Born in Saint Peterburg to a well-off family of German, Estonian and Scottish descent, he was educated at Bedales, Brighton College and Manchester Technical College before brief stints in textile research, plantation management and advertising, where Greer Garson encouraged him to pursue acting; vocal training and a short stage run in Ballyhoo launched his theatrical career. After early British st… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for The Jungle Book 1967 Rebecca 1940 All About Eve 1950 A Shot in the Dark 1964 ★ 7.5 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947
Miles Fairley ★ 7.1 The Picture of Dorian Gray 1945
Lord Henry Wotton ★ 7 Foreign Correspondent 1940
Scott ffolliott ★ 6.9 While the City Sleeps 1956
Mark Loving ★ 7.1 This Land Is Mine 1943
George Lambert ★ 6.9 Man Hunt 1941
Major Quive-Smith ★ 7.8 The Rebel 1961
Sir Charles Broward ★ 6.8 Ivanhoe 1952
Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert ★ 7 Hangover Square 1945
Dr. Allan Middleton ★ 7.3 Lloyd's of London 1936
Everett Stacy Series ★ 7 Daniel Boone 1964
Col. Roger Barr ★ 7 The House of the Seven Gables 1940
Jaffrey Pyncheon ★ 6.6 Samson and Delilah 1949
The Saran of Gaza ★ 6.5 In Search of the Castaways 1962
Thomas Ayerton ★ 6.5 Solomon and Sheba 1959
Adonijah ★ 6.5 Moonfleet 1955
Lord James Ashwood ★ 6.5 The Lodger 1944
Inspector John Warwick ★ 6.5 Tales of Manhattan 1942
Williams ★ 6.5 The Black Swan 1942
Captain Billy Leech ★ 6.4 Rage in Heaven 1941
Ward Andrews ★ 6.4 Warning Shot 1967
Calvin York ★ 6.4 A Scandal in Paris 1946
Eugéne François Vidocq ★ 6.3 The Gay Falcon 1941
Gay Laurence / The Falcon ★ 6.3 The Falcon Takes Over 1942
Gay Lawrence ★ 6.2 Never Say Goodbye 1956
Victor ★ 6.2 Call Me Madam 1953
Cosmo Constantine ★ 6.2 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami 1947
Georges Duroy ★ 6.1 Doomwatch 1972
The Admiral ★ 6 The Fan 1949
Lord Robert Darlington ★ 6.4 Things to Come 1936
Celestial Body (uncredited) ★ 6.2 The Strange Woman 1946
John Evered ★ 6 Death of a Scoundrel 1956
Clementi Sabourin ★ 6.3 Witness to Murder 1954
Albert Richter ★ 6.1 Forever Amber 1947
King Charles II ★ 6.2 The Last Voyage 1960
Capitaine Robert Adams ★ 6.1 Confessions of a Nazi Spy 1939
Franz Schlager ★ 5.8 The Saint in London 1939
Simon Templar ★ 6.3 Lured 1947
Robert Fleming ★ 6.2 The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry 1945
Harry Melville Quincey ★ 5.8 The Saint Strikes Back 1939
Simon Templar ★ 6 The Man Who Could Work Miracles 1936
Indifference - a God ★ 5.9 Allegheny Uprising 1939
Captain Swanson ★ 6.1 Endless Night 1972
Andrew Lippincott ★ 5.7 Mr. Moto's Last Warning 1939
Eric Norvel ★ 5.5 Sundown 1941
Major A.L. Coombes ★ 5.9 The Kremlin Letter 1970
Warlock ★ 5 Good Times 1967
Mordicus ★ 4.8 The Body Stealers 1969
Gen. Armstrong ★ 5.3 From the Earth to the Moon 1958
Stuyvesant Nicholl ★ 5.9 The Quiller Memorandum 1966
Gibbs ★ 5.5 Psychomania 1973
Shadwell ★ 4.8 The Girl from Rio 1969
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