Anthony Dawson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-10-18 (76 years old)

Deathday

1992-01-08

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Anthony Dawson

Biography

Anthony Douglas Gillon Dawson (18 October 1916 – 8 January 1992) was a Scottish actor, best known for his supporting roles as villains in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954) and Midnight Lace (1960), as well as playing Professor Dent in the James Bond film Dr. No (1962). He also appeared as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965).

Acting

1954

Dial M for Murder

as Charles Swann

1962

Dr. No

as Professor R. J. Dent

1971

Red Sun

as Hyatt

1960

Midnight Lace

as Roy Ash

1969

The Battle of Neretva

as General Morelli

1961

The Curse of the Werewolf

as The Marques Siniestro

1959

Tiger Bay

as Barclay

1957

Action of the Tiger

as Security Officer

1967

Death Rides a Horse

as Burt Cavanaugh

1950

1958

1949

1970

Deadlock

as Anthony Sunshine, the old killer

1961

Offbeat

as James Dawson

1951

Valley of the Eagles

as Sven Nystrom

1951

1955

That Lady

as Don Inigo

1962

Seven Seas to Calais

as Lord Burleigh

1950

1970

Operation Snafu

as Italian General

1967

Your Turn to Die

as Dr. Evans

1987

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

as Self (archive footage)

1988

Run for Your Life

as Colonnello Moorcroft

1984

1959

Libel

as Gerald Loddon

1945

The Way to the Stars

as Bertie Steen

1967

The Rover

as Captain Vincent

1987

Ghoulies II

as Priest

1963

From Russia with Love

as Ernst Stavros Blofeld

1993

Selling Hitler

as Marquis of Bath

1973

Massacre in Rome

as SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Harster

1950

The Woman in Question

as Inspector Wilson

1964

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

as Mickey (uncredited)

1967

Hell Is Empty

as Paul Grant

1957

Hour of Decision

as Gary Bax

1972

The Valachi Papers

as Federal Investigator

1946

School for Secrets

as Flt. Lt. Norton

1943

They Met in the Dark

as 2nd Code Expert

1975

The Count of Monte-Cristo

as Noirtier De Villefort

1967

Dirty Heroes

as American Colonel

1965

1973

Massacre in Rome

as Lt. Col. Harster

1966

Triple Cross

as Major Stillman

1946

Beware of Pity

as Lt. Blannik

1965

Thunderball

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

1983

1981

Inchon

as General Collins

Production

1958

The Snorkel

as Story

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