Henry Daniell
Biography
Henry Daniell was an English actor who built a long career on stage and in films, largely in the United States. Born in London, he began appearing in provincial theater in 1913 and reached the Globe Theatre in London the following year. Villainous parts made his name: he was the Baron de Varville in Camille (1936) and took treacherous roles in The Sea Hawk (1940) and The Great Dictator (1940). He played Robert Cecil in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) and Professor Moriarty in The Woman in Green (1945). A rare sympathetic part was the composer Franz Liszt in Song of Love (1947). Among his later films were Lust for Life (1956) and Witness for the Prosecution (1957). He worked steadily in television and on Broadway, and his final role was a small uncredited appearance in My Fair Lady (1964). He died in 1963.
69years old at death
- Born London
- Died Santa Monica
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Charles Henry Pywell Daniell
Movie Career
- Films
- 32
- Career span
- 26 years1936 to 1962
Genres
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First role
Daniell first acted on stage in the provinces in 1913. His London debut came at the Globe Theatre on 10 March 1914, a walk on part in a revival of Edward Knoblock's Kismet.
Getting ready for a role
Chaplin cast Daniell as Garbitsch in The Great Dictator, a name chosen to sound like garbage and a parody of Joseph Goebbels.
Henry Daniell movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
George Cukor directed six of these films, Michael Curtiz five and Roy William Neill two. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by George Cukor
Michael CurtizDirector, 5 films, 1939 to 1961
All films by Michael Curtiz
Roy William NeillDirector, 2 films, 1943 to 1945
All films by Roy William Neill
Also three films together8 more actors
- Reginald OwenFive Weeks in a Balloon (1962), Captain Kidd (1945) and Reunion in France (1942)
- Nigel BruceThe Woman in Green (1945), Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) and Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
- Charles LaughtonWitness for the Prosecution (1957), Captain Kidd (1945) and The Suspect (1945)
- Errol FlynnThe Sun Also Rises (1957), The Sea Hawk (1940) and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
- Tyrone PowerThe Sun Also Rises (1957), Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Marie Antoinette (1938)
- Montagu LoveSherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942), All This, and Heaven Too (1940) and The Sea Hawk (1940)
- Michael AnsaraThe Comancheros (1961), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) and The Egyptian (1954)
- Clifford BrookeCaptain Kidd (1945), The Suspect (1945) and The Sea Hawk (1940)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Henry Daniell's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$60.6 million
10 of the 32 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 32 films: 10 worldwide figure; 22 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 22Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 94% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$15M24.8% of the total
- 2$11M18.2% of the total
- 3$9.0M14.9% of the total
- 4$7.0M11.6% of the total
- 5$4.3M7.2% of the total
- 6$3.5M5.9% of the total
- 7$3.5M5.8% of the total
- 8$3.3M5.4% of the total
$3.9 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 6% of the total
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