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Michael Rennie (1909–1971)


The British actor Michael Rennie worked as a car salesman and factory manager before he turned to acting. A meeting with a Gaumont-British Studios casting director led to Rennie's first acting job - that of stand-in for Robert Young in Secret Agent directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He put his film career on hold for a few years to get some acting experience on the stage... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (113 titles)
1970 Assignment Terror
Dr. Odo Warnoff
 
1967-1969 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Albert Robinson / Conrad Letterman / Eric Reverson / …
Caesar's Wife (1969) … Eric Reverson
The Daughter (1968) … Albert Robinson/Major John Anka
The Conspirators (1967) … Conrad Letterman
 
1969 Stoney
Harvey Ward
 
1968 Subterfuge
Goldsmith
 
1968 Commando Attack
Blynn
 
1968 European Eye (TV movie)
Martin Purcell
 
1968 The Last Chance
George McConnell
 
1968 The Power
Arthur Nordlund
 
1968 The Young, the Evil and the Savage
Inspector Durand
 
1967 The Invaders (TV series)
Vice Chancellor Pierre Alquist / Magnus
Summit Meeting: Part II (1967) … Vice Chancellor Pierre Alquist
Summit Meeting: Part I (1967) … Vice Chancellor Pierre Alquist
The Innocent (1967) … Magnus
 
1967 The Danny Thomas Hour (TV series)
Paul Heaton
Fame Is a Four-Letter Word (1967) … Paul Heaton
 
1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Barnaby Partridge
The THRUSH Roulette Affair (1967) … Barnaby Partridge
 
1967 Death on the Run
Major Worthington Clark
 
1967 I Spy (TV series)
Hamilton
Laya (1967) … Hamilton
 
1967 Hondo (TV series)
Tribolet
 
1967 Iron Horse (TV series)
Johnny Hobart
The Red Tornado (1967) … Johnny Hobart
 
1966-1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Edward Parker Greene / Inspector Kauslake
Blind Man's Bluff (1967) … Inspector Kauslake
One Embezzlement and Two Margaritas (1966) … Edward Parker Greene
 
1967 Hotel
Geoffrey - Duke of Lanbourne
 
1966 Batman (TV series)
Sandman
The Catwoman Goeth (1966) … Sandman
The Sandman Cometh (1966) … Sandman
 
1966 Jericho (TV series)
Major
The Loot of All Evil (1966) … Major
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
The People Trap (1966)
 
1966 Cyborg 2087
Garth A7
 
1964-1966 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Edgar Newton / Wellington
First in War, First in Peace (1966) … Edgar Newton
The Sound of Wings (1964) … Wellington
 
1966 The Time Tunnel (TV series)
Capt. Malcolm Smith
 
1966 Lost in Space (TV series)
The Keeper
The Keeper: Part 2 (1966) … The Keeper
The Keeper: Part 1 (1966) … The Keeper
 
1966 12 O'Clock High (TV series)
Gen. St. John Keighley
The Slaughter Pen (1966) … Gen. St. John Keighley
 
1966 Mr. Paracelaus, Who Are You? (TV movie)
 
1966 Ride Beyond Vengeance
Brooks Durham
 
1965 Branded (TV series)
Charles Briswell
Salute the Soldier Briefly (1965) … Charles Briswell
 
1959-1965 The Third Man (TV series)
Harry Lime
Man at the Top (1965) … Harry Lime
 
1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Robert Thurston
Rapture at Two-Forty (1965) … Robert Thurston
 
1965 Bonanza (TV series)
Dr. P.A.Mundy / Prof. Poppy
Once a Doctor (1965) … Prof. Poppy/Dr. P.A.Mundy
 
1965 Mark Dolphin (TV movie)
 
1963 The Great Adventure (TV series)
President Jefferson Davis
 
1963 Mary, Mary
Dirk Winston
 
1957-1963 Wagon Train (TV series)
John Cameron / Robert Harrison Clarke
The Robert Harrison Clarke Story (1963) … Robert Harrison Clarke
The John Cameron Story (1957) … John Cameron
 
1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Ralph Manson
The Long Silence (1963) … Ralph Manson
 
1963 The Virginian (TV series)
Michael O'Rourke
Vengeance Is the Spur (1963) … Michael O'Rourke
 
1963 Perry Mason (TV series)
Prof. Edward Lindley
The Case of the Libelous Locket (1963) … Prof. Edward Lindley
 
1961-1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
General Conrad Munday / Inspector Marshall
Project X (1963) … General Conrad Munday
The Fifth Caller (1961) … Inspector Marshall
 
1958-1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Allen Bliss / Sir Humphrey J. Orford
The Silk Petticoat (1962) … Sir Humphrey J. Orford
The Foghorn (1958) … Allen Bliss
 
1961 Route 66 (TV series)
Summers
Fly Away Home: Part 2 (1961) … Summers
Fly Away Home: Part 1 (1961) … Summers
 
1961 The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV series)
Julius Ulrich
The Sisters (1961) … Julius Ulrich
 
1961 The Americans (TV series)
Capt. James Duquesne
Rebellion at Blazing Rock (1961) … Capt. James Duquesne
 
1960 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Sir Percy Blakeney
 
1960 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
Capt. Creighton
Kim (1960) … Capt. Creighton
 
