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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-10-18 (108 years old)

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Anthony Dawson

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

Acting

1991

Selling Hitler as Marquis of Bath

1988

Run for Your Life as Colonnello Moorcroft

1987

Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self (archive footage)
Ghoulies II as Priest

1984

1983

1981

Inchon as General Collins

1975

The Count of Monte-Cristo as Noirtier De Villefort

1973

Massacre in Rome as SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Harster
Massacre in Rome as Lt. Col. Harster

1972

The Valachi Papers as Federal Investigator
Cool Million as Prefect

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

1967

Death Rides a Horse as Burt Cavanaugh
Your Turn to Die as Dr. Evans
The Rover as Captain Vincent
Hell Is Empty as Paul Grant
Dirty Heroes as American Colonel

1966

Triple Cross as Major Stillman

1965

Thunderball as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

1964

The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Mickey (uncredited)

1963

From Russia with Love as Ernst Stavros Blofeld

1962

Dr. No as Professor R. J. Dent
Seven Seas to Calais as Lord Burleigh
The Saint as Floyd Vosper

1961

The Curse of the Werewolf as The Marques Siniestro
Offbeat as James Dawson

1960

Midnight Lace as Roy Ash

1959

Tiger Bay as Barclay
Libel as Gerald Loddon
Interpol Calling as Clouston
International Detective as Gilles Porret

1958

Grip of the Strangler as Supt. Burk
Naked City as Mike Grundy
Ivanhoe as Sir Maurice

1957

Action of the Tiger as Security Officer
Hour of Decision as Gary Bax

1956

The Buccaneers as Captain Flask

1955

That Lady as Don Inigo
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Count Victor Mattoni

1954

Dial M for Murder as Charles Swann

1951

Valley of the Eagles as Sven Nystrom
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lord Chamberlain
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Captain Lesgate

1950

The Wooden Horse as Pomfret
The Woman in Question as Inspector Wilson
Sunday Night Theatre as Archduke Johann Salvator

1949

1948

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

Writing

1958

The Snorkel as Story