Leo Genn
Born: 1905-08-09 in London, England, UK
Died: 1978-01-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
Leo John Genn (9 August 1905 – 26 January 1978) was an English actor and barrister. Signified by his relaxed charm and smooth, "black velvet" voice, he had a lengthy career in theatre, film, television, and radio; often playing aristocratic or gentlemanly, sophisticate roles. Born to a Jewish family in London, Genn was educated as a lawyer and was a practicing barrister until after World War II, in which he served in the Royal Artillery as a Lieutenant-Colonel. He began his acting career at The Old Vic and made his film debut in 1935, starring in a total of 85 screen roles until his death in 1978. For his portrayal of Petronius in the 1951 Hollywood epic Quo Vadis, he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leo Genn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1994
- The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1975
- You Are Free, Dr. Korczak as Dr. Janusz Korczak
1974
- Frightmare as Dr. Lytell
1973
- The MacKintosh Man as Rollins (uncredited)
- The Silent One as Chief of M.I.5
1972
- Endless Night as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1971
- The Persuaders! as Sir Hugo Chalmers
- A Lizard in a Woman's Skin as Edmond Brighton
- Die Screaming Marianne as The Judge
1970
- The Bloody Judge as Lord Wessex
- Connecting Rooms as Dr. Norman
- Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary as Patrick Hastings, KC
1968
- The Expert as Dr. Bellman
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Lanyon
1966
- Khartoum as Narrator (voice)
- Circus of Fear as Elliott
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Henry Wilcox
- Ten Little Indians as General Mandrake
1964
- The Wednesday Play as Hereward Daintry
- The Delhi Way as Narrator (voice)
- The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse as Adm. Quency
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- 55 Days at Peking as Gen. Jung-Lu
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- The Virginian as Gavin Heath
- The Longest Day as Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
1961
- The Defenders as Dr. Morton Chaney
- The Life of Adolf Hitler as Narrator
1960
- On Trial as Sir Charles Dilke
- Too Hot to Handle as Johnny Solo
- Escape by Night as Michael Pemberton
- Mrs. Miniver as Clem Miniver
1959
- You'll Never See Me Again as Inspector Stillman
1958
- I Accuse! as Maj. Picquart
- Tank Force! as Sgt. Kendall
- The Immortal Land
- The Steel Bayonet as Maj. Gerrard
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1956
- Moby Dick as Starbuck
- Armchair Theatre as Inspector Stillman
- Beyond Mombasa as Ralph Hoyt
1955
- Screen Director's Playhouse as Paul Bernard
- Lady Chatterley's Lover as Sir Clifford Chatterley
- The Titanic Incident as Paul Bernard
- Blackmail as Lionel Kendall
1954
- Tonight in Britain as Self - Commentator
- The Green Scarf as Rodelec
1953
- The Red Beret as Major J. Snow
- The Girls of Pleasure Island as Roger Halyard
- Personal Affair as Stephen Barlow
- Elizabeth Is Queen as Narrator
1952
- 24 Hours of a Woman's Life as Robert Sterling
- Plymouth Adventure as William Bradford
- The Magic Box as Maida Vale Doctor
1951
- Quo Vadis as Petronius
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Archbishop of Rheims
- Power for All as Narrator
- The Changing Face of Europe as Self-Narrator
1950
- Your Show of Shows
- The Wooden Horse as Peter Howard
- The Miniver Story as Steve Brunswick
- No Place for Jennifer as William Parry
- The Undefeated as Joe Anderson (voice)
- I Went Back as Narrator
1948
- The Snake Pit as Mark Kik
- The Velvet Touch as Michael Morrell
- London Belongs to Me as Narrator (uncredited)
1947
- Mourning Becomes Electra as Adam Brant
1946
- Green for Danger as Mr. Eden
- Theirs Is the Glory as Narrator (uncredited)
1945
- Caesar and Cleopatra as Bel Affris
- Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2 as Marcus Antonius
1944
- The Way Ahead as Captain Edwards
- Henry V as The Constable of France
- Tunisian Victory as Narrator (voice)
- Attack! The Battle for New Britain as Narrator (voice)
- The Return of the Vikings as Narrator (voice)
1943
- The Bells Go Down as Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited)
1942
- The Young Mr. Pitt as Danton (uncredited)
1940
- French Communique as Commentator
- Contraband as First Brother Grimm
- Girl in the News as Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
- Law and Disorder as Another Agent
- Ten Days in Paris as Lanson
1938
- Pygmalion as Prince (uncredited)
- The Drum as Abdul Fakir (uncredited)
- Kate Plus Ten as Dr. Gurdon
- Dangerous Medicine as Murdoch
1937
- Jump for Glory as Prosecuting Counsel
- The Rat as Defending Counsel
1936
- The Dream Doctor as Husband
- Accused as Man