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George Sanders

Writer / Composer / Character Actor / Actor / Songwriter | * 07/03/1906 († 65, 04/25/1972) | St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth, baritone voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is remembered for his roles as wicked Jack Favell in Rebecca (1940), Scott ffolliott in Foreign Correspondent (1940, a rare heroic part), The Saran of Gaza in Samson and Delilah (1949, the most popular film of the year), theater critic Addison DeWitt in All About Eve (1950, for which he won an Oscar), Sir Brian De Bois-Guilbert in Ivanhoe (1952), King Richard the Lionheart in King Richard and the Crusaders (1954), Mr. Freeze in a two-part episode of Batman (1966), a... ()
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George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British film and television actor, singer-songwriter, music composer, and author. His career as an actor spanned over forty years. His heavy upper-class English accent and smooth bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is perhaps best known as Jack Favell in Rebecca (1940), Scott ffolliott in Foreign Correspondent (1940, a rare heroic part), The Saran of Gaza in Samson and Delilah (1949), the most popular film of the year, Addison DeWitt in All About Eve (1950, for which he won an Oscar), Sir Brian De Bois-Guilbert in Ivanhoe (1952), King Richard the Lionheart in King Richard and the Crusaders (1954), Mr. Freeze in a two-parter episode of Batman (1966), the voice of the malevolent man-hating tiger Shere Khan in Disney's The Jungle Book (1967), the suave crimefighter The Falcon during the 1940s (a role eventually bequeathed to his elder brother, Tom Conway), and Simon Templar, The Saint, in five films made in the 1930s and 1940s.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Mystery

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for George Sanders

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Movies with George Sanders as Actor(120)

