Anthony Dawson

Anthony Dawson

  • Birthday: 1916-10-18
  • Deathday: 1992-01-08
  • Place of birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also know as: Anthony M. 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

Deadlock

1970

As Anthony Sunshine, the old killer

Hour of Decision

1957

As Gary Bax

Grip of the Strangler

1958

As Supt. Burk

Offbeat

1961

As James Dawson

Valley of the Eagles

1951

As Sven Nystrom

Dial M for Murder

1954

As Charles Swann

Dr. No

1962

As Professor R. J. Dent

The Rover

1967

As Captain Vincent

The Curse of the Werewolf

1961

As The Marques Siniestro

Tiger Bay

1959

As Barclay

Death Rides a Horse

1967

As Burt Cavanaugh

The Queen of Spades

1949

As Fyodor

Operation Kid Brother

1967

As Alpha

A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof

1968

As Samuel Pratt

That Lady

1955

As Don Inigo

Seven Seas to Calais

1962

As Lord Burleigh

Operation Snafu

1970

As Italian General

Run for Your Life

1988

As Colonnello Moorcroft

Libel

1959

As Gerald Loddon

The Long Dark Hall

1951

As The Man

Action of the Tiger

1957

As Security Officer

The Wooden Horse

1950

As Pomfret

Your Turn to Die

1967

As Dr. Evans

Massacre in Rome

1973

As SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Harster

Red Sun

1971

As Hyatt

They Were Not Divided

1950

As Michael

Hell Is Empty

1967

As Paul Grant

The Battle of Neretva

1969

As General Morelli

Dirty Heroes

1967

As American Colonel

Midnight Lace

1960

As Roy Ash

The Woman in Question

1950

As Inspector Wilson

Beware of Pity

1946

As Lt. Blannik

Where Is Parsifal?

1984

As Ripple

Ghoulies II

1987

As Priest

From Russia with Love

1963

As Ernst Stavros Blofeld

The Valachi Papers

1972

As Federal Investigator

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987

As Self (archive footage)

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

1965

As Officer of Dragoons

Triple Cross

1966

As Major Stillman

The Jigsaw Man

1983

As Vicar

The Count of Monte-Cristo

1975

As Noirtier De Villefort

The Way to the Stars

1945

As Bertie Steen

Selling Hitler

1991

As Marquis of Bath

School for Secrets

1946

As Flt. Lt. Norton

Massacre in Rome

1973

As Lt. Col. Harster

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

As Mickey (uncredited)

Thunderball

1965

As Ernst Stavro Blofeld (uncredited)

They Met in the Dark

1943

As 2nd Code Expert

Production

The Snorkel

1958

As Story

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