Name
Anthony Dawson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1916-10-18
Deathday
1992-01-08 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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
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A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million po...
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Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a...
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When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan ...
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Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinven...
6.1
Safecracker Eddie Chapman is languishing in prison on the island of Jersey when the Nazis ...
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Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front of him by a gang, sets out 15 years...
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A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer bea...
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On the Italian coast, writer Paul Decker has grown unhappy in his marriage and executes wh...
- 1954 Dial M for Murder as Charles Swann
- 1962 Dr. No as Professor R. J. Dent
- 1971 Red Sun as Hyatt
- 1960 Midnight Lace as Roy Ash
- 1969 The Battle of Neretva as General Morelli
- 1959 Tiger Bay as Barclay
- 1957 Action of the Tiger as Security Officer
- 1967 Death Rides a Horse as Burt 'Four Aces' Cavanaugh
- 1950 They Were Not Divided as Michael
- 1958 Grip of the Strangler as Supt. Burk
- 1949 The Queen of Spades as Fyodor
- 1970 Deadlock as Anthony Sunshine, the Old Killer
- 1967 Operation Kid Brother as Alpha
- 1968 A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof as Samuel Pratt
- 1961 Offbeat as James Dawson
- 1951 Valley of the Eagles as Sven Nystrom
- 1951 The Long Dark Hall as The Man
- 1955 That Lady as Don Inigo
- 1962 Seven Seas to Calais as Lord Burleigh
- 1950 The Wooden Horse as Pomfret
- 1970 Operation Snafu as Italian General
- 1967 Your Turn to Die as Dr. Evans
- 1987 Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 Run for Your Life as Colonnello Moorcroft
- 1984 Where Is Parsifal? as Ripple
- 1940 Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt as Student
- 1959 Libel as Gerald Loddon
- 1945 The Way to the Stars as Bertie Steen
- 1967 The Rover as Captain Vincent
- 1987 Ghoulies II as Priest
- 1963 From Russia with Love as Ernst Stavros Blofeld
- 1993 Selling Hitler as Marquis of Bath
- 1973 Massacre in Rome as SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Harster
- 1950 The Woman in Question as Inspector Wilson
- 1964 The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Mickey (uncredited)
- 1967 Hell Is Empty as Paul Grant
- 1957 Hour of Decision as Gary Bax
- 1972 The Valachi Papers as Federal Investigator
- 1946 School for Secrets as Flt. Lt. Norton
- 1943 They Met in the Dark as 2nd Code Expert
- 1975 The Count of Monte-Cristo as Noirtier De Villefort
- 1967 Dirty Heroes as American Colonel
- 1965 The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders as Officer of Dragoons
- 1973 Massacre in Rome as Lt. Col. Harster
- 1966 Triple Cross as Major Stillman
- 1946 Beware of Pity as Lt. Blannik
- 1965 Thunderball as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- 1983 The Jigsaw Man as Vicar
- 1981 Inchon as General Collins
- 1983 James Bond: The First 21 Years as Prof. R. J. Dent (archive footage)
- 1965 Change Partners as Ben Arkwright
- 1978 Closed Circuit as Samuel Pratt (archive footage)
- 1961 The Curse of the Werewolf as The Marques Siniestro
- 1989 I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... as Self (Archive Footage)
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Mike Grundy
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Peter Redlands
- 1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Floyd Vosper
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Lord Chamberlain
- 1958 Ivanhoe ( 1 episode ) as Sir Maurice
- 1956 The Buccaneers ( 1 episode ) as Captain Flask
- 1959 Interpol Calling ( 1 episode ) as Clouston
- 1955 The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1 episode ) as Lucas
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 2 episodes )
- 1959 International Detective ( 1 episode ) as Gilles Porret
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Captain Lesgate
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 3 episodes ) as Count Victor Mattoni
- 1972 Cool Million ( 1 episode ) as Prefect
- 1950 Sunday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Archduke Johann Salvator
- 1963 Espionage ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Nathan
- 1960 Danger Man ( 1 episode ) as Security Officer
- 1960 Danger Man ( 1 episode ) as Martin
