Harry Andrews
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Harry Fleetwood Andrews, CBE (10 November 1911 – 6 March 1989) was an English film actor known for his frequent portrayals of tough military officers. His performance as Sergeant Major Wilson in The Hill alongside Sean Connery earned Andrews the 1965 National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for the 1966 BAFTA Award for Best British Actor. He made his film debut in The Red Beret in 1953. Prior to his film career, Andrews was an accomplished Shakespearean actor, appearing at such venues as the Queen's Theatre, the Lyceum Theatre, and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in England as well as theatres in New York City, Paris, Antwerp, and Brussels. Andrews made his London theatre debut in 1935 at the St James's Theatre and his New York City debut in 1936 at the since-demolished Empire Theatre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Andrews, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Nov 10, 1911 In Tonbridge, Kent, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 82
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Series Jack the Ripper 1988-10-11
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Jack the Ripper | Coroner Wynne Baxter | 1988-10-11 |
| Movie | Cause Célèbre | Francis Rattenbury | 1987-08-23 |
| Movie | All Passion Spent | Mr. Fitzgeorge | 1986-12-09 |
| Movie | Mesmerized | Old Thompson | 1985-11-18 |
| Series | Dynasty | Unknown | 1981-01-12 |
| Movie | S.O.S. Titanic | Capt. Edward J. Smith | 1980-02-29 |
| Movie | The Curse of King Tut's Tomb | Lord George Carnarvon | 1980-05-08 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Self | 1980-01-01 |
| Movie | Hawk the Slayer | High Abbot | 1980-08-27 |
| Movie | Never Never Land | 1980-12-25 | |
| Movie | The Big Sleep | Norris | 1978-03-13 |
| Movie | The Four Feathers | Gen. David Feversham | 1978-01-01 |
| Movie | The Medusa Touch | Assistant Commissioner | 1978-04-13 |
| Movie | Death on the Nile | Barnstaple | 1978-09-29 |
| Movie | Superman | 2nd Elder | 1978-12-14 |
| Movie | Watership Down | General Woundwort (voice) | 1978-10-14 |
| Movie | The Prince and the Pauper | Hertford | 1977-06-03 |
| Movie | Equus | Harry Dalton | 1977-10-16 |
| Movie | Sky Riders | Auerbach | 1976-03-26 |
| Movie | The Blue Bird | Oak | 1976-04-30 |
| Movie | The Passover Plot | Yohanan the Baptist | 1976-10-29 |
| Movie | The Story of Jacob and Joseph | Isaac | 1974-04-07 |
| Movie | The Internecine Project | Albert Parsons | 1974-07-24 |
| Movie | Man at the Top | Lord Clive Ackerman | 1973-01-01 |
| Movie | Theatre of Blood | Trevor Dickman | 1973-03-16 |
| Series | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Unknown | 1973-09-01 |
| Movie | The Final Programme | John | 1973-10-04 |
| Movie | The MacKintosh Man | Mackintosh | 1973-11-08 |
| Movie | The Nightcomers | Master of the House | 1972-02-15 |
| Movie | Burke & Hare | Dr. Knox | 1972-02-03 |
| Movie | I Want What I Want | Roy's Father | 1972-02-25 |
| Movie | What the Peeper Saw | Headmaster | 1972-10-14 |
| Movie | The Ruling Class | 13th Earl of Gurney | 1972-09-13 |
| Movie | Man of La Mancha | The Innkeeper / The Governor | 1972-12-12 |
| Movie | Nicholas and Alexandra | Grand Duke Nicholas (Nikolasha) | 1971-11-29 |
| Movie | Brotherly Love | Brig. Crieff | 1970-01-07 |
| Movie | Wuthering Heights | Mr. Earnshaw | 1970-06-09 |
| Movie | Entertaining Mr. Sloane | Ed | 1970-04-08 |
| Movie | Battle of Britain | Senior Civil Servant | 1969-09-15 |
| Movie | Play Dirty | Brig. Blore | 1969-01-02 |
| Movie | A Nice Girl Like Me | Savage | 1969-11-23 |
| Movie | A Dandy in Aspic | Fraser | 1968-04-02 |
| Movie | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Lord Lucan | 1968-04-10 |
| Movie | The Sea Gull | Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin | 1968-12-23 |
| Movie | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Jacob Schpitendavel | 1968-12-22 |
| Movie | The Jokers | Insp. Marryatt | 1967-05-15 |
| Movie | The Long Duel | Miles Stafford | 1967-07-27 |
| Movie | The Night of the Generals | General Stulpnagel (uncredited) | 1967-01-29 |
| Movie | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Gerald Sater | 1967-12-18 |
| Movie | Danger Route | Canning | 1967-10-01 |
| Movie | Modesty Blaise | Sir Gerald Tarrant | 1966-05-01 |
| Movie | The Hill | R.S.M. Wilson | 1965-06-17 |
| Movie | The Truth About Spring | Sellers | 1965-03-30 |
| Movie | The Sun... the Sand... the Hill | R.S.M. Wilson (archive footage) | 1965-07-01 |
| Movie | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Bramante | 1965-09-16 |
| Movie | Sands of the Kalahari | Grimmelman | 1965-11-24 |
| Movie | Nothing But the Best | Mr. Horton | 1964-03-10 |
| Movie | The System | Larsey | 1964-04-12 |
| Movie | 633 Squadron | Air Vice-Marshal Davis | 1964-04-06 |
| Movie | 55 Days at Peking | Father de Bearn | 1963-05-06 |
| Movie | The Informers | Supt. Alec Bestwick | 1963-11-29 |
| Movie | Reach for Glory | Capt. Curlew | 1962-04-14 |
| Movie | The Inspector | Ayoob | 1962-05-24 |
| Movie | The Best of Enemies | Capt. Rootes | 1961-10-26 |
| Movie | Barabbas | Peter | 1961-12-23 |
| Movie | A Touch of Larceny | Capt. Graham | 1960-02-04 |
| Movie | Circle of Deception | Capt. Thomas Rawson | 1960-11-01 |
| Movie | In The Nick | Chief Officer Williams | 1960-06-17 |
| Movie | The Devil's Disciple | Maj. Swindon | 1959-08-20 |
| Movie | Solomon and Sheba | Baltor | 1959-12-18 |
| Movie | I Accuse! | Maj. Henry | 1958-03-05 |
| Movie | Ice Cold in Alex | M.S.M. Pugh | 1958-06-24 |
| Movie | Saint Joan | John de Stogumber | 1957-05-08 |
| Movie | Alexander the Great | Darius | 1956-03-28 |
| Movie | Helen of Troy | Hector | 1956-01-26 |
| Movie | A Hill in Korea | Sgt. Payne | 1956-09-18 |
| Movie | Moby Dick | Stubb | 1956-06-27 |
| Movie | The Man Who Loved Redheads | Williams | 1955-02-06 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
| Movie | The Black Knight | Earl Of Yeonil | 1954-08-26 |
| Movie | The Red Beret | R.S.M. | 1953-08-11 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |