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Overview
Date of Birth:
7 January
1903
,
Birmingham, England, UK
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Date of Death:
8 August
1988
, Santa Monica, California, USA
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Trivia:
He was initially reluctant to sign on to play Batman's butler, Alfred Pennyworth...
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1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
1930s
The Monkey Mission
(1981) (TV) .... Briarton
"ABC Weekend Specials"
.... Butler (1 episode, 1979)
-
The Contest Kid Strikes Again
(1979)
TV episode
.... Butler
"Centennial"
.... Lord Venneford (1 episode, 1979)
-
The Crime
(1979)
TV episode
.... Lord Venneford
"The Paper Chase"
.... Justice Allen Reynolds (1 episode, 1978)
... aka The Paper Chase: The Fourth Year (USA: new title)
... aka The Paper Chase: The Graduation Year (USA: new title)
... aka The Paper Chase: The Second Year (USA: new title)
... aka The Paper Chase: The Third Year (USA: new title)
-
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
(1978)
TV episode
.... Justice Allen Reynolds
"Flying High"
.... Arthur (1 episode, 1978)
-
Beautiful People
(1978)
TV episode
.... Arthur
The Bastard
(1978) (TV) .... Dr. Bleeker
... aka The Kent Chronicles
"Disneyland"
.... Archie (1 episode, 1977)
... aka Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title)
... aka The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title)
... aka The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title)
-
The Golden Dog
(1977)
TV episode
.... Archie
The Golden Dog
(1977) (TV) .... Archie
"Kojak"
.... Antonakis (1 episode, 1976)
-
The Forgotten Room
(1976)
TV episode
.... Antonakis
"Ironside"
.... John / ... (3 episodes, 1970-1974)
... aka The Raymond Burr Show (USA: syndication title)
-
The Lost Cotillion
(1974)
TV episode
.... John
-
All About Andrea
(1973)
TV episode
(uncredited) .... Marcus Lowell
-
Return to Fiji
(1970)
TV episode
.... Walter Branford
"QB VII"
(1974)
TV mini-series
.... Semple (unknown episodes)
Come Die with Me
(1974) .... Lawyer
"Wide World Mystery"
.... Lawyer (1 episode, 1974)
-
Come Die with Me
(1974)
TV episode
.... Lawyer
Crime Club
(1973) (TV) .... John, the Butler
"Night Gallery"
.... 2nd Mourner / ... (3 episodes, 1971-1972)
... aka Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA: alternative title)
-
Fright Night
(1972)
TV episode
.... Zachariah
-
You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore/The Sins of the Fathers
(1972)
TV episode
.... 2nd Mourner
-
House: With Ghost/A Midnight Visit to the Neighborhood Blood Bank/Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator/Hell's Bells
(1971)
TV episode
.... Doctor
"Batman"
.... Alfred (115 episodes, 1966-1968)
-
Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires
(1968)
TV episode
....
Alfred
-
The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra
(1968)
TV episode
....
Alfred
-
The Joker's Flying Saucer
(1968)
TV episode
....
Alfred
-
I'll Be a Mummy's Uncle
(1968)
TV episode
....
Alfred
-
The Great Train Robbery
(1968)
TV episode
....
Alfred
(
110 more
)
"The Beverly Hillbillies"
.... Chemist (1 episode, 1967)
... aka Mornin' Beverly Hillbillies (USA: daytime version title)
... aka The Beverly HILLBILLIES (USA: daytime version title)
-
The Clampetts in London
(1967)
TV episode
.... Chemist
Batman
(1966) ....
Alfred
... aka Batman: The Movie (USA: video box title)
"Daniel Boone"
.... Lord Brisbane / ... (3 episodes, 1965)
-
Perilous Journey
(1965)
TV episode
.... Lord Brisbane
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Cain's Birthday: Part 2
(1965)
TV episode
.... Sit Hubert Crater
-
Cain's Birthday: Part 1
(1965)
TV episode
.... Sir Hubert Crater
"Laredo"
.... Major Donaldson (1 episode, 1965)
-
The Land Grabbers
(1965)
TV episode
.... Major Donaldson
The Loved One
(1965) .... English Club Official
"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour"
.... Guerny, Sr. / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
-
Thou Still Unravished Bride
(1965)
TV episode
.... Guerny, Sr.
