Emerging from a Welsh upbringing and a stint in the Household Cavalry-where he excelled as a marksman, horseman and pilot-he left the army in 1928 to pursue acting, first appearing as an extra in British films before securing a leading role in The Flying Scotsman (1929). A subsequent MGM contract brought him to Hollywood, and a long tenure at Paramount saw him transition from light-hearted comedie… Read more
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Known for Dial M for Murder 1954 Columbo 1971 Love Story 1970 The Lost Weekend 1945 Series ★ 7.9 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962
Howard Fennick ★ 7.2 King of Kings 1961
Satan (voice) (uncredited) ★ 7.3 The Big Clock 1948
George Stroud ★ 7.1 The Major and the Minor 1942
Major Kirby ★ 6.9 The Uninvited 1944
Roderick Fitzgerald ★ 6.9 Battlestar Galactica 1978
Sire Uri ★ 6.9 Ministry of Fear 1944
Stephen Neale Series ★ 7.9 The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
Aristotle Bolt ★ 7 Beau Geste 1939
John Geste ★ 7.2 Easy Living 1937
John Ball Jr. Series ★ 7.9 Rich Man, Poor Man 1976
Duncan Calderwood Series ★ 6.9 Hart to Hart 1979
★ 6.6 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982
(in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage) ★ 6.6 X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes 1963
James Xavier ★ 7 Blonde Crazy 1931
Joe Reynolds Series ★ 7.1 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 1977
★ 6.9 Charlie Chan in London 1934
Neil Howard ★ 6.8 Alias Nick Beal 1949
Nick Beal ★ 6.8 The House in Nightmare Park 1973
Stewart Henderson ★ 6.8 California 1947
Jonathan Trumbo ★ 6.6 It Happens Every Spring 1949
Vernon Simpson ★ 6.5 Piccadilly 1929
Diner in Nightclub (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Three Smart Girls 1936
Lord Michael Stuart ★ 6.5 Circle of Danger 1951
Clay Douglas ★ 6.5 Arise, My Love 1940
Tom Martin ★ 6.4 So Evil My Love 1948
Mark Bellis ★ 6.3 The Thief 1952
Allan Fields ★ 6.3 Reap the Wild Wind 1942
Stephen Tolliver ★ 6.2 The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing 1955
Stanford White ★ 6.3 Panic in Year Zero! 1962
Harry Baldwin ★ 6.1 The River's Edge 1957
Nardo Denning ★ 6.3 The Premature Burial 1962
Guy Carrell ★ 6.3 The Last Tycoon 1976
Fleishacker Sad? 1996
(archive footage) ★ 5.7 Copper Canyon 1950
Johnny Carter ★ 5.8 A Man Alone 1955
Wes Steele Series ★ 6.2 The Love Boat 1977
Peter Bradbury ★ 5.8 The Pyjama Girl Case 1977
Inspector Timpson ★ 5.2 A Life of Her Own 1950
Steve Harleigh ★ 5.2 Terror in the Wax Museum 1973
Harry Flexner ★ 5.8 The Uncanny 1977
Frank Richards (segment "Montreal 1977") ★ 5.9 Aces High 1976
Brigadier General Whale ★ 5.8 Gold 1974
Hurry Hirschfeld ★ 4.8 Oliver's Story 1978
Oliver Barrett III ★ 5 Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land 1983
Q. T. Thornwell ★ 4.7 The Attic 1980
Wendell ★ 4.9 The Thing with Two Heads 1972
Maxwell Kirshner ★ 4.8 Frogs 1972
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