Anthony Dawson
Born: 1916-10-18 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Died: 1992-01-08
Known For: Acting
Biography
Anthony Douglas Gillon Dawson (18 October 1916 – 8 January 1992) was a Scottish actor, best known for his supporting roles as villains in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954) and Midnight Lace (1960), as well as playing Professor Dent in the James Bond film Dr. No (1962). He also appeared as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965).
Filmography
1993
- Selling Hitler as Marquis of Bath
1988
- Run for Your Life as Colonnello Moorcroft
1987
- Ghoulies II as Priest
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self (archive footage)
1984
- Where Is Parsifal? as Ripple
1983
- The Jigsaw Man as Vicar
- James Bond: The First 21 Years as Prof. R. J. Dent (archive footage)
1981
- Inchon as General Collins
1978
- Closed Circuit as Samuel Pratt (archive footage)
1975
- The Count of Monte-Cristo as Noirtier De Villefort
1973
- Massacre in Rome as SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Harster
1972
- Cool Million as Prefect
- The Valachi Papers as Federal Investigator
1971
- Red Sun as Hyatt
1970
- Deadlock as Anthony Sunshine, the old killer
- Operation Snafu as Italian General
1969
- The Battle of Neretva as General Morelli
1968
- A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof as Samuel Pratt
1967
- Death Rides a Horse as Burt Cavanaugh
- Dirty Heroes as American Colonel
- The Rover as Captain Vincent
- Operation Kid Brother as Alpha
- Your Turn to Die as Dr. Evans
- Hell Is Empty as Paul Grant
1966
- Triple Cross as Major Stillman
1965
- Thunderball as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders as Officer of Dragoons
- Change Partners as Ben Arkwright
1964
- The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Mickey (uncredited)
1963
- From Russia with Love as Ernst Stavros Blofeld
- Espionage as Colonel Nathan
1962
- The Saint as Floyd Vosper
- Dr. No as Professor R. J. Dent
- Seven Seas to Calais as Lord Burleigh
1961
- The Curse of the Werewolf as The Marques Siniestro
- Offbeat as James Dawson
1960
- Danger Man as Security Officer
- Midnight Lace as Roy Ash
1959
- International Detective as Gilles Porret
- Interpol Calling as Clouston
- Tiger Bay as Barclay
- Libel as Gerald Loddon
1958
- Naked City as Mike Grundy
- Ivanhoe as Sir Maurice
- The Snorkel ... (Story)
- Grip of the Strangler as Supt. Burk
1957
- Action of the Tiger as Security Officer
- Hour of Decision as Gary Bax
1956
- The Buccaneers as Captain Flask
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Count Victor Mattoni
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Lucas
- That Lady as Don Inigo
1954
- Dial M for Murder as Charles Swann
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lord Chamberlain
- The Long Dark Hall as The Man
- Valley of the Eagles as Sven Nystrom
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- Sunday Night Theatre as Archduke Johann Salvator
- The Woman in Question as Inspector Wilson
- They Were Not Divided as Michael
- The Wooden Horse as Pomfret
1949
- The Queen of Spades as Fyodor
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse
- Studio One as Colonel Peter Redlands
1946
- School for Secrets as Flt. Lt. Norton
- Beware of Pity as Lt. Blannik
1945
- The Way to the Stars as Bertie Steen
1943
- They Met in the Dark as 2nd Code Expert
1940
- Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt as Student