Harry Andrews

Harry Andrews

Known for

Acting

Born

November 10, 1911

Birthplace

Tonbridge, Kent, England, UK

Died

March 6, 1989 (aged 77)

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

Harry Fleetwood Andrews, CBE (10 November 1911 – 6 March 1989) was an English film actor known for his frequent portrayals of tough military officers. His performance as Sergeant Major Wilson in The Hill alongside Sean Connery earned Andrews the 1965 National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for the 1966 BAFTA Award for Best British Actor. He made his film debut in The Red Beret in 1953.

Prior to his film career, Andrews was an accomplished Shakespearean actor, appearing at such venues as the Queen's Theatre, the Lyceum Theatre, and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in England as well as theatres in New York City, Par...

Best known work

Superman
Superman
1978
Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile
1978
Watership Down
Watership Down
1978
Moby Dick
Moby Dick
1956
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain
1969
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
1984
The Hill
The Hill
1965
Theatre of Blood
Theatre of Blood
1973
The Medusa Touch
The Medusa Touch
1978
55 Days at Peking
55 Days at Peking
1963

Filmography

  1. 2000

    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    as Self (archive footage)

  2. 1989

    Clowns

    as Arthur

  3. 1988

    Jack the RipperTV

    as Coroner Wynne Baxter (2 episodes)

  4. 1988

    The Play on OneTV

    as Arthur (1 episode)

  5. 1987

    Cause Célèbre

    as Francis Rattenbury

  6. 1986

    All Passion Spent

    as Mr. Fitzgeorge

  7. 1986

    All Passion SpentTV

    as FitzGeorge (3 episodes)

  8. 1986

    The Return of Sherlock HolmesTV

    as Lord Bellinger (1 episode)

  9. 1985

    Mesmerized

    as Old Thompson

  10. 1985

    Screen TwoTV

    as Matey (1 episode)

  11. 1984

    Sherlock HolmesTV

    as Lord Bellinger (1 episode)

  12. 1982

    A J Wentworth, BATV

    as Rev. R. Gregory Saunders (6 episodes)

  13. 1982

    The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

    as Self

  14. 1981

    Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

    as Superintendent Battle

  15. 1981

    DynastyTV

  16. 1980

    Never Never Land

  17. 1980

    Hawk the Slayer

    as High Abbot

  18. 1980

    The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

    as Lord George Carnarvon

  19. 1980

    A Question of GuiltTV

    as CI Jonathan Whicher (7 episodes)

  20. 1980

    S.O.S. Titanic

    as Capt. Edward J. Smith

  21. 1980

    Closing Ranks

    as Sir James Croft

  22. 1979

    A Question Of Faith

    as Leo Tolstoy

  23. 1979

    Tales of the UnexpectedTV

    as Klausner (1 episode)

  24. 1978

    Superman

    as 2nd Elder

  25. 1978

    Watership Down

    as General Woundwort (voice)

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