Henry Daniell
Acting
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."
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as William Easter
Age 49 (now 69)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Sir Anthony Lloyd
Age 48 (now 69)
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
as Dr. Emil Zurich
Age 65 (now 69)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Sir Robert Cecil
Age 45 (now 69)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Garbitsch (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 113 (now 69)
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Court-martial Judge (uncredited)
Age 68 (now 69)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Dr. Zucco
Age 67 (now 69)
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
as Dr. Emil Zurich
Age 65 (now 69)
The Story of Mankind
as Pierre Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais
Age 63 (now 69)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Bill Ogden
Age 62 (now 69)The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
Age 62 (now 69)
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as The Regent - William of Pembroke
Age 51 (now 69)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as William Easter
Age 49 (now 69)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Sir Anthony Lloyd
Age 48 (now 69)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Sir Robert Cecil
Age 45 (now 69)
The Last of the Lone Wolf
as Count von Rimpau (as Henry Daniel)
Age 36 (now 69)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Count Maverin
Age 57 (now 69)
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Colonel Chart
Age 54 (now 69)Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Henry Daniel, 亨利·丹尼尔, Charles Henry Pywell Daniell
IMDB
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