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).
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Acting History
1993
Selling Hitler as Marquis of Bath
1988Run for Your Life as Colonnello Moorcroft
1987Ghoulies II as Priest
1987Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self (archive footage)
1984Where Is Parsifal? as Ripple
1983The Jigsaw Man as Vicar
1983James Bond: The First 21 Years as Prof. R. J. Dent (archive footage)
1981Inchon as General Collins
1978Closed Circuit as Samuel Pratt (archive footage)
1975The Count of Monte-Cristo as Noirtier De Villefort
1973Massacre in Rome as SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Harster
1973Massacre in Rome as Lt. Col. Harster
1972Cool Million as Prefect
1972The Valachi Papers as Federal Investigator
1971Red Sun as Hyatt
1970Deadlock as Anthony Sunshine, the old killer
1970Operation Snafu as Italian General
1969The Battle of Neretva as General Morelli
1968A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof as Samuel Pratt
1967Hell Is Empty as Paul Grant
1967The Rover as Captain Vincent
1967Dirty Heroes as American Colonel
1967Death Rides a Horse as Burt Cavanaugh
1967Operation Kid Brother as Alpha
1967Your Turn to Die as Dr. Evans
1966Triple Cross as Major Stillman
1965Thunderball as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1965Change Partners as Ben Arkwright
1965The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders as Officer of Dragoons
1964The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Mickey (uncredited)
1963From Russia with Love as Ernst Stavros Blofeld
1962Seven Seas to Calais as Lord Burleigh
1962Dr. No as Professor R. J. Dent
1962The Saint as Floyd Vosper
1961The Curse of the Werewolf as The Marques Siniestro
1961Offbeat as James Dawson
1960Midnight Lace as Roy Ash
1959International Detective as Gilles Porret
1959Libel as Gerald Loddon
1959Interpol Calling as Clouston
1959Tiger Bay as Barclay
1958Naked City as Mike Grundy
1958Grip of the Strangler as Supt. Burk
1958Ivanhoe as Sir Maurice
1957Action of the Tiger as Security Officer
1957Hour of Decision as Gary Bax
1956The Buccaneers as Captain Flask
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Count Victor Mattoni
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Lucas
1955That Lady as Don Inigo
1954Dial M for Murder as Charles Swann
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lord Chamberlain
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Captain Lesgate
1951Valley of the Eagles as Sven Nystrom
1951The Long Dark Hall as The Man
1950The Wooden Horse as Pomfret
1950The Woman in Question as Inspector Wilson
1950They Were Not Divided as Michael
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
1950Sunday Night Theatre as Archduke Johann Salvator
1949The Queen of Spades as Fyodor
1948Studio One as Colonel Peter Redlands
1948Studio One
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
1946School for Secrets as Flt. Lt. Norton
1946Beware of Pity as Lt. Blannik
1945The Way to the Stars as Bertie Steen
1943They Met in the Dark as 2nd Code Expert
1940Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt as Student