Henry Daniell
English actor (1894-1963) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 69
Charles Henry Pywell Daniell was an English actor who had a long career in the United States on stage and in cinema. He came to prominence for his portrayal of villainous roles in films such as Camille (1936), The Great Dictator (1940), Holiday (1938), and The Sea Hawk (1940).
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Combat!Series, Minister
Five Weeks in a BalloonFilm, 1962Sheik Ageiba1960
The IslandersSeries, Jarden1959
RiverboatSeries, Graham
The Four Skulls of Jonathan DrakeFilm, 1959Dr. Emil Zurich1958
From the Earth to the MoonFilm, Morgana1957
MaverickSeries
Les GirlsFilm, 1957Judge1956On TrialSeries, Clark1955
Matinee TheaterSeries1954Producers' ShowcaseSeries
The EgyptianFilm, 1954Mekere1950Lux Video TheatreSeries, Lord Belmont
Buccaneer's GirlFilm, 1950Capt. Duval1949
Lights OutSeries1948
Studio OneSeries
Wake of the Red WitchFilm, 1948Jacques Desaix1945
Captain KiddFilm, King William III1942
Castle in the DesertFilm, Watson King1941
A Woman's FaceFilm, Public Prosecutor1940
All This, and Heaven TooFilm, Broussais1938
HolidayFilm, Seton Cram1936
CamilleFilm, Baron de Varville1894Born5 March 1894Known for
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The Great Dictator 1940
Witness for the Prosecution 1957
My Fair Lady 1964
The Philadelphia Story 1940
Holiday 1938
People around Henry
Close ties
George Cukor Directed The Philadelphia Story and Camille
Michael Curtiz Directed The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced The Egyptian and The Sun Also Rises
Hal B. Wallis Produced The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Produced The Philadelphia Story (1941)
Irwin Allen Produced Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Roy William Neill Directed Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
George Zucco Also in Marie Antoinette and A Woman's Face
Mary Gordon Also in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
Basil Rathbone Also in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
Nigel Bruce Also in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
W. S. Van Dyke Directed Marie Antoinette and The Feminine Touch
Reginald Owen Also in A Woman's Face and Reunion in France
Hillary Brooke Also in The Philadelphia Story (1941)
Donald Ogden Stewart Wrote The Philadelphia Story (1941)
George Sherman Produced The Comancheros (1961)
Hunt Stromberg Produced Marie Antoinette and The Firefly- Henry Blanke Produced The Sea Hawk and We Are Not Alone
John Rawlins Directed Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
Benedict Bogeaus Produced Captain Kidd (1945)
Frederick Worlock Also in The Sea Hawk and Jane Eyre
Henry Kolker Also in Marie Antoinette and A Woman's Face
Bette Davis Also in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Tyrone Power Also in Marie Antoinette and The Sun Also Rises
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
93 credits on file
Television 20
Media & music
About this person
Daniell was given few opportunities to play sympathetic or 'good guy' roles; an exception was his portrayal of Franz Liszt in the biographical film of Robert and Clara Schumann, Song of Love (1947). His name is sometimes spelled "Daniel".
