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Michael Rennie(1909-1971)

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Michael Rennie
Earth's civilization of the future sends a cyborg back to the 1960s to change the future.
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Cyborg 2087 (1966)
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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 (1936) directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He put his film career on hold for a few years to get some acting experience on the stage, working in repertory in York and Windsor. Afterwards, he returned to films and achieved star status in I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945). Brought to Hollywood in 1950 and signed to a contract by studio head Darryl F. Zanuck, Rennie was cast in arguably his most popular role as Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), when director Robert Wise's first choice, Claude Rains, was unavailable. After that he worked as a supporting actor for eight years until his return to England in 1959. At that time, he took the lead role of Harry Lime in the television series The Third Man (1959). Throughout his career, he made numerous guest appearances on television, particularly on American programs.
BornAugust 25, 1909
DiedJune 10, 1971(61)
BornAugust 25, 1909
DiedJune 10, 1971(61)
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Michael Rennie and Frank Tang in Soldier of Fortune (1955)
Clark Gable, Gene Barry, and Michael Rennie in Soldier of Fortune (1955)
Clark Gable, Gene Barry, Michael Rennie, and Frank Tang in Soldier of Fortune (1955)
Clark Gable and Michael Rennie in Soldier of Fortune (1955)
Clark Gable and Michael Rennie in Soldier of Fortune (1955)
Michael Rennie in Soldier of Fortune (1955)
Susan Hayward and Michael Rennie in Soldier of Fortune (1955)
Susan Hayward and Michael Rennie in Soldier of Fortune (1955)
Michael Rennie in Soldier of Fortune (1955)
George Hamilton, Richard Carlson, Earl Holliman, Arthur O'Connell, Nehemiah Persoff, Suzanne Pleshette, and Michael Rennie in The Power (1968)
Michael Rennie in The Power (1968)
Merle Oberon and Michael Rennie in Hotel (1967)

Known for

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
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  • Klaatu
  • 1951
The Battle of El Alamein (1969)
The Battle of El Alamein
5.4
  • Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery
  • 1969
The Lost World (1960)
The Lost World
5.5
  • Lord John Roxton
  • 1960
Richard Burton, Victor Mature, and Jean Simmons in The Robe (1953)
The Robe
6.7
  • Peter
  • 1953

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Actor

  • Assignment Terror (1970)
    Assignment Terror
  • Barbara Bouchet in Stoney (1969)
    Stoney
  • The F.B.I. (1965)
    The F.B.I.
    • ...
  • The Battle of El Alamein (1969)
    The Battle of El Alamein
  • Subterfuge (1968)
    Subterfuge
  • Giugno '44 - Sbarcheremo in Normandia (1968)
    Giugno '44 - Sbarcheremo in Normandia
  • Premiere (1968)
    Premiere
  • European Eye
  • The Last Chance (1968)
    The Last Chance
  • The Devil's Brigade (1968)
    The Devil's Brigade
  • George Hamilton, Richard Carlson, Arthur O'Connell, and Suzanne Pleshette in The Power (1968)
    The Power
  • The Young, the Evil and the Savage (1968)
    The Young, the Evil and the Savage
  • The Invaders (1967)
    The Invaders
  • Danny Thomas in The Danny Thomas Hour (1967)
    The Danny Thomas Hour
  • Robert Vaughn, Leo G. Carroll, and David McCallum in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Producer

  • The Third Man (1959)
    The Third Man

Additional Crew

  • John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Robert Young, and Madeleine Carroll in Secret Agent (1936)
    Secret Agent
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The Day the Earth Stood Still: Trailer
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The Day the Earth Stood Still: Trailer
Les Miserables (1952)
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Les Miserables (1952)
Demetrius and the Gladiators
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Demetrius and the Gladiators
Island In The Sun
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Island In The Sun
The Black Rose
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The Black Rose

Personal details

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    • August 25, 1909
    • Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
    • June 10, 1971
    • Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK(emphysema)
    • Maggie RennieOctober 1, 1946 - May 18, 1960 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Unsold pilot: Co-starred in a pilot for a CBS dramatic series called "Mark Dolphin" that the Saturday Evening Post said was so bad it became "synonymous with total disaster in show business idiom."
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    • 9 Articles
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 4 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    Rennie joined the Royal Air Force in 1941, training as a fighter pilot in the US under the Arnold Plan. While at Napier Field in Dothan, AL, for his advanced flight training he was asked by a fellow trainee, Scotsman Jack Morton, what he did in civilian life. Rennie told Morton and the other pilots gathered around that he was a movie actor. They stared at him in disbelief, then broke out in a chorus of laughter. A couple of nights later Rennie and his classmates went into town to watch a movie, Ships with Wings (1941). Not long into the movie, and much to the surprise of those seated with him, Rennie appeared on the screen as Royal Navy pilot Lt. Maxwell.
  • Quotes
    I suppose women find me attractive because I am polite, charming, courteous . . . a gentleman. My romantic reputation is an exaggeration. The realities are a bit different.

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