Hurd Hatfield(1917-1998)

Actor

Hurd Hatfield in The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)

Western parody of the original Mark Twain story about Sherlock Holmes in the American West.

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The Double-Barrelled Detective Story (1965)

William Rukard Hurd Hatfield was an American leading man best known for his portrayal of the title character in the Oscar-winning movie The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). A native of New York, Hatfield came to England to study acting at the Chekhov Theatre Studio in Devonshire. He had resided in Ireland since the early 1970s. Despite numerous roles in scores of other movies, television and stage productions, he was forever associated with his starring role in the movie version of Oscar Wilde's classic novel.

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

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Known for

The Picture of Dorian Gray

7.5

Dorian Gray

1945

The Unsuspected

7.2

Oliver Keane

1947

King of Kings

7.0

Pontius Pilate

1961

The Left Handed Gun

6.4

Moultrie

1958

Credits

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Actor

Lies of the Twins
5.2
TV Movie
- Gil Selwyn
- 1991
Murder, She Wrote
7.2
TV Series
- Jean-Pierre Dusant
- William Readford
- Leo Peterson
- 1984–1989
Her Alibi
5.8
- Troppa
- 1989
Amazing Stories
7.4
TV Series
- Logan Webb
- 1987
Crimes of the Heart
6.3
- Old Granddaddy
- 1986
The Fall Guy
7.1
TV Series
- Grant Coleman
- 1986
Knight Rider
6.9
TV Series
- Ariel Marsden
- 1986
Blacke's Magic
7.2
TV Series
- Oliver Baron
- 1986
Waiting to Act
6.5
Short
- Morey Liebowitz
- 1985
Lime Street
6.1
TV Series
- Aaron De Messina
- 1985
King David
5.3
- Ahimelech
- 1985
The Manions of America
7.2
TV Mini Series
- British Agent
- 1981
You Can't Go Home Again
6.4
TV Movie
- Foxhall Edwards
- 1979
The Word
6.1
TV Mini Series
- Cedric Plummer
- 1978
Kojak
7.1
TV Series
- Don Luiz Cabrillo
- 1976

Trivia
Became lifelong friends with Dame Angela Lansbury when they were making The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) together; he appeared three times on her successful television series Murder, She Wrote (1984) and she convinced him to buy property close to hers in Ireland.