Harry Andrews
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Harry Andrews (November 10 1911 - March 6 1989) was a British actor.
He was born Harry Fleetwood Andrews in Tonbridge, Kent. After a stage career as a Shakespearean actor, he became one of Britain's most prolific character actors in films of the 1950s and 1960s, often playing army officers, sergeant majors and other authority figures.
His son is the actor and director David Andrews.
Selected films
- Superman (1978) (2nd Elder)
- The Medusa Touch (1978) (Assistant Commissioner)
- Death on the Nile (1978) (Barnstable)
- The Big Sleep (1978) (Norris)
- The Prince and the Pauper (1978) (Hertford)
- Equus (1977) (Harry Dalton)
- The MacKintosh Man (1973) (Mackintosh)
- Theatre of Blood (1973) (Trevor Dickman)
- Man of La Mancha (1972) (The 'Governor'/The Innkeeper)
- The Ruling Class (1972) (13th Earl of Gurney)
- The Nightcomers (1972) (Master of the House)
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) (Grand Duke Nicholas)
- Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970) (Ed)
- Too Late the Hero (1970) (Col. Thompson)
- Country Dance (1970) (Brig. Crieff)
- Wuthering Heights (1970) (Mr. Earnshaw
- Battle of Britain (1969) (Senior civil servant)
- The Sea Gull (1968) (Sorin, her brother)
- The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) (Jacob Schpitendavel)
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) (Lord Lucan)
- Play Dirty (1968) (Brig. Blore)
- I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) (Gerald Sater)
- The Long Duel (1967) (Stafford)
- The Jokers (1967) (Insp. Marryatt)
- The Night of the Generals (1967) (uncredited) (Gen. Stulpnagel)
- The Deadly Affair (1966) (Insp. Mendel)
- Modesty Blaise (1966) (Tarrant)
- Sands of the Kalahari (1965) (Grimmelman)
- The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) (Donato Bramante)
- The Hill (1965) (Regimental Sgt. Maj. Bert Wilson)
- The System (1964) (Larsey)
- Nothing But the Best (1964) (Mr. Horton)
- 633 Squadron (1964) (Air Vice Marshal Davis)
- 55 Days at Peking (1963) (Father de Bearn)
- Nine Hours to Rama (1963) (Gen. Singh)
- Barabbas (1962) (Peter)
- Lisa (1962) (Ayoob)
- The Best of Enemies (1962) (Capt. Rootes)
- Solomon and Sheba (1959) (Baltor)
- The Devil's Disciple (1959) (Maj. Swindon)
- A Touch of Larceny (1959) (Capt. Graham)
- Ice-Cold in Alex (1958) (MSM Tom Pugh)
- I Accuse! (1958) (Maj. Henry)
- Saint Joan (1957) (John de Stogumber)
- Moby Dick (1956) (Stubb)
- Alexander the Great (1956) (Darius)
- Helen of Troy (1956) (Hector)
- A Hill in Korea (1956) (Sgt. Payne)
- The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) (Williams)
- The Black Knight (1954) (Earl Of Yeonil)
- The Red Beret (1953) (Sergeant Major)