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Henry Daniell (5 March 1894 – 31 October 1963) was an English actor, best known for his villainous film roles, but who had a long and prestigious career on stage as well as in films.Daniell was given few opportunities to play a 'good guy', one of the few being the biopic Song of Love (1947) where he played the supporting part of Franz Liszt. Another such opportunity was his role as Sir Alfred Lloyd in Voice of Terror.
[In a 1944 interview] I was never a villain until Gerald du Maurier said there was something creepingly sinister about me. I was a good, clean-living boy until then! Of course, it may be that I am really a sinister person and that portraying respectability is really, on my part, a display of virtuosity. I never thought of it that way before.
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Director Robert Wise said of Daniell, "Henry was as far from a complainer as any I've ever known. He'd walk onto the set, do his work like the pro he was, do it damn good, and then quietly leave without being a burden to anybody. Period!".
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Daniell shot his last scene on Oct. 31, 1963, at Warner Bros. escorting the Queen of Transylvania in a scene from My Fair Lady (1964). Director and longtime friend George Cukor thought that Daniell, 69, looked unwell; as it turned out he was right, as Daniell died from a heart attack a few hours later in his home in Santa Monica. Alan Napier was substituted in another scene that was intended to feature Daniell.
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He was a favorite of director George Cukor, and appeared in seven of the director's films. Despite their collaborations, Cukor cited The Exile (1947) as his favorite Daniell performance because "I believe this film displays Henry's keen sense of humor!".
He was close friends with Krishnamurthy and spent much time with him in Ojai, CA, engaged in spiritual refection--quite contrary to the persona represented by the press.
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'Gabriel Dell' of the "Dead End Kids" was the husband of Allyson Daniell (Henry's daughter), and Gabriel Dell Jr. is his grandson.
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He joined the British Army at the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and fought on the Western Front. He was badly wounded in battle, and received a medical discharge in 1915.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
My Fair Lady
1964
Ambassador (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
1962
TV Series
Silas Hay / Gideon Harte
Combat!
1962
TV Series
Minister
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
Court-martial judge (uncredited)
The Chapman Report
1962
Dr. Jonas
Five Weeks in a Balloon
1962
Sheik Ageiba
The Notorious Landlady
1962
Stranger
The Comancheros
1961
Gireaux
Thriller
1960-1961
TV Series
Vicar John Weatherford / Pierre Radin / Count Alexander Cagliostro / ...