as himself2022 Blonde
as Addison DeWitt (archive footage)2013 Footsteps on the Ceiling
as Self (archive footage)1996 Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Shadwell1973 Psychomania
as Andrew Lippincott1972 Endless Night
as The Admiral1972 Doomwatch
as General Downes1970 The Night of the Assassin
as Warlock1970 The Kremlin Letter
as Sir Francis Leybourne1969 The Best House in London
as Gen. Armstrong1969 The Body Stealers
as Sidney Carter1969 The Candy Man
as Sir Masius1969 The Girl from Rio
as Captain Walter Phillips1968 One Step to Hell
as Waldo Lydecker1968 Laura
as Mr. Mordicus / Knife McBlade / White hunter / Zarubian1967 Good Times
as Calvin York1967 Warning Shot
as Shere Khan (voice)1967 The Jungle Book
as Professor Schlieben1966 Trunk to Cairo
as Principe Makowski1964 F.B.I. Operation Baalbeck
as Benjamin Ballon1964 A Shot in the Dark
as Raymond Fontaine1964 Dark Purpose
as The Major1963 Cairo
as Guv'nor1963 The Cracksman
as Narrator1963 Ecco
as Maj. Hobson1962 Operation Snatch
as Thomas Ayerton1962 In Search of the Castaways
as Kellermann1961 Rendezvous
as Mr. Bing1961 Five Golden Hours
as Sir Charles Broward1961 The Rebel
as Sir Charles Holland1960 A Touch of Larceny
as Capitaine Robert Adams1960 The Last Voyage
as Gordon Zellaby1960 Village of the Damned
as Sir Arnold Hobbes1960 Cone of Silence
as Henri Landru1960 Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
as Adonijah1959 Solomon and Sheba
as A.L.1959 That Kind of Woman
as Carliss1958 The Whole Truth
as Stuyvesant Nicholl1958 From the Earth to the Moon
as Tim Waddington1957 The Seventh Sin
as Victor1956 Never Say Goodbye
as Larry Larkin1956 That Certain Feeling
as Mark Loving1956 While the City Sleeps
as Clementi Sabourin1956 Death of a Scoundrel
as Fabius Maximus1955 Jupiter's Darling
as King Charles II1955 The King's Thief
as Dr. Jonathan Odell1955 The Scarlet Coat
as Lord James Ashwood1955 Moonfleet
as Alexander 'Alex' Joyce1954 Journey to Italy
as King Richard I1954 King Richard and the Crusaders
as Albert Richter1954 Witness to Murder
as General Cosmo Constantine1953 Call Me Madam
as De Bois-Guilbert1952 Ivanhoe
as Nicholas Strang1952 Assignment: Paris
as Felix Guignol1951 The Light Touch
as Addison DeWitt1950 All About Eve
as Mike Alexander1950 Black Jack
as The Saran of Gaza1949 Samson and Delilah
as Lord Robert Darlington1949 The Fan
as Miles Fairley1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
as Georges Duroy1947 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
as Robert Fleming1947 Lured
as King Charles II1947 Forever Amber
as Eugéne François Vidocq1946 A Scandal in Paris
as John Evered1946 The Strange Woman
as Dr. Allan Middleton1945 Hangover Square
as Harry Melville Quincey1945 The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
as Lord Henry Wotton1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Michael Gordon1944 Action in Arabia
as Inspector John Warwick1944 The Lodger
as Fedja Michailovitch Petroff1944 Summer Storm
as George Lambert1943 This Land Is Mine
as Carl Steelman / Ernst Reiter1943 They Came to Blow Up America
as Jim Fleg1943 Quiet Please, Murder
as Keith Wilson1943 Appointment in Berlin
as Dr. Andre Marbel1943 Paris After Dark
as Charles Strickland1942 The Moon and Sixpence
as Captain Billy Leech1942 The Black Swan
as Williams1942 Tales of Manhattan
as Tony Barling1942 Her Cardboard Lover
as Gaylord "Gay" Lawrence1942 The Falcon's Brother
as Gay Lawrence / The Falcon1942 A Date with the Falcon
as Gay Lawrence1942 The Falcon Takes Over
as Major Quive-Smith1941 Man Hunt
as Simon Templar / The Saint1941 The Saint In Palm Springs
as Major A.L. Coombes1941 Sundown
as Ward Andrews1941 Rage in Heaven
as Gay Laurence / The Falcon1941 The Gay Falcon
as Jaffrey Pyncheon1940 The House of the Seven Gables
as Gurko Lanen1940 The Son of Monte Cristo
as Simon Templar1940 The Saint's Double Trouble
as Simon Templar / The Saint1940 The Saint Takes Over
as Scott ffolliott1940 Foreign Correspondent
as Forrester1940 Green Hell
as Baron Von Tranisch1940 Bitter Sweet
as Jack Favell1940 Rebecca
as Dr. de Reseke1939 So This Is London
as Franz Schlager1939 Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Capt. Heinrichs1939 Nurse Edith Cavell
as Captain Swanson1939 Allegheny Uprising
as Simon Templar / The Saint1939 The Saint in London
as The Saint / Simon Templar1939 The Saint Strikes Back
as Anton Ragatzy1939 The Outsider
as Eric Norvel1939 Mr. Moto's Last Warning
as Del Forbes1938 International Settlement
as Wyatt Leigh1938 Four Men and a Prayer
as Lefty1937 Slave Ship
as Count Andre de Guyon1937 Love Is News
as Baron Kurt von Rohback / Lt. Michael Bruce1937 Lancer Spy
as Lisle1936 Dishonour Bright
as Celestial Body (uncredited)1936 Things to Come
as Indifference - a God1936 The Man Who Could Work Miracles
as Everett Stacy1936 Lloyd's of London
as Singer in Public Bar1934 Love, Life and Laughter

TV Shows/Series with George Sanders as Actor(16)

as Armand Anderssarian1966 Mission: Impossible
as Mister Freeze1966 Batman
as Leonard Carvel1964 The Rogues
as Col. Roger Barr1964 Daniel Boone
as Richard Gilmore1960 Checkmate
as himself1954 The Jimmy Durante Show
as Dr. Grissom1953 GE Theater
as William Clark1953 GE Theater
as Major Watkins1953 GE Theater
as Self - Panelist1950 What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with George Sanders as Crew(1)

Writing/Novel1954 The Stranger Came Home

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Tuesday, 07/03 1906 (July) in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Died: Tuesday, 04/25 1972 (April) in Castelldefels (aged: 65)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Bedales School
Spouses (current/former): Zsa Zsa Gabor, Magda Gabor, Benita Hume, Susan Larson
Siblings: Tom Conway
Other names for George Sanders (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"George Henry Sanders"
"George Sanders (Schauspieler)"
George Sanders frequently works together with these people:
Thomas Little (15x, Crew)
Vincent Price (13x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (13x, Actor)
Don Taylor (12x, Crew)
Darryl F. Zanuck (11x, Crew)
Ted White (11x, Actor)
Ricardo Montalban (10x, Actor)
Sid Haig (10x, Actor)
Kevin McCarthy (10x, Actor)
Alan Napier (9x, Actor)
Edwin B. Willis (9x, Crew)
Renié (9x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:797, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/04/2024