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Anthony Dawson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1916-10-18

Day of Death

1992-01-08

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Anthony Dawson

Biography

Anthony Douglas Gillon Dawson (18 October 1916 – 8 January 1992) was a Scottish actor, best known for his supporting roles as villains in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954) and Midnight Lace (1960), as well as playing Professor Dent in the James Bond film Dr. No (1962). He also appeared as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965).

Filmography (53)

⭐ 8.0 Role: Marquis of Bath

Selling Hitler

1993
⭐ 4.8 Role: Colonnello Moorcroft

Run for Your Life

1988
⭐ 5.5 Role: Priest

Ghoulies II

1987
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987
⭐ 3.9 Role: Ripple

Where Is Parsifal?

1984
⭐ 5.0 Role: Vicar

The Jigsaw Man

1983
⭐ 6.7 Role: Prof. R. J. Dent (archive footage)

James Bond: The First 21 Years

1983
⭐ 3.9 Role: General Collins

Inchon

1981
⭐ 6.8 Role: Samuel Pratt (archive footage)

Closed Circuit

1978
⭐ 6.8 Role: Noirtier De Villefort

The Count of Monte-Cristo

1975
⭐ 6.3 Role: SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Harster

Massacre in Rome

1973
⭐ 6.3 Role: Lt. Col. Harster

Massacre in Rome

1973
⭐ 6.5 Role: Federal Investigator

The Valachi Papers

1972
⭐ 6.8 Role: Hyatt

Red Sun

1971
⭐ 6.2 Role: Anthony Sunshine, the old killer

Deadlock

1970