1958-1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Grant Coburn / Marshal Locke Gardner
The Man in the Middle (1960) … Marshal Locke Gardner
Living Is a Lonesome Thing (1959) … Grant Coburn
Three Days to Death (1958) … Grant Coburn
 
1959 Third Man on the Mountain
Captain John Winter
 
1958 Pursuit (TV series)
 
1958 Lux Playhouse (TV series)
Walter Brand
The Connoisseur (1958) … Walter Brand
 
1958 Missiles from Hell
Stefan
 
1958 Decision (TV series)
Colonel T.J. Allan
The Tall Man (1958) … Colonel T.J. Allan
 
1958 Suspicion (TV series)
Angus Martin
The Woman Turned to Salt (1958) … Angus Martin
 
1955-1958 Climax! (TV series)
Charles Martin Westling / Dr. Fitzroy / Dr. Henry Jekyll / …
Volcano Seat, the #1 (1958) … Lt. Barton
The Secret of the Red Room (1957) … Lorenzo
A Taste for Crime (1957) … Dr. Fitzroy
Strange Deaths at Burnleigh (1957) … James MacLennan
Strange Sanctuary (1957) … Sean 'Irish' Dillon
 
1957 Omar Khayyam
Hasani Sabah
 
1957 Island in the Sun
Hilary Carson
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Eric Millet
Circle of the Day (1957) … Eric Millet
 
1956 Teenage Rebel
Jay Fallon
 
1956 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Howard Joyce
The Letter (1956) … Howard Joyce
 
1955 The Rains of Ranchipur
Lord Albert Esketh
 
1955 Seven Cities of Gold
Father Junipero Serra
 
1955 Soldier of Fortune
Inspector Merryweather
 
1954 Mambo
Enrico Marisoni
 
1954 Princess of the Nile
Rama Khan
 
1954 Prince Valiant
Narrator (uncredited)
 
1953 King of the Khyber Rifles
Brig. Gen. J. R. Maitland
 
1953 The Robe
Peter
 
1953 Dangerous Crossing
Dr. Paul Manning
 
1953 Sailor of the King
Lt. Richard Saville
 
1953 The Desert Rats
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1953 Titanic
End Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1952 Pony Soldier
Ending Narrator (uncredited)
 
1952 5 Fingers
Colin Travers
 
1952 Phone Call from a Stranger
Dr. Robert Fortness
 
1951 I'll Never Forget You
Roger Forsyth
 
1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1951 The 13th Letter
Dr. Pearson
 
1950 Trio
Major Templeton (in segment Sanatorium)
 
1950 Miss Pilgrim's Progress
Bob Thane
 
1949 The Golden Madonna
Mike Christie
 
1948 Idol of Paris
Hertz
 
1947 High Fury
Rudolph
 
1947 Root of All Evil
Charles Mortimer
 
1945 Caesar and Cleopatra
Quayside Centurion
 
1945 I'll Be Your Sweetheart
Bob Fielding
 
1942 The Big Blockade
George
 
1941 Tower of Terror
Anthony Hale
 
1941 Ships with Wings
Lt Maxwell
 
1941 Turned Out Nice Again
Diner (uncredited)
 
1941 'Pimpernel' Smith
Prison Camp Officer (uncredited)
 
1941 The Patient Vanishes
Inspector
 
1941 Suicide Squadron
Kapulski
 
1940 The Briggs Family
Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
 
1939 Shadows of the Underworld
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1938 Three on a Weekend
Guardsman (uncredited)
 
1938 The Divorce of Lady X
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1937 Murder on Diamond Row
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
 
1937 Gangway
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
 
1937 Gypsy
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1936 Conquest of the Air
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1936 The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1936 Secret Agent
Extra (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1963-1965 The Third Man (TV series) (associate producer - 4 episodes)
The House of Bon Bons (1965) (associate producer)
A Little Knowledge (1964) (associate producer)
A Question in Ice (1964) (associate producer)
A Diamond in the Rough (1963) (associate producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1936 Secret Agent (stand-in - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1964 The New Steve Allen Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 6 May 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1962 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 February 1962 (1962) … Himself
 
1950 The Body Said No!
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2008 The Making of 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' (video documentary short)
Klaatu
 
2005 Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (TV documentary)
Klaatu
 
1998 Lost in Space Forever (TV documentary)
The Keeper
 
1994 Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (documentary)
Actor in 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' Clip (uncredited)
 
1979 The Horror Show (documentary)
 
1967 Hondo and the Apaches (TV movie)
Tribolet
 
1967 Lionpower from MGM (short)
Arthur Nordlund (uncredited)
 

Related Videos

Secret Agent -- After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences. Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 3: Episode 24 -- A beautiful woman meets and falls in love with a stranger at her engagement party. The Day the Earth Stood Still -- Watch the trailer for the sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

In 1966, he starred in an unsold pilot for a proposed comedy/suspense series called "Mr. Paracelaus, Who Are You?" See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Articles  | 4 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

6' 4" (1.93 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Some people making pictures in Hollywood are not outstanding for brains. How their minds work, I can't understand. See more »

Trivia:

Once married to British actress Maggie McGrath, who later went by the stage name of Maggie Rennie. They had one son, David, born 1953. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo