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Robert Adolph Wilton Morley, CBE was an English actor who was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment, often in supporting roles. In Movie Encyclopedia, film critic Leonard Maltin describes Morley as "recognisable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips and double chin, ... particularly effective when cast as a pompous windbag." More politely, Ephraim Katz in his International Film Encyclopaedia describes Morley as "a rotund, triple-chinned, delightful character player of the British and American stage and screen." In his autobiography, Responsible Gentleman, Morley said his stage career started with managements valuing his appearance for playing "substantial gentleman" roles — as a doctor, lawyer, accountant or other professional member of society.
Birth Name
Robert Adolph Wilton Morley
Born
Tuesday, 26 May 1908
Died
Wednesday, 03 June 1992
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Tea With the Dames | Self | 2018 |
Embracing Chaos: Making the African Queen | (archive footage) | 2010 |
Los Angeles Plays Itself | Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved One | 2003 |
Istanbul | Atkins | 1989 |
Around the World in 80 Days | Wentworth | 1989 |
The Lady and the Highwayman | Lord Chancellor | 1988 |
War and Remembrance | Alistair Tudsbury | 1988 |
Little Dorrit | Lord Decimus Barnacle | 1987 |
The Trouble with Spies | Angus | 1987 |
Crossbow | Claude | 1987 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Tea With the Dames | Self | 2018 |
Embracing Chaos: Making the African Queen | (archive footage) | 2010 |
Los Angeles Plays Itself | Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved One | 2003 |
Istanbul | Atkins | 1989 |
Around the World in 80 Days | Wentworth | 1989 |
The Lady and the Highwayman | Lord Chancellor | 1988 |
War and Remembrance | Alistair Tudsbury | 1988 |
Little Dorrit | Lord Decimus Barnacle | 1987 |
The Trouble with Spies | Angus | 1987 |
Crossbow | Claude | 1987 |
The Wind | Elias Appleby | 1986 |
Alice in Wonderland | The King of Hearts | 1985 |
Second Time Lucky | God | 1984 |
The Old Men at the Zoo | Lord Godmanchester | 1983 |
High Road to China | Bentik | 1983 |
The Deadly Game | Emile Carpeau | 1982 |
The Great Muppet Caper | British Gentleman / British Gentleman by Pond | 1981 |
Loophole | Godfrey | 1981 |
Oh Heavenly Dog | Bernie | 1980 |
Scavenger Hunt | Bernstein | 1979 |
The Human Factor | Doctor Percival | 1979 |
Tales of the Unexpected | Henry Knox | 1979 |
People | Self | 1978 |
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | Max / Maximilian Van Devere | 1978 |
The Blue Bird | Father Time | 1976 |
Hugo the Hippo | Sultan (voice) / Sultan | 1975 |
Great Expectations | Uncle Pumblechook / Pumblechook | 1974 |
Theater of Blood | Meredith Merridew | 1973 |
Jack Paar Tonite | Self - Guest | 1973 |
Parkinson | Self - Guest | 1971 |
When Eight Bells Toll | Sir Arthur Artford Jones ('Uncle Arthur') / Uncle Arthur | 1971 |
Song of Norway | Berg | 1970 |
Cromwell | The Earl of Manchester | 1970 |
Doctor in Trouble | Captain George Spratt | 1970 |
London Affair | Judge Roxborough | 1970 |
Sinful Davey | Duke of Argyll / Herzog von Argyll | 1969 |
Some Girls Do | Miss Mary | 1969 |
Hot Millions | Caesar Smith | 1968 |
First Tuesday | Self | 1969 |
The Morecambe & Wise Show | Self | 1968 |
The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | 1968 |
Woman Times Seven | Dr. Xavier (segment "Super Simone") / Dr. Xavier | 1967 |
The Trygon Factor | Hubert Hamlyn | 1966 |
Finders Keepers | Colonel Roberts | 1966 |
Way... Way Out | Harold Quonset | 1966 |
Tender Scoundrel | Lord Swift | 1966 |