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An Out for Oscar
(1963)
TV episode
.... Mr. Hodges
36 Hours
(1965) .... Colonel Peter MacLean
"The Rogues"
.... John McKellway (1 episode, 1965)
-
Money Is for Burning
(1965)
TV episode
.... John McKellway
Signpost to Murder
(1964) .... The Vicar
My Fair Lady
(1964) (uncredited) .... Gentleman Escorting Eliza to the Queen
Mary Poppins
(1964) (voice) (uncredited) .... Huntsman/Reporter #3/Hound
Marnie
(1964) .... Mr. Rutland
"Breaking Point"
.... Harold Major (1 episode, 1964)
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So Many Pretty Girls, So Little Time
(1964)
TV episode
.... Harold Major
The Sword in the Stone
(1963) (voice) ....
Sir Pelinore
"The Eleventh Hour"
.... Arnold Todhunter (1 episode, 1963)
-
This Wonderful Madman Calls Me Beauty
(1963)
TV episode
.... Arnold Todhunter
"The Twilight Zone"
.... Capt. Protheroe (1 episode, 1963)
... aka The Twilight Zone: The Original Series (Australia)
... aka Twilight Zone (USA: new title)
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Passage on the Lady Anne
(1963)
TV episode
.... Capt. Protheroe
"The Lloyd Bridges Show"
(1 episode, 1963)
-
Gym in January
(1963)
TV episode
"Don't Call Me Charlie"
.... Gen. Steele (18 episodes, 1962-1963)
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Lorenzo Johnson, D.V.M., Retired
(1963)
TV episode
.... Gen. Steele
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No Milk Today
(1963)
TV episode
.... Gen. Steele
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Rollo the Wonder Dog
(1963)
TV episode
.... Gen. Steele
-
Raise Your Right Hand
(1963)
TV episode
.... Gen. Steele
-
Take My Hand
(1962)
TV episode
.... Gen. Steele
(
13 more
)
"Alcoa Premiere"
.... Judge Cameron (1 episode, 1963)
-
Impact of an Execution
(1963)
TV episode
.... Judge Cameron
"Tales of Wells Fargo"
.... Bertram La Tour / ... (2 episodes, 1961-1962)
-
Remember the Yazoo
(1962)
TV episode
.... Colonel Decatur
-
The Dowry
(1961)
TV episode
.... Bertram La Tour
"Checkmate"
.... Father Dunne (1 episode, 1962)
-
A Chant of Silence
(1962)
TV episode
.... Father Dunne
Premature Burial
(1962) .... Dr. Gideon Gault
"Follow the Sun"
.... Julian 'The Major' Mosgrove (1 episode, 1962)
-
Annie Beeler's Place
(1962)
TV episode
.... Julian 'The Major' Mosgrove
Tender Is the Night
(1962) .... Señor Pardo
Wild in the Country
(1961) (uncredited) .... Prof. Joe B. Larson
"Thriller"
.... Attorney Pinchot / ... (3 episodes, 1960-1961)
... aka Boris Karloff's Thriller
-
Dark Legacy
(1961)
TV episode
.... Attorney Pinchot
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Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook
(1961)
TV episode
.... Constable Evans
-
The Purple Room
(1960)
TV episode
.... Lawyer Ridgewater
"The Roaring 20's"
.... Mr. Dunston (1 episode, 1961)
-
Black Saturday
(1961)
TV episode
.... Mr. Dunston
"Adventures in Paradise"
.... Alex the Great (1 episode, 1960)
-
Daughter of Illusion
(1960)
TV episode
.... Alex the Great
"The Case of the Dangerous Robin"
(1 episode, 1960)
-
The Bard Disappears
(1960)
TV episode
"Shirley Temple's Storybook"
.... Col. Devlin (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Shirley Temple Storybook Collection (USA: DVD box title)
... aka Shirley Temple Theatre (USA: new title)
... aka The Shirley Temple Show (USA: second season title)
-
Kim
(1960)
TV episode
.... Col. Devlin
"The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor"
.... Bishop (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Robert Taylor's Detectives (new title)
... aka The Detectives
... aka The Detectives, Starring Robert Taylor
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The Bait
(1960)
TV episode
.... Bishop
"Five Fingers"
.... Wembley (2 episodes, 1959)
-
Thin Ice
(1959)
TV episode
.... Wembley
-
The Unknown Town
(1959)
TV episode
.... Wembley
Journey to the Center of the Earth
(1959) .... Dean
... aka Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth
... aka Trip to the Center of the Earth
Island of Lost Women
(1959) ....
