Henry Daniell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 4, 1894
- Died
- October 31, 1963 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Barnes, Surrey, UK
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 Green (1945). He appeared in other films such as Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940) (playing Garbitsch, to sound like "garbage", a parody of Joseph Goebbels), and The Body Snatcher (1945, with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi) – as well as two other films in the Sherlock Holmes/Basil Rathbone series: The Voice of Terror (1942) and Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) with fellow Moriarty George Zucco. Daniell played the sleazy Baron de Varville opposite Greta Garbo in Camille (1936). Another early triumph was his portrayal of Cecil in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939). He also played the treacherous Lord Wolfingham (no relation to Francis Walsingham) in The Sea Hawk (1940), fighting Errol Flynn in what is often considered one of the most spectacular sword fighting duels ever filmed. When Michael Curtiz cast him in this film, Henry Daniell initially refused because he couldn't fence. Curtiz accomplished the climactic duel through the use of shadows and over-shoulder shots, with a double fencing Flynn with ingenious inter-cutting of their faces. Towards the end of the Second World War, he appeared in one of his most memorable film roles, as the cruel Mr. Brocklehurst in Jane Eyre (1944), opposite Joan Fontaine who played Eyre. That same year he appeared in The Suspect as Charles Laughton's blackmailing next-door neighbour. In the 1950s and 1960s, he did much television, and also appeared as the malevolent Dr. Emil Zurich in Edward L. Cahn's The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959), and in an episode of Maverick, "Pappy" opposite James Garner the same year. An absolute professional, he was always on the set when needed, and impatient when delays in filming took place. Much in demand for his dry, sardonic delivery, Daniell moved easily from big-budget films, such as (uncredited) Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), to television without difficulty. In 1957, Daniell appeared as King Charles II of England in the NBC anthology series The Joseph Cotten Show in the episode "The Trial of Colonel Blood", with Michael Wilding in the title role. In the same year he played the instructing solicitor to Charles Laughton's leading counsel barrister in Witness for the Prosecution (1957). The actor claimed one of his favourite roles was as Tony Curtis' supervisor in the acclaimed Blake Edwards film Mister Cory (1957) at a time when the actor's career was clearly slowing down, but Daniell retained some of the best and most memorable lines in the movie, "A gentleman never grabs. Manners, Mister Cory. I find them a prerequisite in any circumstance."
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Filmography
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Movie · as Garbitsch (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Fair Lady
Movie · as Ambassador (uncredited)
The Notorious Landlady
Movie · as Stranger
The Chapman Report
Movie · as Dr. Jonas
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Movie · as Sheik Ageiba
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie · as Court-martial Judge (uncredited)
Combat!
TV · as Minister · 1 ep
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Movie · as Dr. Zucco
The Comancheros
Movie · as Gireaux
Madison Avenue
Movie · as Stipe
The Islanders
TV · as Jarden · 1 ep
Thriller
TV · as Dirk Van Prinn, Pierre Radin, Squire Moloch, Count Alexander Cagliostro, Vicar John Weatherford · 1 ep
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Movie · as Dr. Emil Zurich
Riverboat
TV · as Graham · 1 ep
Startime
TV · as Uncle Henri · 1 ep
From the Earth to the Moon
Movie · as Morgana
77 Sunset Strip
TV · 2 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
Peter Gunn
TV · 1 ep
The Sun Also Rises
Movie · as Doctor
Witness for the Prosecution
Movie · as Mayhew
The Story of Mankind
Movie · as Pierre Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais
Les Girls
Movie · as Judge
Mister Cory
Movie · as Mr. Earnshaw
Maverick
TV · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Morton W. Snipple · 1 ep
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Movie · as Bill Ogden
Lust for Life
Movie · as Theodorus van Gogh
Diane
Movie · as Gondi
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Movie · as Edward Moulton-Barrett
Confession
Movie · as Hubbel
War and Peace
Movie · as (uncredited)
Telephone Time
TV · 1 ep
On Trial
TV · as Clark, Van Buren · 1 ep
The Prodigal
Movie · as Ramadi
Matinee Theater
TV · 1 ep
MGM Parade
TV · 1 ep
The Egyptian
Movie · as Mekere
Producers' Showcase
TV · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Count Maverin · 1 ep
Buccaneer's Girl
Movie · as Capt. Duval
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Lord Belmont · 1 ep
Siren of Atlantis
Movie · as Blades
The Secret Of St. Ives
Movie · as Maj. Edward Chevenish
Lights Out
TV · 2 eps
Wake of the Red Witch
Movie · as Jacques Desaix
Studio One
TV · 1 ep
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · as Colonel Chart · 1 ep
The Exile
Movie · as Colonel Ingram
Song of Love
Movie · as Franz Liszt
Angel Street
Movie · as Mr. Manningham
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Movie · as The Regent - William of Pembroke
The Body Snatcher
Movie · as Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane
The Woman in Green
Movie · as Professor James Moriarty
Hotel Berlin
Movie · as Baron Von Stetten
The Suspect
Movie · as Mr. Simmons
Captain Kidd
Movie · as King William III
Jane Eyre
Movie · as Henry Brocklehurst
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Movie · as William Easter
Watch on the Rhine
Movie · as Phili Von Ramme
Mission to Moscow
Movie · as Minister von Ribbentrop
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Movie · as Sir Anthony Lloyd
Castle in the Desert
Movie · as Watson King
Four Jacks and a Jill
Movie · as Bobo
The Great Impersonation
Movie · as Frederick Seamon
Nightmare
Movie · as Capt. Edgar Stafford
Reunion in France
Movie · as Emile Fleuron
A Woman's Face
Movie · as Public Prosecutor
The Feminine Touch
Movie · as Shelley Mason
Dressed to Kill
Movie · as Julian Davis
The Great Dictator
Movie · as Garbitsch
The Philadelphia Story
Movie · as Sidney Kidd
The Sea Hawk
Movie · as Lord Wolfingham
All This, and Heaven Too
Movie · as Broussais
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Movie · as Sir Robert Cecil
We Are Not Alone
Movie · as Sir Ronald Dawson
Marie Antoinette
Movie · as La Motte
Holiday
Movie · as Seton Cram
Madame X
Movie · as Lerocle
The Firefly
Movie · as General Savary
Under Cover of Night
Movie · as Professor Marvin Griswald
The 13th Chair
Movie · as John Wales
Camille
Movie · as Baron de Varville
The Unguarded Hour
Movie · as Hugh Lewis
The Path of Glory
Movie · as King Maximillian
The Last of the Lone Wolf
Movie · as Count von Rimpau (as Henry Daniel)
The Awful Truth
Movie · as Norman Warriner
Jealousy
Movie · as Clement