George Sanders

George Sanders

Born July 03, 1906 (Age: 119) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Biography

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.
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.
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Filmography

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

1996 as Self (archive footage) Age: 89
Psychomania

Psychomania

1973 as Shadwell Age: 66
Endless Night

Endless Night

1972 as Andrew Lippincott Age: 66
Doomwatch

Doomwatch

1972 as The Admiral Age: 65
The Best House in London

The Best House in London

1969 as Sir Francis Leybourne Age: 62
The Body Stealers

The Body Stealers

1969 as Gen. Armstrong Age: 62
The Girl from Rio

The Girl from Rio

1969 as Sir Masius Age: 62
The Candy Man

The Candy Man

1969 as Sidney Carter Age: 62
The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum

1966 as Gibbs Age: 60
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

1965 as The Banker Age: 58
The Golden Head

The Golden Head

1964 as Basil Palmer Age: 58
F.B.I. Operation Baalbeck

F.B.I. Operation Baalbeck

1964 as Principe Makowski Age: 57
A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark

1964 as Benjamin Ballon Age: 57
Dark Purpose

Dark Purpose

1964 as Raymond Fontaine Age: 57
Ecco

Ecco

1963 as Narrator Age: 57
Cairo

Cairo

1963 as The Major Age: 57
The Cracksman

The Cracksman

1963 as Guv'nor Age: 56
In Search of the Castaways

In Search of the Castaways

1962 as Thomas Ayerton Age: 56
Operation Snatch

Operation Snatch

1962 as Maj. Hobson Age: 55
Rendezvous

Rendezvous

1961 as Kellermann Age: 55
The Rebel

The Rebel

1961 as Sir Charles Broward Age: 54
Five Golden Hours

Five Golden Hours

1961 as Mr. Bing Age: 54
Village of the Damned

Village of the Damned

1960 as Gordon Zellaby Age: 53
Cone of Silence

Cone of Silence

1960 as Sir Arnold Hobbes Age: 53
World by Night

World by Night

1960 as Age: 53
Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons

Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons

1960 as Henri Landru Age: 53
The Last Voyage

The Last Voyage

1960 as Capitaine Robert Adams Age: 53
A Touch of Larceny

A Touch of Larceny

1960 as Sir Charles Holland Age: 53
Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba

1959 as Adonijah Age: 53
That Kind of Woman

That Kind of Woman

1959 as A.L. Age: 53
From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

1958 as Stuyvesant Nicholl Age: 52
The Whole Truth

The Whole Truth

1958 as Carliss Age: 52
Death of a Scoundrel

Death of a Scoundrel

1956 as Clementi Sabourin Age: 50
No Image

The Bitter Waters

1956 as Charles Ferris Age: 50
That Certain Feeling

That Certain Feeling

1956 as Larry Larkin Age: 49
No Image

The Dream

1956 as Baron Age: 49
While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

1956 as Mark Loving Age: 49
Never Say Goodbye

Never Say Goodbye

1956 as Victor Age: 49
Laura

Laura

1955 as Waldo Lydecker Age: 49
The King's Thief

The King's Thief

1955 as King Charles II Age: 49
The Scarlet Coat

The Scarlet Coat

1955 as Dr. Jonathan Odell Age: 49
Moonfleet

Moonfleet

1955 as Lord James Ashwood Age: 48
Jupiter's Darling

Jupiter's Darling

1955 as Fabius Maximus Age: 48
Journey to Italy

Journey to Italy

1954 as Alexander 'Alex' Joyce Age: 48
King Richard and the Crusaders

King Richard and the Crusaders

1954 as King Richard I Age: 48
Witness to Murder

Witness to Murder

1954 as Albert Richter Age: 47
A Brief Encounter with the Rossellini Family

A Brief Encounter with the Rossellini Family

1953 as Self Age: 47
Call Me Madam

Call Me Madam

1953 as Cosmo Constantine Age: 46
Black Jack

Black Jack

1950 as Mike Alexander Age: 44
All About Eve

All About Eve

1950 as Addison DeWitt Age: 44
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

1945 as Harry Melville Quincey Age: 39
The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1945 as Lord Henry Wotton Age: 38
Hangover Square

Hangover Square

1945 as Dr. Allan Middleton Age: 38
The Black Swan

The Black Swan

1942 as Captain Billy Leech Age: 36
The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence

1942 as Charles Strickland Age: 36
The Falcon's Brother

The Falcon's Brother

1942 as Gaylord "Gay" Lawrence Age: 36
Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

1942 as Williams Age: 36
Her Cardboard Lover

Her Cardboard Lover

1942 as Tony Barling Age: 36
The Falcon Takes Over

The Falcon Takes Over

1942 as Gay Lawrence Age: 35
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

1942 as Sir Arthur Blake Age: 35
A Date with the Falcon

A Date with the Falcon

1942 as Gay Lawrence / The Falcon Age: 35
Sundown

Sundown

1941 as Major A.L. Coombes Age: 35
The Gay Falcon

The Gay Falcon

1941 as Gay Laurence / The Falcon Age: 35
Man Hunt

Man Hunt

1941 as Major Quive-Smith Age: 34
Rage in Heaven

Rage in Heaven

1941 as Ward Andrews Age: 34
The Saint In Palm Springs

The Saint In Palm Springs

1941 as Simon Templar Age: 34