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Robert Morley

Actor

Robert Morley

Born May 26, 1908 in Semley, England, UKDied June 3, 199284 films

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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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The African Queen posterFirst watchThe African Queen19527.3as The BrotherAt the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Around the World in 80 Days poster6.7Around the World in 80 Days1956The Great Muppet Caper poster6.9The Great Muppet Caper1981Murder at the Gallop poster7.1Murder at the Gallop1963Theatre of Blood poster6.7Theatre of Blood1973Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes poster6.8Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes1965Topkapi poster6.5Topkapi1964Beat the Devil poster6.1Beat the Devil1953Cromwell poster6.6Cromwell1970

Filmography

84 films as actor
  1. 1989IstanbulAtkins
  2. 1988The Lady and the HighwaymanLord Chancellor
  3. 1987Little DorritLord Decimus Barnacle
  4. 1987The Trouble with SpiesAngus
  5. 1986The WindElias Appleby
  6. 1984Second Time LuckyGod
  7. 1983High Road to ChinaBentik
  8. 1982The Deadly GameEmile Carpeau
  9. 1981The Great Muppet CaperBritish Gentleman by Pond
  10. 1981LoopholeGodfrey
  11. 1980Oh! Heavenly DogBernie
  12. 1979Scavenger HuntBernstein
  13. 1979The Human FactorDoctor Percival
  14. 1978Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Maximilian Van Devere
  15. 1976The Blue BirdFather Time
  16. 1974Great ExpectationsUncle Pumblechook
  17. 1973Theatre of BloodMeredith Merridew
  18. 1971When Eight Bells TollUncle Arthur
  19. 1970Song of NorwayBerg
  20. 1970CromwellThe Earl of Manchester
  21. 1970Doctor in TroubleCaptain George Spratt
  22. 1970TwinkyJudge Roxborough
  23. 1969Sinful DaveyDuke of Argyll
  24. 1969Some Girls DoMiss Mary
  25. 1968Hot MillionsCaesar Smith
  26. 1968LutherPapst Leo
  27. 1967Woman Times SevenDr. Xavier
  28. 1966The Trygon FactorHubert Hamlyn
  29. 1966Tender ScoundrelLord Swift
  30. 1966Finders KeepersColonel Roberts
  31. 1966Way... Way OutHarold Quonset
  32. 1966Hotel ParadisoHenri Cotte
  33. 1965The Alphabet MurdersCaptain Hastings
  34. 1965The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower MathematicsNarrator (voice)
  35. 1965Life at the TopTiffield
  36. 1965The Loved OneSir Ambrose Abercombie
  37. 1965A Study in TerrorMycroft Holmes
  38. 1965Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 MinutesLord Rawnsley
  39. 1965Genghis KhanEmperor of China
  40. 1964Of Human BondageDr Jacobs
  41. 1964TopkapiCedric Page
  42. 1964Rhythm 'n' GreensNarrator (voice)
  43. 1964Hot Enough for JuneCol. Cunliffe
  44. 1963Take Her, She's MineMr. Pope-Jones
  45. 1963Ladies Who DoThe Colonel
  46. 1963The Old Dark HouseRoderick Femm
  47. 1963Murder at the GallopHector Enderby
  48. 1963Nine Hours to RamaP.K. Mussardi
  49. 1962The BoysMontgomery
  50. 1962Go to BlazesArson Eddie
  51. 1962The Road to Hong KongLeader of the 3rd Echelon
  52. 1961The Young OnesHamilton Black
  53. 1961Joseph and His BrethrenPotiphar
  54. 1960Oscar WildeOscar Wilde
  55. 1960The Battle of the SexesRobert Macpherson
  56. 1959LibelSir Wilfred
  57. 1959The JourneyHugh Deverill
  58. 1959The Doctor's DilemmaSir Ralph Bloomfield-Bonington
  59. 1958The Sheriff of Fractured JawUncle Lucius
  60. 1958Law and DisorderJudge Sir Edward Crichton
  61. 1956Around the World in 80 DaysRalph
  62. 1956Loser Takes AllDreuther
  63. 1955Quentin DurwardKing Louis XI
  64. 1954Beau BrummellKing George III
  65. 1954The Rainbow JacketLord Logan
  66. 1954The Good Die YoungSir Francis Ravenscourt
  67. 1953Beat the DevilPeterson
  68. 1953MelbaOscar Hammerstein I
  69. 1953The Final TestAlexander Whitehead
  70. 1953The Story of Gilbert and SullivanWilliam S. Gilbert
  71. 1952Curtain UpW.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker
  72. 1952The African QueenThe Brother
  73. 1951Outcast of the IslandsElmer Almayer
  74. 1949The Small Back RoomThe Minister
  75. 1947The Ghosts of Berkeley SquareColonel "Bulldog" Kelsoe
  76. 1945I Live in Grosvenor SquareDuke of Exmoor
  77. 1942The Young Mr. PittCharles James Fox
  78. 1942The Foreman Went to FranceMayor Coutare of Bivary
  79. 1942Partners in CrimeJudge
  80. 1942This Was ParisVan Der Stuyl
  81. 1942The Big BlockadeVon Geiselbrecht
  82. 1941Major BarbaraAndrew Undershaft
  83. 1941You Will RememberTom Barrett / Leslie Stuart
  84. 1938Marie AntoinetteKing Louis XVI