A London-born performer of Scottish parentage, educated at St Hugh’s School, Marlborough College and briefly at University College London and the University of Bonn, turned to acting after a varied early career that included journalism, ice-hockey administration and military service. His booming voice and imposing presence quickly made him a staple of British comedy, most famously as the blusterin… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for The Guns of Navarone 1961 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 Moby Dick 1956 Murder She Said 1961 ★ 7.3 Murder She Said 1961
Luther Ackenthorpe ★ 7 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 1951
Seaman Quist ★ 6.8 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes 1965
Narrator ★ 6.8 Whisky Galore! 1949
Dr. Maclaren ★ 7.2 Scott of the Antarctic 1948
P.O. (Taff) Evans R.N. ★ 7.2 Orders to Kill 1958
Naval Commander ★ 6.5 Land of the Pharaohs 1955
Vashtar ★ 6.6 Pool of London 1951
Engine Room Officer Trotter ★ 6.5 Doctor in the House 1954
Sir Lancelot Spratt ★ 6.5 The Black Rose 1950
Simeon Beautrie ★ 6.5 The Trygon Factor 1966
Sir John (voice) ★ 6.4 The Sword and the Rose 1953
King Henry VIII ★ 6.4 Anne of the Indies 1951
Red Dougal ★ 6.4 The Magnet 1950
Tramp ★ 6.1 Dr. Crippen 1963
Captain McKenzie ★ 6.1 Crooks Anonymous 1962
Sir Harvey Russellrod ★ 6.2 Mayerling 1968
Prince of Wales ★ 6.2 The Face of Fu Manchu 1965
Sir Charles ★ 6.1 Above Us the Waves 1955
Admiral Ryder ★ 6.2 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men 1952
Little John ★ 5.8 The Fast Lady 1962
Commander Charles Chingford ★ 5.8 Doctor at Sea 1955
Captain Wentworth Hogg ★ 5.7 The Iron Petticoat 1956
Colonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff ★ 5.7 Doctor at Large 1957
Sir Lancelot Spratt ★ 6.2 Spirits of the Dead 1968
Countess' Advisor (segment "Metzengerstein") ★ 5.8 Love on a Pillow 1962
Katov - un sculpteur ★ 5.8 David and Bathsheba 1951
Abishai ★ 4.1 Zeta One 1969
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