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Actor (217 credits)
2019-2021
Departure
(TV Series)
Howard Lawson
2015
Pixies
Pixie King (voice)
2009
Up
(Video Game)
Charles Muntz (voice)
2009
Up
Charles Muntz (voice)
2005/II
Heidi
Grandfather (voice)
2000
Nuremberg
(TV Mini Series)
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
1998
Winchell
(TV Movie)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1994
Felidae
Joker (English version, voice)
1990-1993
Counterstrike
(TV Series)
Alexander Addington
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Bad Guys
(1993)
... Alexander Addington
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Muerte
(1993)
... Alexander Addington
1992
Impolite
Naples O'Rorke (uncredited)
1988
Madeline
(TV Short)
Narrator (voice)
1987
Gandahar
Metamorphis (English version, voice)
1986
Crossings
(TV Mini Series)
Armand DeVilliers
1983
The Thorn Birds
(TV Mini Series)
Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
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Part 4
(1983)
... Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
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Part 3
(1983)
... Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
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Part 2
(1983)
... Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
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Part 1
(1983)
... Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese (credit only)
1979
Riel
(TV Movie)
Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
1973
The Pyx
Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
1970/I
Waterloo
Arthur Wellesley - Duke of Wellington
1957-1959
Omnibus
(TV Series)
(segment) / Thomas Mendip / (segment "The Trial of Lizzie Borden") / ...
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Lizzie Borden
(1957)
... (segment "The Trial of Lizzie Borden")
2015/I
Remember
(performer: "Piano Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 25: II. Andante", "Isolde's Liebestod")
2001
Lucky Break
(performer: "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame")
1991
Rock-A-Doodle
(performer: "We Hate the Sun", "Tweedle Te Dee", "The Owls' Picnic")
1965
The Sound of Music
(performer: "The Sound of Music" (1959), "Edelweiss" (1959), "So Long, Farewell" (1959), "Something Good" (1965) - uncredited)
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Self (130 credits)
2020-2021
Jeopardy!
(TV Series)
Self - Video Clue Presenter / Self - Clue Giver
2015
Conan
(TV Series)
Self - Guest
2003
Nature
(TV Series documentary)
Narrator
1986-1990
Wogan
(TV Series)
Self
1972
Omnibus
(TV Series documentary)
Self - Host
1961-1962
Playdate
(TV Series)
Self - Host
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Personal Details
Other Works:
Stage:
Appeared in "Inherit the Wind". Drama (revival). Written by
Jerome Lawrence and
Robert E. Lee. Associate Director: ark Schneider. Scenic Design by Santo Loquasto. Directed by Doug Hughes. Lyceum Theatre: 12 Apr 2007 - 8 Jul 2007 (100 performances + 27 previews that began on 19 Mar 2007). Cast:
Brian Dennehy (as "Matthew ...
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Publicity Listings:
1 Print Biography
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1 Portrayal
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1 Interview
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15 Articles
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1 Pictorial
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3 Magazine Cover Photos
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Height:
5' 10" (1.78 m)
Parents:
Plummer, John Orme
| Abbott, Isabella Mary
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Personal Quote:
[on
Franchot Tone, who starred onstage with him in "The Petrified Forest"] His sense of humor, as one might guess, was seemingly self-deprecating, drawn always from this inexplicable inner torment. These vulnerable qualities were to make his Chekovian performances ("Uncle Vanya" and "A Moon for the Misbegotten"), both of whom I later saw, so memorable - a rare combination of lightness and ...
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Nickname:
Chris