Henry Daniell

Henry Daniell

March 4, 1894

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Henry Daniell (5 March 1894 – 31 October 1963) was an English actor who had a long and prestigious 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 Se…

Known For

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The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator

1940 · 2h 5m · Movie

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

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Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1957 · 1h 56m · Movie

A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.

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The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story

1940 · 1h 52m · Movie

After a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

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Holiday

Holiday

1938 · 1h 35m · Movie

A young man in love with a girl from a rich family finds his unorthodox plan to go on holiday for the early years of his life met with skepticism by everyone except for his fiancée's eccentric sister and long-suffering brother.

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Lust for Life

Lust for Life

1956 · 2h 2m · Movie

The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.

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The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk

1940 · 2h 7m · Movie

Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for an attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills with the sword.

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The Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher

1945 · 1h 18m · Movie

A ruthless doctor and his young prize student find themselves continually harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers.

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The Comancheros

The Comancheros

1961 · 1h 47m · Movie

Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves dealing with the Comanches known as Comancheros.

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Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1943 · 1h 37m · Movie

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.

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Camille

Camille

1936 · 1h 49m · Movie

A Parisian courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the callous baron who wants her, even as her own health begins to fail.

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The Woman in Green

The Woman in Green

1945 · 1h 8m · Movie

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1961 · 1h 45m · Movie

When the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen Radiation Belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to shoot a nuclear missile at the Belt, using his experimental atomic submarine, the Seaview.

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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

1939 · 1h 46m · Movie

A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex.

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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

1942 · 1h 5m · Movie

When a German saboteur jeeringly predicts to the nation new depredations, via their radio "Voice of Terror", the Intelligence Inner Council summons Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to help in the crisis.

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All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too

1940 · 2h 21m · Movie

A duchess' irrational behavior toward her children's governess triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.

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Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

1943 · 1h 11m · Movie

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson travel to Washington D.C. in order to prevent a secret document from falling into enemy hands.

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The Egyptian

The Egyptian

1954 · 2h 19m · Movie

In ancient Egypt, a poor orphan becomes a genial physician and is eventually appointed at the Pharaoh's court where he witnesses palace intrigues and learns dangerous royal secrets.

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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

1956 · 2h 33m · Movie

An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.

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Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

1938 · 2h 29m · Movie

The tragic life of Marie Antoinette, who became queen of France in her late teens.

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Les Girls

Les Girls

1957 · 1h 54m · Movie

The former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.

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Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch

1948 · 1h 46m · Movie

During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Ralls, skipper of the Red Witch, has a series of adventures involving sunken gold bullion, pearls, natives, an unscrupulous ship owner and a giant octopus.

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The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises

1957 · 2h 10m · Movie

A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920s France and Spain.

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Captain Kidd

Captain Kidd

1945 · 1h 30m · Movie

The unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery.

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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

1959 · 1h 10m · Movie

Anthropologist Jonathan Drake believes that the men of his family have been cursed for generations by the native South American tribe he studies. Shortly after his brother, discovers one of the tribe's shrunken heads, he's found m...

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The Unguarded Hour

The Unguarded Hour

1936 · 1h 27m · Movie

An ambitious barrister and his wife are targeted by blackmailers. In trying to save her husband, the wife becomes involved in a murder case her husband is trying. For his part, the husband's actions make him a suspect in a related...

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