Hotel Paradiso | Henri Cot / Henri Cotte | 1966 |
The Alphabet Murders | Hastings | 1965 |
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1965 |
Life at the Top | Tiffield | 1965 |
Call My Bluff | Self - Team Captain / Self | 1965 |
The Loved One | Sir Ambrose Abercombie / Sir Ambrose Ambercrombie | 1965 |
A Study in Terror | Mycroft Holmes | 1965 |
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes | Lord Rawnsley | 1965 |
Genghis Khan | The Emperor Of China / Emperor of China | 1965 |
Topkapi | Cedric Page | 1964 |
Of Human Bondage | Dr. Jacobs | 1964 |
Agent 8 3/4 | Colonel Cunliffe / Col. Cunliffe | 1964 |
Take Her, She's Mine | Mr. Pope-Jones | 1963 |
Ladies Who Do | Colonel Whitforth / The Colonel | 1963 |
The Old Dark House | Roderick Femm | 1963 |
The Danny Kaye Show | Self - Guest | 1963 |
Murder at the Gallop | Hector Enderby | 1963 |
Nine Hours to Rama | P.K. Mussadi / P.K. Mussardi | 1963 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
The Jack Paar Program | Self | 1962 |
The Boys | Montgomery | 1962 |
Go to Blazes | Arson Eddie | 1962 |
Wonderful to Be Young! | Hamilton Black | 1962 |
The Road to Hong Kong | Leader of the 3rd Echelon | 1962 |
Comedy Playhouse | Sir William Hunter | 1961 |
The Dick Powell Theatre | Fred Komack | 1961 |
Joseph and His Brethren | Potiphar | 1961 |
Oscar Wilde | Oscar Wilde | 1960 |
The Battle of the Sexes | Robert Macpherson | 1960 |
Libel | Sir Wilfred | 1959 |
The Journey | Hugh Deverill | 1959 |
The Doctor's Dilemma | Sir Ralph Bloomfield-Bonington | 1958 |
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw | Uncle Lucius | 1958 |
Law and Disorder | Judge Sir Edward Crichton | 1958 |
The DuPont Show of the Month | Mr. Bumble / Mr. Jordan | 1957 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself / Himself - on film | 1957 |
Emergency-Ward 10 | James Turnbull | 1957 |
Around the World in 80 Days | Ralph - Bank of England Governor / Ralph | 1956 |
Playhouse 90 | John Tarleton | 1956 |
Loser Takes All | Dreuther | 1956 |
Armchair Theatre | Mr. Micawber | 1956 |
Quentin Durward | King Louis XI | 1955 |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mr. Laffler | 1955 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
Beau Brummell | King George III | 1954 |
The Rainbow Jacket | Logan / Lord Logan | 1954 |
The Good Die Young | Sir Francis Ravenscourt | 1954 |
Beat the Devil | Peterson | 1953 |
The United States Steel Hour | Arnold Holt | 1953 |
Melba | Oscar Hammerstein I | 1953 |
The Final Test | Alexander Whitehead | 1953 |
Gilbert and Sullivan | William S. Gilbert | 1953 |
Curtain Up | W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker | 1952 |
The African Queen | The Brother / Rev. Samuel Sayer - The Brother | 1952 |
Outcast of the Islands | Elmer Almayer / Almayer | 1951 |
Hour of Glory | The Minister | 1949 |
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square | Nawab of Bagwash / Gen. 'Jumbo' Burlap / Colonel "Bulldog" Kelsoe | 1947 |
A Yank in London | Duke of Exmoor | 1945 |
The Young Mr. Pitt | Charles James Fox | 1942 |
Somewhere in France | Mayor Coutare of Bivary | 1942 |
This Was Paris | Van Der Stuyl | 1942 |
The Big Blockade | German: Von Geiselbrecht / Von Geiselbrecht | 1942 |
Major Barbara | Andrew Undershaft | 1941 |
You Will Remember | Tom Barrett / Leslie Stuart | 1941 |
Penny Paradise | Minor role | 1939 |
Marie Antoinette | King Louis XVI | 1938 |
Another Romance of Celluloid | Self | 1938 |
Scrooge | Rich Man | 1935 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1979 | Golden Globe | Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture | Nominated |
1939 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |