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Robert Morley

Actor / Screenwriter / Writer / Playwright | * 05/26/1908 († 84, 06/03/1992) | Semley, Wiltshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Robert Adolph Wilton Morley CBE (26 May 1908 – 3 June 1992) was an English actor who enjoyed a lengthy career in both Britain and the United States. He was frequently cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment, often in supporting roles. In 1939 he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of King Louis XVI in Marie Antoinette. In Movie Encyclopedia, film critic Leonard Maltin describes Morley as "recognisable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips and double chin, ... particularly effective when cast as a pompous windbag." Ephraim Katz in his International Film Encyclopaedia describes Morley as "a rotund, triple-chinned, delightful character player of the British and American stage and screen." In his autobiography, Responsible Gentleman, Morley said his stage career started with managements valuing his appearance for playing "substantial gentleman" roles – as a doctor, lawyer, accountant or other professional member of society. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Crime

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Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army. Wooed by professor-turned-preacher Adolp ...

Major Barbara

NR

1941 | 3.4/5 | 2h 11min
Comedy
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The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in variou ...

Marie Antoinette

NR

1938 | 3.2/5 | 2h 29min
Drama, History, Romance / Love
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At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship. ...

The African Queen

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1952 | 3.7/5 | 1h 45min
Adventure, Romance / Love
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Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own ...

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

PG

1978 | 3.0/5 | 1h 52min
Comedy, Thriller, Mystery
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Awards & Nominations for Robert Morley

Commander of The Order of The British Empire Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Movies with Robert Morley as Actor(88)

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2018 Nothing Like a Dame
as Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Atkins1989 Istanbul
as Lord Chancellor1988 The Lady and the Highwayman
as Angus1987 The Trouble with Spies
as Lord Decimus Barnacle1987 Little Dorrit
as Elias Appleby1986 The Wind
as God1984 Second Time Lucky
as Bentik1983 High Road to China
as Emile Carpeau1982 The Deadly Game
as Godfrey1981 Loophole
as British Gentleman by Pond1981 The Great Muppet Caper
as Bernie1980 Oh Heavenly Dog
as Doctor Percival1979 The Human Factor
as Bernstein1979 Scavenger Hunt
as Maximilian Van Devere1978 Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
as Father Time1976 The Blue Bird
as Sultan (voice)1975 Hugo the Hippo
as Uncle Pumblechook1974 Great Expectations
as Meredith Merridew1973 Theatre of Blood
as Uncle Arthur1971 When Eight Bells Toll
as The Earl of Manchester1970 Cromwell
as Captain George Spratt1970 Doctor in Trouble
as Judge Roxborough1970 Twinky
as Berg1970 Song of Norway
as Miss Mary1969 Some Girls Do
as Herzog von Argyll1969 Sinful Davey
as Caesar Smith1968 Hot Millions
as Papst Leo1968 Luther
as Dr. Xavier1967 Woman Times Seven
as Harold Quonset1966 Way... Way Out
as Henri Cotte1966 Hotel Paradiso
as Hubert Hamlyn1966 The Trygon Factor
as Colonel Roberts1966 Finders Keepers
as Lord Swift1966 Tender Scoundrel
as Emperor of China1965 Genghis Khan
as Sir Ambrose Abercombie1965 The Loved One
as Lord Rawnsley1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
as Tiffield1965 Life at the Top
as Hastings1965 The Alphabet Murders
as Narrator1965 The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
as Mycroft Holmes1965 A Study in Terror
as Cedric Page1964 Topkapi
as Dr. Jacobs1964 Of Human Bondage
as Col. Cunliffe1964 Hot Enough for June
as Narrator1964 Rhythm & Greens
as The Colonel1963 Ladies Who Do
as Roderick Femm1963 The Old Dark House
as Mr. Pope-Jones1963 Take Her, She's Mine
as P.K. Mussardi1963 Nine Hours to Rama
as Hector Enderby1963 Murder at the Gallop
as Arson Eddie1962 Go to Blazes
as Leader of the 3rd Echelon1962 The Road to Hong Kong
as Montgomery1962 The Boys
as Potiphar1961 Joseph and His Brethren
as Hamilton Black1961 The Young Ones
as Robert Macpherson1960 The Battle of the Sexes
as Oscar Wilde1960 Oscar Wilde
as Sir Ralph Bloomfield-Bonington1959 The Doctor's Dilemma
as Sir Wilfred1959 Libel
as Hugh Deverill1959 The Journey
as Judge Sir Edward Crichton1958 Law and Disorder
as Uncle Lucius1958 The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
as Ralph1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
as Dreuther1956 Loser Takes All
as King Louis XI1955 Quentin Durward
as Sir Francis Ravenscourt1954 The Good Die Young
as Lord Logan1954 The Rainbow Jacket
as King George III1954 Beau Brummell
as Peterson1953 Beat the Devil
as Alexander Whitehead1953 The Final Test
as William S. Gilbert1953 The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
as Oscar Hammerstein I1953 Melba
as W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker1952 Curtain Up
as The Brother1952 The African Queen
as Elmer Almayer1951 Outcast of the Islands
as The Minister1949 The Small Back Room
as Colonel "Bulldog" Kelsoe1947 The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
as Duke of Exmoor1945 I Live in Grosvenor Square
as Charles James Fox1942 The Young Mr. Pitt
as Van Der Stuyl1942 This Was Paris
as Mayor Coutare of Bivary1942 Somewhere In France
as Judge1942 Partners in Crime
as Von Geiselbrecht1942 The Big Blockade
as Tom Barrett / Leslie Stuart1941 You Will Remember
as Andrew Undershaft1941 Major Barbara
as Self (uncredited)1938 Another Romance of Celluloid
as King Louis XVI1938 Marie Antoinette

TV Shows/Series with Robert Morley as Actor(8)

as Alistair Tudsbury1988 War and Remembrance
as Lord Godmanchester1983 The Old Men at the Zoo
as Henry Knox1979 Tales of the Unexpected
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
1965 Call My Bluff
as himself1963 The Danny Kaye Show
as Mr. Micawber1956 Armchair Theatre
as Mr. Laffler1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Movies with Robert Morley as Crew(1)

Writing/Theatre Play1949 Edward, My Son

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Tuesday, 05/26 1908 (May) in Semley, Wiltshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Wednesday, 06/03 1992 (June) in Reading (aged: 84)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Wellington College, Elizabeth College
Children: Sheridan Morley
Robert Morley frequently works together with these people:
Harry Tyler (11x, Actor)
Norman Lloyd (10x, Actor)
Raymond Bailey (10x, Actor)
Patricia Hitchcock (10x, Actress)
Russell Collins (9x, Actor)
Alfred Hitchcock (8x, Crew)
Felix Aylmer (8x, Actor)
Ray Teal (8x, Actor)
Robert H. Harris (8x, Actor)
John Williams (8x, Actor)
John Huston (7x, Actor)
Irene Howard (7x, Crew)
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