Rex Harrison (I) (1908–1990)

Actor | Soundtrack | Producer

Rex Harrison was born Reginald Carey Harrison in Huyton, Lancashire, England, to Edith Mary (Carey)...

Born: March 5, 1908
Died: June 2, 1990 (age 82)

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Filmography

Known For

My Fair Lady Professor Henry Higgins (1964)
Cleopatra Julius Caesar (1963)
Doctor Dolittle Dr. John Dolittle (1967)
Known For

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Capt. Daniel Gregg (1947)
Actor

Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna Grand Duke Cyril Romanov (1986)
Great Performances Captain Shotover (1985)
The Kingfisher Cecil (1985)
A Time to Die Van Osten (1982)
Titanic in a Tub: The Golden Age of Toy Boats Narrator (1981)
The Fifth Musketeer Colbert (1979)
Ashanti Brian Walker (1979)
Shalimar Sir John Locksley (1978)
Crossed Swords The Duke of Norfolk (1977)
BBC Play of the Month Don Quixote (1971-1973)
Staircase Charlie Dyer (1969)
A Flea in Her Ear Victor Chandebisse / Poche (1968)
Fenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen Extra (1968)
Doctor Dolittle Dr. John Dolittle (1967)
The Honey Pot Cecil Fox (1967)
The Agony and the Ecstasy Pope Julius II (1965)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce The Marquess of Frinton (1964)
My Fair Lady Professor Henry Higgins (1964)
Cleopatra Julius Caesar (1963)
The Happy Thieves Jimmy Bourne (1961)
Midnight Lace Anthony Preston (1960)
Dow Hour of Great Mysteries Cyril Paxton (1960)
Startime Fred Cortin (1960)
The Reluctant Debutante Jimmy Broadbent (1958)
The DuPont Show of the Month Mr. Sir (1957)
Marriage a la Mode In the Hospital - The Patient (1955)
King Richard and the Crusaders Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin (1954)
This Is London Narrator (1953)
The United States Steel Hour Raymond Dabney (1953)
Main Street to Broadway Rex Harrison (1953)
Omnibus Henry VIII (segment "The Trial of Anne Boleyn") (1952)
The Four Poster John Edwards (1952)
The Long Dark Hall Arthur Groome (1951)
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1950)
Unfaithfully Yours Sir Alfred De Carter (1948)
Escape Matt Denant (1948)
The Foxes of Harrow Stephen Fox (1947)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Capt. Daniel Gregg (1947)
Anna and the King of Siam King Mongkut (1946)
Notorious Gentleman Vivian Kenway (1945)
Journey Together Guest (1945)
A Yank in London Major David Bruce (1945)
Blithe Spirit Charles Condomine (1945)
Major Barbara Adolphus Cusins (1941)
Night Train to Munich Dickie Randall a.k.a. Gus Bennett (1940)
Ten Days in Paris Bob Stevens (1940)
Continental Express Jacques Sauvin (1939)
Over the Moon Dr. Freddie Jarvis (1939)
Villa for Sale Gaston (1938)
The Citadel Dr. Lawford (1938)
Sidewalks of London Harley Prentiss (1938)
School for Husbands Leonard Drummond (1937)
Storm in a Teacup Frank Burdon (1937)
Men Are Not Gods Tommy Stapledon (1936)
All at Sea Aubrey Bellingham (1936)
Get Your Man Tom Jakes (1934)
Leave It to Blanche Ronnie (1934)
School for Scandal Bit Part (1930)
Actor

The Great Game George (1930)
Soundtrack

20 to 1 (2011)
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991)
Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
My Fair Lady (1964)
The Fabulous Fifties (1960)
The DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
Soundtrack

Night Train to Munich (1940)
Producer

The Long Dark Hall (1951)
Archive footage

Deodato Holocaust (2019)
Audrey Hepburn, le choix de l'élégance (2017)
The Simpsons (2015)
Compression (2015)
Les Chroniques du Mea (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre (2014)
Secret Voices of Hollywood (2013)
Love, Marilyn (2012)
Casting By (2012)
Dai nostri inviati: La Rai e l'Istituto Luce raccontano la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1932-1953 (2012)
20 to 1 (2010)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009)
Family Guy: Creating the Chaos (2009)
The Naked Archaeologist (2008)
Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
Ça c'est l'amour (2003)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
Omnibus (2001)
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
Biography (1995-1998)
The 50th Annual Tony Awards (1996)
The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1995)
'Doctor Zhivago': The Making of a Russian Epic (1995)
Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (1981)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975)
Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1965-1967)
Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967)
Archive footage

The Car That Became a Star (1965)
Zwischen Glück und Krone (1959)

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Awards

Did You Know

One of only nine actors to have won both a Tony and an Oscar for having portrayed the same role on stage and screen (My Fair Lady (1964)). The others are: Joel Grey (Cabaret (1972)); Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)); Yul Brynner (The ...

Quotes

Whatever it is that makes a person charming, it needs to remain a mystery once the charmer is aware of a mannerism or characteristic that others find charming, it ceases to be a mannerism and becomes an affectation. And good Lord, there is nothing ...