Henry Daniell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-03-04 (69 years old)

Deathday

1963-10-31

Place of Birth

Barnes, Surrey, UK

Henry Daniell

Biography

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 ...

Acting

1940

The Great Dictator

as Garbitsch

1940

1949

1945

The Body Snatcher

as Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane

1961

The Comancheros

as Gireaux

1943

Jane Eyre

as Henry Brocklehurst

1957

1940

The Sea Hawk

as Lord Wolfingham

1941

A Woman's Face

as Public Prosecutor

1945

The Woman in Green

as Professor James Moriarty

1948

Wake of the Red Witch

as Jacques Desaix

1956

Lust for Life

as Theodorus van Gogh

1942

Castle in the Desert

as Watson King

1957

The Story of Mankind

as Pierre Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais

1957

Les Girls

as Judge

1940

1943

1938

Marie Antoinette

as La Motte

1937

Madame X

as Lerocle

1937

The Firefly

as General Savary

1936

Camille

as Baron de Varville

1938

Holiday

as Seton Cram

1929

The Awful Truth

as Norman Warriner

1950

Buccaneer's Girl

as Capt. Duval

2007

Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Garbitsch (archive footage) (uncredited)

1962

1961

1959

1941

The Feminine Touch

as Shelley Mason

1947

The Exile

as Colonel Ingram

1937

Under Cover of Night

as Professor Marvin Griswald

1949

The Secret Of St. Ives

as Maj. Edward Chevenish

1947

Song of Love

as Franz Liszt

1962

The Chapman Report

as Dr. Jonas

1957

Mister Cory

as Mr. Earnshaw

1945

Hotel Berlin

as Baron Von Stetten

1937

1939

We Are Not Alone

as Sir Ronald Dawson

1956

Diane

as Gondi

1936

The Unguarded Hour

as Hugh Lewis

1946

Angel Street

as Mr. Manningham

1945

The Suspect

as Mr. Simmons

1943

Watch on the Rhine

as Phili Von Ramme

1954

The Egyptian

as Mekere

1941

Dressed to Kill

as Julian Davis

1930

The Last of the Lone Wolf

as Count von Rimpau (as Henry Daniel)

1934

The Path of Glory

as King Maximillian

1956

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

as Edward Moulton-Barrett

1942

The Great Impersonation

as Frederick Seamon

1945

Captain Kidd

as King William III

1943

Mission to Moscow

as Minister von Ribbentrop

1942

Nightmare

as Capt. Edgar Stafford

1942

Reunion in France

as Emile Fleuron

1946

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

as The Regent - William of Pembroke

1962

1962

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Court-martial Judge (uncredited)

1964

My Fair Lady

as Ambassador (uncredited)

1955

The Prodigal

as Ramadi

1929

Jealousy

as Clement

1956

Confession

as Hubbel

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