W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)

Writer | Actor

Popular British novelist, playwright, short-story writer and the highest-paid author in the world ...

Born: January 25, 1874
Died: December 15, 1965 (age 91)

Filmography

Known For

Quartet Writer (1948)
The Painted Veil Writer (2006)
The Letter Writer (1940)
Known For

The Star and the Story Writer (1955-1956)
Writer

The Scar (2016)
W. Somerset Maugham's the Bum (2014)
Imádok férjhez menni (2007)
The Painted Veil (2006)
The Bitter Tea (2005)
Being Julia (2004)
Up at the Villa (2000)
Poklad pana H. (1998)
Ashenden (1991)
Adorable Julia (1988)
Tales of the Unexpected (1988)
Change of Fate (1987)
Overnight Sensation (1984)
The Razor's Edge (1984)
La comedia (1983)
ITV Playhouse (1982)
The Letter (1982)
Los especiales de ATC (1979-1981)
Der Kreis (1981)
Kreuzfahrten eines Globetrotters (1980-1981)
Poniro thilyko... katergara gynaika! (1980)
Zhigolo i Zhigoletta (1980)
Sadie (1980)
The ITV Play (1980)
Wilson's Reward (1980)
Sheppey (1980)
La esposa constante (1979)
Jane (1979)
Der Kreis (1979)
Teatris (1978)
Diener und andere Herren (1978)
Do You Remember? (1978)
Mr. Carlis und seine abenteuerlichen Geschichten (1977)
I theatrina (1977)
Constancia, una esposa constante (1976)
Au théâtre ce soir (1969-1975)
Cakes and Ale (1974)
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love (1974)
Alta comedia (1971-1973)
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973)
Eine konsequente Frau (1971)
Dom i lepota (1971)
Talpig úriasszony (1970)
W. Somerset Maugham (1969-1970)
Boy Meets Girl (1968)
The Jazz Age (1968)
BBC Play of the Month (1967)
ITV Play of the Week (1958-1966)
Látszat és valóság (1966)
Caroline (1966)
Jackanory (1966)
Liza of Lambeth (1965)
Of Human Bondage (1964)
Der Kreis (1964)
Lady Frederick (1963)
Mein Freund Jack (1963)
The Golden Patsy (1963)
Somerset Maugham Hour (1960-1962)
Adorable Julia (1962)
Finden sie, daß Constanze sich richtig verhält? (1962)
El velo pintado (1961)
Die heilige Flamme (1961)
A String of Beads (1961)
Armchair Theatre (1960)
ITV Television Playhouse (1958-1960)
Finden Sie, dass Constanze sich richtig verhält? (1960)
Saturday Playhouse (1960)
Bezaubernde Julia (1960)
BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960)
Das Land der Verheißung (1960)
La esposa constante (1959)
Grande Teatro Tupi (1952-1959)
The Moon and Sixpence (1959)
Encounter (1953-1959)
The Traitor (1959)
Land van belofte (1959)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951-1958)
Der Kreis (1958)
Suspicion (1957)
TV de Vanguarda (1953-1957)
The Seventh Sin (1957)
Producers' Showcase (1956)
Theatre (1956)
The Star and the Story (1955-1956)
O Contador de Histórias (1955)
Three for the Show (1955)
Three Cases of Murder (1955)
The Beachcomber (1954)
Four Star Playhouse (1954)
Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
Lady Frederick (1953)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950-1953)
La lettre (1953)
The Noble Spaniard (1953)
Hollywood Opening Night (1953)
Schlitz Playhouse (1952-1953)
Broadway Television Theatre (1952)
Larger Than Life (1952)
Rainy Day (1952)
Rebound (1952)
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1950-1951)
Encore (1951)
The Sacred Flame (1951)
Trio (1950)
Mrs. Dot (1950)
Studio One (1949)
Smith (1949)
Quartet (1948)
Kraft Theatre (1948)
The Circle (1948)
The Unattainable (1948)
Home and Beauty (1948)
The Breadwinner (1948)
The Round Dozen (1947)
The Unfaithful (1947)
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (1946)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Of Human Bondage (1946)
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
Christmas Holiday (1944)
The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
The Moon and Sixpence (1942)
The Letter (1940)
Too Many Husbands (1940)
The Circle (1939)
Sheppey (1939)
The Breadwinner (1938)
The Beachcomber (1938)
Another Dawn (1937)
Isle of Fury (1936)
The Tenth Man (1936)
Secret Agent (1936)
The Right to Live (1935)
The Painted Veil (1934)
Of Human Bondage (1934)
The Constant Wife (1933)
The Narrow Corner (1933)
Our Betters (1933)
Rain (1932)
Die heilige Flamme (1931)
La lettre (1931)
La donna bianca (1931)
La llama sagrada (1931)
La carta (1931)
Weib im Dschungel (1931)
Strictly Unconventional (1930)
The Sacred Flame (1929)
Charming Sinners (1929)
The Letter (1929)
Sadie Thompson (1928)
Vad kvinnan vill (1927)
The Waiter from the Ritz (1926)
The Canadian (1926)
The Magician (1926)
Infatuation (1925)
The Circle (1925)
East of Suez (1925)
The Ordeal (1922)
Jack Straw (1920)
The Divorcee (1919)
The Land of Promise (1917)
Smith (1917)
Writer

The Explorer (1915)
Actor

The Hour Before the Dawn W. Somerset Maugham (1944)
Actor

Camille Monsieur Duval (1926)
Archive footage

Sleuths, Sorcerers & Spies: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes (2016)
Time to Remember (2010)
Archive footage

Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007)
Maugham (1981)

Did You Know

Trivia

He was made a Companion of Honour (CH) in the 1954 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to literature.

In France, a man who has ruined himself for women is generally regarded with sympathy and admiration. There is a feeling that it was worthwhile, and the man who has done it feels even a certain pride in the fact. In England, he will be thought and ...