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Robert Morley
Robert Adolph Wilton Morley CBE (26 May 1908 – 3 June 1992) was an English actor with a significant career in Britain and the United States. Frequently cast as a pompous English gentleman, Morley often played supporting roles, winning an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1939 for his portrayal of King Louis XVI in Marie Antoinette. Well-recognised for his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips, and double chin, he was particularly memorable in the role of a pompous windbag. Morley's stage career started with management valuing his appearance for 'substantial gentleman' roles such as a doctor, lawyer, or other professional member of society.
Born in Semley, Wiltshire, Morley made his West End stage debut in 1929 and Broadway debut in 1938. He had a diversified acting career, playing Louis XVI in Marie Antoinette (1938), for which he received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor. He also co-wrote several plays. Off screen, Morley was noted for his wit and eloquent conversations. A gourmet enthusiast, he hosted a celebrity cooking show on Cable TV, Celebrity Chefs, during the 1980s. He was honoured as the first King of Moomba by the Melbourne Moomba festival committee and often self-referenced in the humorous poking of life's absurdities.
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Given Name: Robert Adolph Wilton Morley
Born: Semley, Wiltshire, England
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Birthday: May 26, 1908
Occupations: Actor, playwright, screenwriter
Years Active: 1928–1989
Children: 3
Spouses: Joan Buckmaster
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Movies Featuring Robert Morley
The African Queen
Theater of Blood
Around the World in 80 Days
The Great Muppet Caper
Oh Heavenly Dog
The Human Factor
High Road to China
Scavenger Hunt
Nothing Like a Dame
The Deadly Game
Alice in Wonderland
Second Time Lucky
Little Dorrit
War and Remembrance
Around the World in 80 Days
Loophole
The Wind
The Lady and the Highwayman
The Trouble with Spies
Cromwell
Murder at the Gallop
Genghis Khan
The Alphabet Murders
When Eight Bells Toll
Joseph and His Brethren
Topkapi
Hugo the Hippo
Take Her, She’s Mine
Ladies Who Do
The Battle of the Sexes
Twinky
Outcast of the Islands
Finders Keepers
Hot Enough for June
I Live in Grosvenor Square
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
The Trygon Factor
Beau Brummell
The Young Mr. Pitt
Major Barbara
A Study in Terror
Libel
Hotel Paradiso
The Old Dark House
Tender Scoundrel
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Hot Millions
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
The Journey
Another Romance of Celluloid
Law and Disorder
The Doctor’s Dilemma
The Boys
Quentin Durward
Great Expectations
The Loved One
Oscar Wilde
Loser Takes All
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
The Road to Hong Kong
The Big Blockade
The Small Back Room
Nine Hours to Rama
Woman Times Seven
Go to Blazes
The Blue Bird
Sinful Davey
The Good Die Young
Beat the Devil
The Rainbow Jacket
The Final Test
Life at the Top
Marie Antoinette
Some Girls Do
Curtain Up
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
The Foreman Went to France
Career Timeline
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1966
Finders Keepers
Colonel Roberts
The Trygon Factor
Hubert Hamlyn
Hotel Paradiso
Henri Cotte
Tender Scoundrel
Lord Swift
1965
Genghis Khan
Emperor of China
The Alphabet Murders
Hastings
A Study in Terror
Mycroft Holmes
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Lord Rawnsley
The Loved One
Sir Ambrose Abercombie
Life at the Top
Tiffield
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
Narrator (voice)
1963
Murder at the Gallop
Hector Enderby
Take Her, She’s Mine
Mr. Pope-Jones
Ladies Who Do
The Colonel
The Old Dark House
Roderick Femm
Nine Hours to Rama
P.K. Mussardi
1954
Beau Brummell
King George III
The Good Die Young
Sir Francis Ravenscourt
The Rainbow Jacket
Lord Logan
1953
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
William S. Gilbert
Beat the Devil
Peterson
The Final Test
Alexander Whitehead
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