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Felix Aylmer(1889-1979)

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Felix Aylmer in Henry V (1944)
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Exodus (1960)
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British character actor Felix Aylmer was educated at Oxford and later studied drama, making his stage debut at the London Coliseum in 1911. During World War I he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and resumed his stage career after the war ended. He entered films in 1930 and stayed in them for the next 40 years, specializing in elderly, doddering characters (often clerics). Arguably his most memorable film appearance is that of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Laurence Olivier's Henry V (1944). He is also well-known for his portrayal of Father Anselm in the television series Oh Brother! (1968).
BornFebruary 21, 1889
DiedSeptember 2, 1979(90)
BornFebruary 21, 1889
DiedSeptember 2, 1979(90)
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Felix Aylmer in Night Train to Munich (1940)
Felix Aylmer in Night Train to Munich (1940)
Felix Aylmer in Quo Vadis (1951)
Deborah Kerr, Felix Aylmer, Abraham Sofaer, and Nora Swinburne in Quo Vadis (1951)
Deborah Kerr, Robert Taylor, Felix Aylmer, Nora Swinburne, and Norman Wooland in Quo Vadis (1951)
Robert Taylor, Felix Aylmer, and Norman Wooland in Quo Vadis (1951)
Robert Taylor, Felix Aylmer, Nora Swinburne, and Norman Wooland in Quo Vadis (1951)
Felix Aylmer in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, David Niven, Felix Aylmer, Gladys Cooper, May Hallatt, and Cathleen Nesbitt in Separate Tables (1958)
Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Felix Aylmer, Gladys Cooper, and Cathleen Nesbitt in Separate Tables (1958)
Rita Hayworth and Felix Aylmer in Separate Tables (1958)
Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Felix Aylmer, and Akim Tamiroff in Anastasia (1956)

Known for

Hamlet (1948)
Hamlet
7.6
  • Polonius, Lord Chamberlain
  • 1948
Joan Fontaine, Elizabeth Taylor, and Robert Taylor in Ivanhoe (1952)
Ivanhoe
6.8
  • Isaac
  • 1952
Ava Gardner and Robert Taylor in Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Knights of the Round Table
6.2
  • Merlin
  • 1953
Separate Tables (1958)
Separate Tables
7.4
  • Mr. Fowler
  • 1958

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  • The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
    The Thief and the Cobbler
    • (voice)
  • Legend of the Champions (1983)
    Legend of the Champions
  • Oh, Father! (1973)
    Oh, Father!
  • Jason King (1971)
    Jason King
  • Margaret Ashcroft, Glynn Edwards, Anna Palk, John Stride, and John Wentworth in The Main Chance (1969)
    The Main Chance
  • Oh Brother! (1968)
    Oh Brother!
  • My Partner the Ghost (1969)
    My Partner the Ghost
  • Hostile Witness (1969)
    Hostile Witness
  • Felix Aylmer, Colin Blakely, and Geneviève Page in Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968)
    Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher
  • Detective (1964)
    Detective
  • Alexandra Bastedo, Stuart Damon, and William Gaunt in The Champions (1968)
    The Champions
  • Ian Carmichael and Dennis Price in The World of Wooster (1965)
    The World of Wooster
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Mogul (1965)
    Mogul
  • Out of the Unknown (1965)
    Out of the Unknown

Videos7

Never Take Candy from A Stranger
Trailer 2:30
Never Take Candy from A Stranger
Exodus
Trailer 2:48
Exodus
The Master of Ballantrae
Trailer 2:35
The Master of Ballantrae
Separate Tables
Trailer 2:40
Separate Tables
From The Terrace
Trailer 3:13
From The Terrace
Ivanhoe
Trailer 1:52
Ivanhoe
Henry V
Trailer 6:08
Henry V

Personal details

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    • February 21, 1889
    • Corsham, Wiltshire, England, UK
    • September 2, 1979
    • Pyrford, Woking, Surrey, England, UK(natural causes)
    • Cecily ByrneSeptember 1915 - June 30, 1975 (her death, 2 children)
    • David Aylmer
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared in Harley Granville-Barker's "Waste", at the Westminster Theatre in London, England, with Stephen Murray, Nina Boucicault, Catherine Lacey, Alex Scott-Gatty, Cecil Trouncer, Nicholas Hannen, Harcourt Williams and Mark Dignam in the cast. Harley Granville-Barker and Michael Macowan were the directors. Peter Goffin was the art director.
  • Publicity listings
    • 5 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1950 King's Birthday Honours List and appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1965 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama.
    • His melodious speaking voice and venerable features

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