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Charles Henry Daniell was an English actor who had a long career on stage as well as in films. He is perhaps best known for his villainous roles in films like The Great Dictator, The Philadelphia Story and The Sea Hawk. Daniell was given few opportunities to play a 'good guy', including a supporting part as Franz Liszt in the biographical film Song of Love (1947). His name is sometimes spelled "Daniel".
Birth Name
Charles Henry Pywell Daniel
Born
Monday, 05 March 1894
Died
Thursday, 31 October 1963
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane | 2014 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane | 2007 |
| Hitler: The Comedy Years | Garbitsch | 2007 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | King William II | 2005 |
| The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes | Professor Moriarty | 1985 |
| Living Legends | Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane | 1979 |
| Hollywood on Trial | Self | 1976 |
| My Fair Lady | Ambassador | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Lord Wolfingham (clip from The Sea Hawk (1940)) | 1963 |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | Court-martial judge | 1962 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane | 2014 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane | 2007 |
| Hitler: The Comedy Years | Garbitsch | 2007 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | King William II | 2005 |
| The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes | Professor Moriarty | 1985 |
| Living Legends | Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane | 1979 |
| Hollywood on Trial | Self | 1976 |
| My Fair Lady | Ambassador | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Lord Wolfingham (clip from The Sea Hawk (1940)) | 1963 |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | Court-martial judge | 1962 |
| The Chapman Report | Dr. Jonas | 1962 |
| Combat! | Minister | 1962 |
| Five Weeks in a Balloon | Sheik Ageiba | 1962 |
| The Notorious Landlady | Stranger | 1962 |
| The Comancheros | Gireaux | 1961 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Dr. Zucco | 1961 |
| Madison Avenue | Stipe | 1961 |
| The Law and Mr. Jones | Isaac Beckett | 1960 |
| The Islanders | Jarden | 1960 |
| Thriller | Vicar John Weatherford / Squire Moloch / Pierre Radin / Dirk Van Prinn / Count Alexander Cagliostro | 1960 |
| The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake | Dr. Emil Zurich | 1959 |
| Startime | Uncle Henri | 1959 |
| Riverboat | Graham | 1959 |
| Markham | Max Bozman | 1959 |
| From the Earth to the Moon | Morgana | 1958 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Gideon Harte / Silas Hay | 1958 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Belloc | 1958 |
| Peter Gunn | Arthur Copeland | 1958 |
| Witness for the Prosecution | Mayhew | 1958 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Sir Oliver | 1958 |
| The Story of Mankind | Pierre Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais | 1957 |
| Alcoa Theatre | Judson | 1957 |
| Les Girls | Judge | 1957 |
| The Californians | Shaffton / James King / Dr. Harold Rodman | 1957 |
| Maverick | Rene St. Cloud | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Sir Alexander Drew / Mr. Morton W. Snipple | 1957 |
| The Sun Also Rises | Doctor | 1957 |
| Mister Cory | Mr. Earnshaw | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Hubbel / Lionel Croy | 1956 |
| Lust for Life | Theodorus Van Gogh | 1956 |
| The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Bill Ogden | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Von Feuerbach | 1956 |
| Diane | Gondi | 1956 |
| The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Van Buren / King Charles / Clark | 1955 |
| MGM Parade | Sidney Kidd | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Dictator | 1955 |
| The Prodigal | Ramadi | 1955 |
| TV Reader's Digest | Sir Edward Carson | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Col. Townes / Colonel Townes | 1954 |
| Producers' Showcase | Edward Moulton-Barrett | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Dictator | 1954 |
| The Egyptian | Mekere | 1954 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Count Maverin | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Lord Belmont | 1950 |
| Buccaneer's Girl | Capt. Duval | 1950 |
| The Secret of St. Ives | Maj. Edward Chevenish | 1949 |
| Wake of the Red Witch | Jacques Desaix | 1949 |
| Siren of Atlantis | Blades | 1949 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Colonel Chart | 1948 |
| The Exile | Colonel Ingram | 1947 |
| Song of Love | Franz Liszt | 1947 |
| Kraft Theatre | The Inspector | 1947 |
| The Bandit of Sherwood Forest | The Regent - William of Pembroke | 1946 |
| Captain Kidd | King William III | 1945 |
| The Woman in Green | Prof. Moriarty / Professor James Moriarty | 1945 |
| Hotel Berlin | Baron Von Stetten | 1945 |
| The Body Snatcher | Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane | 1945 |
| The Suspect | Mr. Simmons | 1945 |
| Know Your Ally: Britain | Narrator | 1944 |
| Jane Eyre | Henry Brocklehurst | 1943 |
| Watch on the Rhine | Phili Von Ramme | 1943 |
| Mission to Moscow | Minister von Ribbentrop | 1943 |
| Sherlock Holmes in Washington | William Easter | 1943 |
| Reunion in France | Emile Fleuron | 1942 |
| The Great Impersonation | Frederick Seamon | 1942 |
| Nightmare | Capt. Stafford / Capt. Edgar Stafford | 1942 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | Anthony Lloyd / Sir Anthony Lloyd | 1942 |
| Castle in the Desert | Watson King | 1942 |
| Four Jacks and a Jill | Bobo | 1942 |
| The Feminine Touch | Shelley Mason | 1941 |
| Dressed to Kill | Julian Davis | 1941 |
| A Woman's Face | Public Prosecutor | 1941 |
| The Philadelphia Story | Sidney Kidd | 1940 |
| The Great Dictator | Garbitsch | 1940 |
| The Sea Hawk | Lord Wolfingham | 1940 |
| All This, and Heaven Too | Broussais | 1940 |
| We Are Not Alone | Sir Ronald Dawson | 1939 |
| The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Sir Robert Cecil | 1939 |
| Marie Antoinette | La Motte | 1938 |
| Holiday | Seton Cram | 1938 |
| Madame X | Lerocle | 1937 |
| The Firefly | General Savary | 1937 |
| The Thirteenth Chair | John Wales | 1937 |
| Under Cover of Night | Marvin Griswald / Professor Marvin Griswald | 1937 |
| Camille | Baron de Varville | 1936 |
| The Unguarded Hour | Hugh Lewis | 1936 |
| The Path of Glory | King Maximillian | 1934 |
| The Last of the Lone Wolf | Count von Rimpau (as Henry Daniel) / Count von Rimpau | 1930 |
| Jealousy | Clement | 1929 |