Dr. Paul Lujan
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents"
.... Lord Sorrington / ... (6 episodes, 1955-1959)
-
The Avon Emeralds
(1959)
TV episode
.... Charles Harrington
-
I Killed the Count: Part 3
(1957)
TV episode
.... Lord Sorrington
-
I Killed the Count: Part 2
(1957)
TV episode
.... Lord Sorrington
-
I Killed the Count: Part 1
(1957)
TV episode
.... Lord Sorrington
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Whodunit
(1956)
TV episode
.... Wilfred
(
1 more
)
"The Third Man"
.... Colonel Andresi (1 episode, 1959)
-
Dark Island
(1959)
TV episode
.... Colonel Andresi
"Playhouse 90"
.... Sir Luke (1 episode, 1959)
-
The Wings of the Dove
(1959)
TV episode
.... Sir Luke
"General Electric Theater"
.... Sean O'Donnell (1 episode, 1957)
... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
-
Mischief at Bandy Leg
(1957)
TV episode
.... Sean O'Donnell
Until They Sail
(1957) .... Prosecution Attorney
"Panic!"
.... Hawthorne (1 episode, 1957)
... aka No Warning (USA: second season title)
-
Reincarnated
(1957)
TV episode
.... Hawthorne
"Soldiers of Fortune"
.... Commissioner Hartledge (1 episode, 1957)
-
A Gift of Death
(1957)
TV episode
.... Commissioner Hartledge
"Telephone Time"
(1 episode, 1957)
-
The Consort
(1957)
TV episode
The Mole People
(1956) ....
Elinu, the High Priest
"The 20th Century-Fox Hour"
.... Governor / ... (3 episodes, 1956)
... aka Fox Hour of Stars (USA: rerun title)
-
Operation Cicero
(1956)
TV episode
.... Travers
-
The Empty Room
(1956)
TV episode
.... Sir Edward
-
Deception
(1956)
TV episode
.... Governor
Miami Expose
(1956) .... Ray Sheridan
The Court Jester
(1955) .... Sir Brockhurst
"Lux Video Theatre"
(1 episode, 1955)
... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
-
The Lucky Finger
(1955)
TV episode
"Front Row Center"
.... Reverend Thompson (1 episode, 1955)
-
Outward Bound
(1955)
TV episode
.... Reverend Thompson
Moonfleet
(1955) .... Parson Glennie
Desirée
(1954) ....
Despreaux
"The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse"
(2 episodes, 1954)
... aka Action Tonight (USA: syndication title)
-
Playmates
(1954)
TV episode
-
Farewell Performance
(1954)
TV episode
"Letter to Loretta"
.... Mr. Bronte (1 episode, 1953)
... aka The Loretta Young Show (USA: new title)
... aka The Loretta Young Theatre (USA: rerun title)
-
The Bronte Story
(1953)
TV episode
.... Mr. Bronte
Julius Caesar
(1953) ....
Cicero
... aka William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Young Bess
(1953) .... Robert Tyrwhitt
"Four Star Playhouse"
(1 episode, 1953)
... aka Best in Mystery (USA: syndication title)
... aka Four Star Theatre (UK: new title)
... aka Singer Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
... aka Star Performance (USA: rerun title)
-
Man on a Train
(1953)
TV episode
"Biff Baker, U.S.A."
.... Professor Artemus Beechem (1 episode, 1952)
-
Mona Lisa
(1952)
TV episode
.... Professor Artemus Beechem
"Cavalcade of America"
(1 episode, 1952)
... aka DuPont Presents the Cavalcade Theatre (USA: fourth season title)
... aka DuPont Theater (USA: fifth season title)
-
Poor Richard
(1952)
TV episode
Big Jim McLain
(1952) .... Sturak
... aka Jim McLain
"The Schaefer Century Theatre"
.... Uncle Steven (1 episode, 1952)
-
Playmates
(1952)
TV episode
.... Uncle Steven
"Fireside Theatre"
.... Charles Dickens (1 episode, 1951)
-
A Christmas Carol
(1951)
TV episode
....
Charles Dickens
The Strange Door
(1951) .... Count Grassin
... aka Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Door (USA: complete title)
The Blue Veil
(1951) .... Prof. George Carter
Across the Wide Missouri
(1951) .... Capt. Humberstone Lyon
The Highwayman
(1951) .... Barton
The Great Caruso
(1951) .... Jean de Reszke
Tarzan's Peril
(1951) .... Commissioner Peters
... aka Jungle Queen
... aka Tarzan and the Jungle Queen (UK)
... aka Tarzan's Mate in Peril (USA: alternative title)
Double Crossbones
(1951) ....
