Henry Daniell

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4. März 1894 — 31. Oktober 1963 (69 Jahre)
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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."

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  • Der große Diktator
    Der große Diktator1940
  • Die Nacht vor der Hochzeit
    Die Nacht vor der Hochzeit1940
  • Meuterei auf der Bounty
    Meuterei auf der Bounty1962
  • Die Frau in Grün
    Die Frau in Grün1945
  • Günstling einer Königin
    Günstling einer Königin1939
  • Verhängnisvolle Reise
    Verhängnisvolle Reise1943
  • Unter schwarzer Flagge
    Unter schwarzer Flagge1945
  • Von der Erde zum Mond
    Von der Erde zum Mond1958
  • The Californians
    The Californians2 Staffeln

Bekannt aus

  • Der große Diktator
    Der große Diktator1940
  • Zeugin der Anklage
    Zeugin der Anklage1957
  • Die Nacht vor der Hochzeit
    Die Nacht vor der Hochzeit1940
  • Der Leichendieb
    Der Leichendieb1945
  • Die Schwester der Braut
    Die Schwester der Braut1938
  • Die Frau in Grün
    Die Frau in Grün1945
  • Der Herr der sieben Meere
    Der Herr der sieben Meere1940
  • Die Kameliendame
    Die Kameliendame1936
  • Die Waise von Lowood
    Die Waise von Lowood1943
  • Die vier Schädel des Jonathan Drake
    Die vier Schädel des Jonathan Drake1959
  • Verhängnisvolle Reise
    Verhängnisvolle Reise1943
  • Die Stimme des Terrors
    Die Stimme des Terrors1942
  • Thriller
    Thriller2 Staffeln
  • Günstling einer Königin
    Günstling einer Königin1939
  • Unter Verdacht
    Unter Verdacht1944
  • Hölle, wo ist dein Sieg?
    Hölle, wo ist dein Sieg?1940
  • Die Wacht am Rhein
    Die Wacht am Rhein1943
  • Sinuhe der Ägypter
    Sinuhe der Ägypter1954
  • Die Girls
    Die Girls1957
  • Noch Zimmer frei
    Noch Zimmer frei1962

Filmografie

1985
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes · as Professor Moriarty
1964
My Fair Lady · as Ambassador (uncredited)
1962
Mutiny on the Bounty · as Court-Martial Judge (uncredited)auf plex.tv
1962
The Chapman Report · as Dr. Jonas
1962
Combat! · as Minister
1962
Five Weeks in a Balloon · as Sheik Ageiba
1962
The Notorious Landlady · as Stranger
1961
The Comancheros · as Gireaux
1961
1961
Madison Avenue · as Stipe
1960
The Law and Mr. Jones · as Isaac Beckett
1960
The Islanders · as Jarden
1960
Thriller · as Pierre Radin
1959
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake · as Dr. Emil Zurich
1959
Ford Startime · as Uncle Henri
1959
Riverboat · as Graham
1959
Markham · as Max Bozman
1958
From the Earth to the Moon · as Morganaauf plex.tv
1958
1958
1958
1958
1957
Les Girls · as Judge
1957
1957
The Story of Mankind · as Pierre Cauchon - Bishop Of Beauvais
1957
Alcoa Theatre · as Judson
1957
The Californians · as Dr. Harold Rodmanauf plex.tv
1957
1957
Wagon Train · as Morton W. Snipple
1957
The Sun Also Rises · as Doctor
1957
Mister Cory · as Mr. Earnshaw
1956
Playhouse 90 · as Hubbel
1956
Lust for Life · as Theodorus Van Gogh
1956
1956
1956
Diane · as Gondi
1955
1955
On Trial · as Clark
1955
1955
The Jane Wyman Show · as Dictator
1955
The Prodigal · as Ramadi
1955
TV Reader's Digest · as Sir Edward Carson
1954
The Egyptian · as Mekere
1954
Disneyland · as Col. Townes
1954
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · as Count Maverin
1950
The Lux Video Theatre · as Lord Belmont
1950
1950
Buccaneer's Girl · as Capt. Duval
1949
The Secret of St. Ives · as Maj. Edward Chevenish
1948
Wake of the Red Witch · as Jacques Desaix
1948
1948
Siren of Atlantis · as Blades
1948
1947
The Exile · as Colonel Ingram
1947
Song of Love · as Franz Liszt
1947
Kraft Television Theatre · as The Inspector
1946
1946
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest · as The Regent - William Of Pembroke
1945
Captain Kidd · as King William Iiiauf plex.tv
1945
The Woman in Green · as Professor James Moriartyauf plex.tv
1945
The Body Snatcher · as Dr. Wolfe 'toddy' Macfarlane
1945
Hotel Berlin · as Baron Von Stetten
1944
The Suspect · as Mr. Simmons
1944
1943
Jane Eyre · as Henry Brocklehurst
1943
Watch on the Rhine · as Phili Von Ramme
1943
Mission to Moscow · as Minister Von Ribbentrop
1942
Sherlock Holmes in Washington · as William Easterauf plex.tv
1942
Reunion in France · as Emile Fleuron
1942
The Great Impersonation · as Frederick Seamon
1942
Nightmare · as Capt. Edgar Stafford
1942
1942
Castle in the Desert · as Watson King
1942
1941
The Feminine Touch · as Shelley Mason
1941
Dressed to Kill · as Julian Davis
1941
A Woman's Face · as Public Prosecutor
1940
The Philadelphia Story · as Sidney Kiddauf plex.tv
1940
The Great Dictator · as Garbitschauf plex.tv
1940
The Sea Hawk · as Lord Wolfingham
1940
All This, and Heaven Too · as Broussais
1939
We Are Not Alone · as Sir Ronald Dawson
1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex · as Sir Robert Cecilauf plex.tv
1938
Marie Antoinette · as La Motte
1938
Holiday · as Seton Cram
1937
The Firefly · as General Savary
1937
Madame X · as Lerocle
1937
The Thirteenth Chair · as John Wales
1937
Under Cover of Night · as Professor Marvin Griswald
1936
Camille · as Baron De Varville
1936
The Unguarded Hour · as Hugh Lewis
1934
The Path of Glory · as King Maximillian

1976