Robert Morley

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
May 26, 1908 (84 years old)
Died
June 3, 1992
Place of Birth
Semley, England, UK
Popular Genres
Comedy Drama Adventure
Career Span
1938 – 2018

Robert Morley

2 wins
26 nominations
2 Oscars
89 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
May 26, 1908
From
Semley, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Career
1938 – 2018

Known For

Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
as Ralph
The African Queen
The African Queen
1952
as The Brother
Second Time Lucky
Second Time Lucky
1984
as God
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
1965
as Emperor of China
Topkapi
Topkapi
1964
as Cedric Page
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965
as Lord Rawnsley
A Study in Terror
A Study in Terror
1965
as Mycroft Holmes
Cromwell
Cromwell
1970
as The Earl of Manchester
Murder at the Gallop
Murder at the Gallop
1963
as Hector Enderby
The Great Muppet Caper
The Great Muppet Caper
1981
as British Gentleman by Pond
The Human Factor
The Human Factor
1979
as Doctor Percival
High Road to China
High Road to China
1983
as Bentik

Frequent Collaborators

Jacqueline Pearce
Jacqueline Pearce
2 shared projects
in "Genghis Khan"
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David Niven
David Niven
1 shared project
in "Around the World in Eighty Days"
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Cantinflas
Cantinflas
1 shared project
in "Around the World in Eighty Days"
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Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
1 shared project
in "Around the World in Eighty Days"
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Robert Newton
Robert Newton
1 shared project
in "Around the World in Eighty Days"
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Finlay Currie
Finlay Currie
1 shared project
in "Around the World in Eighty Days"
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Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer
1 shared project
in "Around the World in Eighty Days"
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Gilbert Roland
Gilbert Roland
1 shared project
in "Around the World in Eighty Days"
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Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
1 shared project
in "Around the World in Eighty Days"
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Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
1 shared project
in "Around the World in Eighty Days"
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Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
1 shared project
in "Around the World in Eighty Days"
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John Carradine
John Carradine
1 shared project
in "Around the World in Eighty Days"
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Award Recognition

2
Wins
26
Nominations
2
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2018

Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself as Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

1989

Istanbul as Atkins

1988

The Lady and the Highwayman as Lord Chancellor

1987

Little Dorrit as Lord Decimus Barnacle
The Trouble with Spies as Angus

1986

The Wind as Elias Appleby

1984

Second Time Lucky as God Award

1983

High Road to China as Bentik Award

1982

The Deadly Game as Emile Carpeau

1981

The Great Muppet Caper as British Gentleman by Pond Award
Loophole as Godfrey

1980

Oh! Heavenly Dog as Bernie

1979

The Human Factor as Doctor Percival Award
Scavenger Hunt as Bernstein Award

1978

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? as Maximilian Van Devere

1976

The Blue Bird as Father Time Award

1975

Hugo the Hippo as Sultan (voice)

1974

Great Expectations as Uncle Pumblechook

1973

Theatre of Blood as Meredith Merridew

1971

When Eight Bells Toll as Uncle Arthur

1970

Cromwell as The Earl of Manchester Award
Twinky as Judge Roxborough
Doctor in Trouble as Captain George Spratt
Song of Norway as Berg

1969

Sinful Davey as Herzog von Argyll
Some Girls Do as Miss Mary

1968

Hot Millions as Caesar Smith
Luther as Papst Leo

1967

Woman Times Seven as Dr. Xavier

1966

Tender Scoundrel as Lord Swift
Way... Way Out as Harold Quonset
Finders Keepers as Colonel Roberts
Hotel Paradiso as Henri Cotte
The Trygon Factor as Hubert Hamlyn

1965

Genghis Khan as Emperor of China Award
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes as Lord Rawnsley Award
A Study in Terror as Mycroft Holmes Award
The Alphabet Murders as Hastings Award
The Loved One as Sir Ambrose Abercombie Award
Life at the Top as Tiffield
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics as Narrator (voice)

1964

Topkapi as Cedric Page Award
Hot Enough for June as Col. Cunliffe
Of Human Bondage as Dr. Jacobs
Rhythm 'n' Greens as Narrator (voice)

1963

Murder at the Gallop as Hector Enderby Award
Take Her, She's Mine as Mr. Pope-Jones
The Old Dark House as Roderick Femm
Ladies Who Do as The Colonel
Nine Hours to Rama as P.K. Mussardi

1962

The Road to Hong Kong as Leader of the 3rd Echelon
The Boys as Montgomery
Go to Blazes as Arson Eddie

1961

The Young Ones as Hamilton Black
Joseph and His Brethren as Potiphar

1960

The Battle of the Sexes as Robert Macpherson
Oscar Wilde as Oscar Wilde

1959

The Journey as Hugh Deverill Award
Libel as Sir Wilfred
The Doctor's Dilemma as Sir Ralph Bloomfield-Bonington

1958

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw as Uncle Lucius
Law and Disorder as Judge Sir Edward Crichton

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days as Ralph
Loser Takes All as Dreuther

1955

Quentin Durward as King Louis XI
ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall as Self

1954

Beau Brummell as King George III
The Rainbow Jacket as Lord Logan
The Good Die Young as Sir Francis Ravenscourt

1953

Beat the Devil as Peterson Award
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan as William S. Gilbert
Melba as Oscar Hammerstein I
The Final Test as Alexander Whitehead

1952

The African Queen as The Brother
Curtain Up as W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker

1951

Outcast of the Islands as Elmer Almayer

1949

The Small Back Room as The Minister

1947

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square as Colonel "Bulldog" Kelsoe

1945

I Live in Grosvenor Square as Duke of Exmoor

1942

The Young Mr. Pitt as Charles James Fox
This Was Paris as Van Der Stuyl
The Foreman Went to France as Mayor Coutare of Bivary
The Big Blockade as Von Geiselbrecht
Partners in Crime as Judge

1941

Major Barbara as Andrew Undershaft
You Will Remember as Tom Barrett / Leslie Stuart

1938

Marie Antoinette as King Louis XVI
Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Around the World in Eighty Days
The African Queen
Second Time Lucky
Genghis Khan
Topkapi
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
A Study in Terror
Cromwell
Murder at the Gallop
The Great Muppet Caper

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