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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-08-21 (124 years old)

Place of Birth

Highgate, London, England, UK

Roland Culver

Biography:

Roland Culver was born on August 21, 1900 in London, England as Roland Joseph Culver. He was an actor, known for Thunderball (1965), Dead of Night (1945) and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). He was married to Nan Hopkins and Daphne Rye. He died on March 1, 1984 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.

Known For

Acting

1983

The Old Men at the Zoo as Lord Oresby

1982

The Missionary as Lord Fermleigh
Britannia Hospital as General Wetherby
The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Bishop of Paris

1981

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George as William Ewart Gladstone

1980

Rough Cut as Mr. Lloyd Palmer
Never Never Land as Mr. Salford

1979

Death Becomes Me as Duke of Caith
Tales of the Unexpected as Sir Alex Bullen

1978

The Greek Tycoon as Robert Keith
The Word as Dr. Jeffries

1977

The Uncanny as Wallace (segment "London 1912")

1975

Lloyd George Knew My Father as General Sir William Boothroyd

1974

1973

The Legend of Hell House as Mr. Rudolph Deutsch
Bequest to the Nation as Lord Barham

1972

To Encourage the Others as Lord Goddard
High Summer as Lord George
Crown Court as Colonel Alfred Horatio Burton

1971

The Persuaders! as Duke of Caith

1970

Sovereign's Company as General Cantfield
Fragment of Fear as Mr. Vellacot
UFO as Sir Esmond

1969

Hadleigh as Major Cray-Crocker

1968

Number Ten as Patrick Pryton
The Caesars as Augustus

1966

A Man Could Get Killed as Doctor Mathieson

1965

Thunderball as Foreign Secretary
Gideon's Way as Sir Arthur Vane
BBC Play of the Month as Serebriakov

1964

The Wednesday Play as Arthur Maybury

1963

The Iron Maiden as Lord Upshott

1962

Term of Trial as Trowman
A Pair of Briefs as Sir John Pilbright

1961

The Avengers as Col. Timothy

1960

Sunday-Night Play as Charles McAvoy

1958

Bonjour Tristesse as Mr. Lombard
Rockets Galore as Capt Waggett
Next to No Time as Sir Godfrey Cowan

1957

The Vicious Circle as Detective Inspector Dane
Light Fingers as Humphrey Levenham
The Hypnotist as Dr. Francis Pelham
The Truth About Women as Charles Tavistock

1956

Safari as Sir Vincent Brampton

1955

An Alligator Named Daisy as Colonel Geoffrey Weston
The Man Who Loved Redheads as Major Oscar Philipson
Touch and Go as Reg Fairbright

1954

Betrayed as Gen. Warsleigh
The Teckman Mystery as Detective Inspector-Major Harris

1953

Rough Shoot as Randall

1952

The Magic Box as 1st Company Promoter
Folly to Be Wise as George Prout
The Hour of 13 as Connor

1951

The Late Edwina Black as Inspector Martin
Encore as George Ramsay
Hotel Sahara as Maj. Bill Randall
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Bishop of Paris

1950

Trio as Mr. Ashenden

1949

The Great Lover as Grand Duke Maximillian

1948

The Emperor Waltz as Baron Holenia
Isn't It Romantic? as Maj. Euclid Cameron

1947

Down to Earth as Mr. Jordan
Singapore as Michael Van Leyden

1946

Wanted for Murder as Chief Inspector Conway
To Each His Own as Lord Desham

1945

Dead of Night as Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

1944

Give Us the Moon as Ferdinand
On Approval as Richard Halton
English Without Tears as Sir Cosmo Brandon

1943

Dear Octopus as Felix Martin

1942

The First of the Few as Commander Bride
Secret Mission as Captain Red Gowan
Unpublished Story as Stannard
The Day Will Dawn as Cmdr. Pittwaters
Talk About Jacqueline as Leslie Waddington

1941

This England as Steward
Quiet Wedding as Boofy Ponsonby
Old Bill and Son as Colonel

1940

French Without Tears as Cmdr. Bill Rogers
Girl in the News as Police Inspector (Uncredited)

1939

Blind Folly as Ford

1937

Paradise for Two as Paul Duval
When Thief Meets Thief as BBC Audition

1936

Accused as Henry Capelle
Crime Over London as Soap salesman

1935

Father and Son as Vincent

1934

Nell Gwyn as Bit Part (uncredited)
Lucky Loser as Pat Hayden

1933

Her Imaginary Lover as Raleigh Raleigh
Mayfair Girl as Dick Porter

1932

Love on Wheels as Salesman
C.O.D. as Edward
Marry Me as Tailor

1931

Fascination as Ronnie
77 Park Lane as Sir Richard Carrington