George Sanders
British actor (1906-1972) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 65
George Henry Sanders was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters.
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A life in dates
The Kremlin LetterFilm, Warlock1967
The Jungle BookFilm, Shere Khan the Tiger (voice)1966
BatmanSeries, Mister Freeze1964
Daniel BooneSeries, Col. Roger Barr
A Shot in the DarkFilm, 1964Benjamin Ballon1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward
CheckmateSeries, 1960Richard Gilmore
The Last VoyageFilm, 1960Capitaine Robert Adams1958
From the Earth to the MoonFilm, Stuyvesant Nicholl1957The George Sanders Mystery TheaterSeries, Host1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeries1955
MoonfleetFilm, Lord James Ashwood1954
Studio 57Series, Dr. Grissom1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Dr. Grissom1952
IvanhoeFilm, Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert1951Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAward
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries, 1951John York1950
The Bob Hope ShowSeries1949
Samson and DelilahFilm, The Saran of Gaza1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1946
A Scandal in ParisFilm, Eugéne François Vidocq1944
The LodgerFilm, Inspector John Warwick1942
Tales of ManhattanFilm, Williams1940
Foreign CorrespondentFilm, Scott ffolliott1936
Things to ComeFilm, Celestial Body (uncredited)1906Born3 July 1906Known for
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All About Eve 1950
Rebecca 1940
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947
The Jungle Book 1967
A Shot in the Dark 1964
People around George
Otto Preminger Directed Forever Amber and Moonfleet
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced All About Eve (1951)
Douglas Sirk Directed Summer Storm and Never Say Goodbye
Fritz Lang Directed While the City Sleeps and Man Hunt- Irving Reis Directed The Gay Falcon (1941)
Albert Lewin Directed The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Pandro S. Berman Produced Ivanhoe and The Picture of Dorian Gray
Kenneth Macgowan Produced Man Hunt and Lloyd's of London- Jack Hively Directed The Saint in Palm Springs (1941)
Robert Bassler Produced The Black Swan and The Lodger
Alan Napier Also in Forever Amber and Hangover Square
Skelton Knaggs Also in Forever Amber and The Lodger
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Rebecca and Foreign Correspondent
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Directed All About Eve (1951)
Alfred Newman Wrote All About Eve and Foreign Correspondent
Julien Duvivier Directed Tales of Manhattan and Black Jack
Richard Thorpe Directed Ivanhoe and The Golden Head
W. S. Van Dyke Directed Rage in Heaven and Bitter Sweet
Léonide Moguy Directed Action in Arabia and Paris After Dark
Walter Wanger Produced Foreign Correspondent and Sundown
Robert Coote Also in Forever Amber (1947)- Eugene Forde Directed International Settlement (1938)
Sol C. Siegel Produced Call Me Madam (1953)- Wolf Rilla Directed Village of the Damned and Cairo
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Filmography 40
148 credits on file
Television 17
Media & music
Photos 7
In the trailer for Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent (1940)
(L-R): George Sanders, Linda Darnell and Richard Haydn in Forever Amber (1947)
As Addison DeWitt in the trailer for All About Eve (1950)
Sanders as guest star on NBC series Daniel Boone, with Fess Parker (1966)
As Lord Henry Wotton in the trailer for The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Sanders as Captain Billy Leech in The Black Swan (1942)Awards
About this person
He is remembered for his roles as the wicked Jack Favell in Rebecca (1940), Scott ffolliott in Foreign Correspondent, The Saran of Gaza in Samson and Delilah, theater critic Addison DeWitt in All About Eve, Sir Brian De Bois-Guilbert in Ivanhoe (1952), King Richard the Lionheart in King Richard and the Crusaders (1954), Mr. Freeze in a two-part episode of Batman (1966), and the voice of Shere Khan in Disney's The Jungle Book (1967). He also starred as Simon Templar, in five of the eight films in The Saint series (1939-1941), and as a suave Saint-like crimefighter in the first four of the sixteen The Falcon films (1941-1942).
