Anthony Dawson

Anthony Dawson

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birthdate = (October 18 1916
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Anthony Dawson (October 18, 1916January 8, 1992), was a Scottish-born actor, best known for his supporting roles in British films.

Although born in Edinburgh, he was a very English actor, and his tall, lean body and gaunt sinister features often led him to being cast as villains.

Making his film debut in 1943's "They Met in the Dark", he went onto appear in such classic British films as "The Way to the Stars" (1945), "The Queen of Spades" (1948), and "The Wooden Horse" (1950), before relocating to America in the early 1950s.

It was while there that he gave his most memorable performance in Alfred Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" (1954), playing C. A. Swann/Captain Lestgate. In the film he is blackmailed by Ray Milland's character Tony Wendice into murdering his wife Margot (Grace Kelly). In his unpublished memoirs, "Rambling Recollections", he reminisced about getting the part:

He had two other memorable roles on his return to England, including the evil Marques Siniestro in Hammer's "The Curse of the Werewolf" (1961), and henchman Professor Dent in the first James Bond film, "Dr. No" (1962).

Throughout his career he could often be found in the films of director Terence Young, including the aforementioned "Dr. No", "They Were Not Divided" (1950),"Valley of Eagles" (1951), "The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders" (1965), "Triple Cross" (1966), "Red Sun" (1971), "Inchon" (1981), and "The Jigsaw Man" (1983). Young also cast him as the physical presence of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in his Bond films "From Russia with Love" (1963), and "Thunderball" (1965), stroking the ubiquitous white cat. His face was never seen though, and Blofeld's voice was provided by Eric Pohlmann.

After the early 1960s his roles got progressively smaller, but he continued to act until the early 1990s. He died in January 1992, in Sussex, aged 75, after succumbing to cancer.

His appearances in Italian films from the late 1960s onwards often led to him being confused with Italian B-movie director Anthony M. Dawson, aka Antonio Margheriti.

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