Capt. Kidd
Tripoli
(1950) .... Khalil
... aka The First Marines (USA: reissue title)
Master Minds
(1949) .... Dr. Druzik
Challenge to Lassie
(1949) .... Lord Provost
The Red Danube
(1949) .... The General
Criss Cross
(1949) .... Finchley
Manhandled
(1949) .... Alton Bennet
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
(1949) .... High Executioner
... aka A Yankee in King Arthur's Court (UK)
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
(1949) ....
Sherlock Holmes
"Your Show Time"
.... Sherlock Holmes (1 episode, 1949)
-
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
(1949)
TV episode
....
Sherlock Holmes
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
(1949) .... Douglas Jessup
My Own True Love
(1949) .... Kittredge
Hills of Home
(1948) .... Sir George
... aka Master of Lassie (UK)
Joan of Arc
(1948) ....
Earl of Warwick
Macbeth
(1948) .... A Holy Father
Johnny Belinda
(1948) .... Defense Attorney
The Lone Wolf in London
(1947) .... Monty Beresford
Forever Amber
(1947) .... Landale
Unconquered
(1947) .... Sir Wm. Johnson - Indian commissioner
Driftwood
(1947) .... Dr. Nicholas Adams
Lured
(1947) .... Detective Gordon
... aka Personal Column (UK)
Adventure Island
(1947) .... Attwater
Ivy
(1947) .... Sir Jonathan Wright
High Conquest
(1947) .... Tommy Donlin, artist
Fiesta
(1947) .... The Tourist
Sinbad the Sailor
(1947) .... Aga
The Strange Woman
(1946) .... Judge Henry Saladine
A Scandal in Paris
(1946) .... Houdon De Pierremont, Police Minister
... aka Thieves' Holiday (International: English title)
House of Horrors
(1946) .... F. Holmes Harmon
... aka Joan Medford Is Missing (UK)
Three Strangers
(1946) .... David Shackleford
Isle of the Dead
(1945) .... St. Aubyn
Hangover Square
(1945) ....
Sir Henry Chapman
Dark Waters
(1944) (uncredited) .... The doctor
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
(1944) .... Mr. Parker
Ministry of Fear
(1944) .... Dr. Forrester
... aka Graham Greene's Ministry of Fear (Australia)
The Hairy Ape
(1944) .... MacDougald, Chief Engineer
Action in Arabia
(1944) .... Eric Latimer
The Uninvited
(1944) ....
Dr. Scott
Mademoiselle Fifi
(1944) .... The Count de Breville
... aka Guy de Maupassant's Mademoiselle Fifi (USA: complete title)
Lost Angel
(1943) .... Dr. Woodring
The Song of Bernadette
(1943) (uncredited) .... Dr. Debeau
... aka Franz Werfel's The Song of Bernadette (USA: complete title)
Madame Curie
(1943) (uncredited) .... Dr. Bladh
Lassie Come Home
(1943) .... Jock
Appointment in Berlin
(1943) (uncredited) .... Col. Patterson
Assignment in Brittany
(1943) .... Sam Wells
Random Harvest
(1942) .... Julian
Cat People
(1942) (uncredited) .... Doc Carver
A Yank at Eton
(1942) (uncredited) .... Restaurateur
Eagle Squadron
(1942) .... Black Watch officer
Confirm or Deny
(1941) (scenes deleted) .... Updyke
The House of the Seven Gables
(1940) .... Fuller, the Postman
The Invisible Man Returns
(1940) .... Willie Spears
We Are Not Alone
(1939) .... Archdeacon
The Four Just Men
(1939) .... Sir Hamar Ryman M.P.
... aka The Secret Four (USA)
The Wife of General Ling
(1937) .... Governor
... aka The Revenge of General Ling
For Valour
(1937) .... General
Wings Over Africa
(1936) .... Redfern
Loyalties
(1933) .... Gen. Canynge
Bitter Sweet
(1933) (uncredited) .... Lord Shayne
In a Monastery Garden
(1932) .... Count Romano
Stamboul
(1931) .... Bouchier
Caste
(1930) ....
Capt. Hawtree
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In 1965, he co-starred an unsold pilot for a proposed NBC comedy series called "The Barbara Rush Show". The plot concern the misadventures of a mother who works as a stenographer to help pay her husband's tuition for medical school.
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