Anthony Dawson

ActorWriter Oct 18 (died age 75) Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 1940–1993 (53 year career)

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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).

Known For

Film

Dial M for Murder

Charles Swann

Film

Dr. No

Professor R. J. Dent

Film

From Russia with Love

Ernst Stavros Blofeld

Film

Thunderball

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Film

Red Sun

Hyatt

Film

Death Rides a Horse

Burt Cavanaugh

Film

The Count of Monte-Cristo

Noirtier De Villefort

Film

The Curse of the Werewolf

The Marques Siniestro

Filmography

Acting (66)

Movies (52)

Selling Hitler

1993

as Marquis of Bath

7.0

Run for Your Life

1988

as Colonnello Moorcroft

4.4

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987

as Self (archive footage)

Ghoulies II

as Priest

Where Is Parsifal?

as Ripple

The Jigsaw Man

as Vicar

James Bond: The First 21 Years

1983

as Prof. R. J. Dent (archive footage)

Inchon

as General Collins

Closed Circuit

as Samuel Pratt (archive footage)

6.6

The Count of Monte-Cristo

1975

as Noirtier De Villefort

6.8

Massacre in Rome

1973

as SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Harster

6.0

The Valachi Papers

1972

as Federal Investigator

Red Sun

as Hyatt

Deadlock

as Anthony Sunshine, the old killer

6.2

Operation Snafu

1970

as Italian General

5.5

The Battle of Neretva

1969

as General Morelli

6.8

A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof

as Samuel Pratt

Death Rides a Horse

as Burt Cavanaugh

Dirty Heroes

as American Colonel

The Rover

as Captain Vincent

Your Turn to Die

as Dr. Evans

Operation Kid Brother

as Alpha

Hell Is Empty

as Paul Grant

Triple Cross

as Major Stillman

Thunderball

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

6.7

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

1965

as Officer of Dragoons

5.4

Change Partners

1965

as Ben Arkwright

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

as Mickey (uncredited)

6.1

From Russia with Love

1963

as Ernst Stavros Blofeld

7.1

Dr. No

1962

as Professor R. J. Dent

Seven Seas to Calais

as Lord Burleigh

Offbeat

as James Dawson

The Curse of the Werewolf

1961

as The Marques Siniestro

Midnight Lace

as Roy Ash

Tiger Bay

as Barclay

Libel

as Gerald Loddon

Grip of the Strangler

as Supt. Burk

Action of the Tiger

as Security Officer

Hour of Decision

as Gary Bax

That Lady

as Don Inigo

Dial M for Murder

as Charles Swann

The Long Dark Hall

as The Man

Valley of the Eagles

as Sven Nystrom

The Woman in Question

as Inspector Wilson

The Wooden Horse

as Pomfret

They Were Not Divided

as Michael

The Queen of Spades

as Fyodor

School for Secrets

as Flt. Lt. Norton

Beware of Pity

as Lt. Blannik

The Way to the Stars

as Bertie Steen

They Met in the Dark

as 2nd Code Expert

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

1940

as Student

5.0

Television (14)

Cool Million

as Prefect

The Saint

as Floyd Vosper

Interpol Calling

as Clouston

International Detective

as Gilles Porret

Naked City

as Mike Grundy

Ivanhoe

as Sir Maurice

The Buccaneers

as Captain Flask

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Count Victor Mattoni

7.8

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

as Lucas

6.3

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Lord Chamberlain

8.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

5.6

Sunday Night Theatre

1950

as Archduke Johann Salvator

3.5

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

6.3

Studio One

1948

as Colonel Peter Redlands

5.0

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

The Snorkel

1958

Story

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