Went to FranceMayor Coutare of Bivary
1942
The Young Mr. PittCharles James Fox
1942
This Was ParisVan Der Stuyl
1942
I Live in Grosvenor SquareDuke of Exmoor
1945
The Ghosts of Berkeley SquareColonel "Bulldog" Kelsoe
1947
Edward, My SonTheatre Play
1949
The Small Back RoomThe Minister
1949
Outcast of the IslandsElmer Almayer
1951
Curtain UpW.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker
1952
The African QueenThe Brother
1952
Beat the DevilPeterson
1953
MelbaOscar Hammerstein I
1953
The Final TestAlexander Whitehead
1953
The Story of Gilbert and SullivanWilliam S. Gilbert
1953
Beau BrummellKing George III
1954
The Good Die YoungSir Francis Ravenscourt
1954
The Rainbow JacketLord Logan
1954
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ITV Opening Night at the GuildhallSelf
1955
Quentin DurwardKing Louis XI
1955
Around the World in 80 DaysRalph
1956
Loser Takes AllDreuther
1956
Law and DisorderJudge Sir Edward Crichton
1958
The Sheriff of Fractured JawUncle Lucius
1958
LibelSir Wilfred
1959
The Doctor's DilemmaSir Ralph Bloomfield-Bonington
1959
The JourneyHugh Deverill
1959
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde
1960
The Battle of the SexesRobert Macpherson
1960
Joseph and His BrethrenPotiphar
1961
The Young OnesHamilton Black
1961
Go to BlazesArson Eddie
1962
The BoysMontgomery
1962
The Road to Hong KongLeader of the 3rd Echelon
1962
Ladies Who DoThe Colonel
1963
Murder at the GallopHector Enderby
1963
Nine Hours to RamaP.K. Mussardi
1963
Take Her, She's MineMr. Pope-Jones
1963
The Old Dark HouseRoderick Femm
1963
Hot Enough for JuneCol. Cunliffe
1964
Of Human BondageDr Jacobs
1964
Rhythm 'n' GreensNarrator (voice)
1964
TopkapiCedric Page
1964
A Study in TerrorMycroft Holmes
1965
Genghis KhanEmperor of China
1965
Life at the TopTiffield
1965
The Alphabet MurdersCaptain Hastings
1965
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower MathematicsNarrator (voice)
1965
The Loved OneSir Ambrose Abercombie
1965
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 MinutesLord Rawnsley
1965
Finders KeepersColonel Roberts
1966
Hotel ParadisoHenri Cotte
1966
Tender ScoundrelLord Swift
1966
The Trygon FactorHubert Hamlyn
1966
Way... Way OutHarold Quonset
1966
Woman Times SevenDr. Xavier
1967
Hot MillionsCaesar Smith
1968
LutherPapst Leo
1968
Sinful DaveyDuke of Argyll
1969
Some Girls DoMiss Mary
1969
CromwellThe Earl of Manchester
1970
Doctor in TroubleCaptain George Spratt
1970
Song of NorwayBerg
1970
TwinkyJudge Roxborough
1970
When Eight Bells TollUncle Arthur
1971
Theatre of BloodMeredith Merridew
1973
Great ExpectationsUncle Pumblechook
1974
The Blue BirdFather Time
1976
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Maximilian Van Devere
1978
Scavenger HuntBernstein
1979
The Human FactorDoctor Percival
1979
Oh! Heavenly DogBernie
1980
LoopholeGodfrey
1981
The Great Muppet CaperBritish Gentleman by Pond
1981
The Deadly GameEmile Carpeau
1982
High Road to ChinaBentik
1983
Second Time LuckyGod
1984
The WindElias Appleby
1986
Little DorritLord Decimus Barnacle
1987
The Trouble with SpiesAngus
1987
The Lady and the HighwaymanLord Chancellor
1988
I
IstanbulAtkins
1989
Nothing Like a DameSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018

Television

Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter · 1 eps
1944
Kraft Television TheatreTheatre Play
1947
Sunday Night TheatreTheatre Play
1950
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsMr. Laffler · 1 eps
1955
Armchair TheatreMr. Micawber · 1 eps
1956
DuPont Show of the MonthMr. Jordan · 1 eps
1957
Theatre NightSebastian Le Boeuf · 1 eps
1957
Theatre NightTheatre Play
1957
Theatre NightAdaptation
1957
Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf · 5 eps
1957
The Danny Kaye ShowSelf · 1 eps
1963
Call My Bluff
1965
One Pair of Eyes1 eps
1967
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 2 eps
1968
C
Charge!5 eps
1969
Tales of the UnexpectedHenry Knox · 1 eps
1979
Lady KillersSelf – Presenter · 14 eps
1980
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The Old Men at the ZooLord Godmanchester · 4 eps
1983
Alice in WonderlandKing of Hearts · 2 eps
1985
Crossbow1 eps
1987
War and RemembranceAlistair Tudsbury · 5 eps
1988
Around the World in 80 DaysWentworth · 3 eps
1989

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