Robert Morley

Highest Rated: 100% Murder at the Gallop (1963)

Lowest Rated: 20% Life at the Top (1965)

Birthday: May 26, 1908

Birthplace: Not Available

A charming, rotund, portly, double-chinned character actor of British and American stage and screen, Robert Morley tended to be cast in jovial or pompous comedic roles. He was educated in England, Germany, France, and Italy, intending to go into diplomacy. He switched to acting and studied theater at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Morley debuted on the London stage in 1929, and on Broadway in 1938 when he reprised his London performance in the title role of Oscar Wilde. Also in 1938, he debuted onscreen in the Hollywood film Marie Antoinette, portraying the feeble-minded Louis XVI opposite Norma Shearer; for that performance he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. He went on to play supporting roles in many films on both sides of the Atlantic. He was also a playwright; one of his plays, Edward My Son (written with Noel Langley), became a film in 1949. He was frequently seen as a witty, erudite guest on TV talk shows, and he was the TV commercial spokesman for British Airways.

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Highest Rated Movies

Murder at the Gallop
100%
The African Queen
96%
Theater of Blood (Theatre of Blood) (Much Ado About Murder)
94%

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Istanbul	Mr. Atkins	—	1990
No Score Yet	Around the World in 80 Days	Wentworth	—	1989
No Score Yet	The Lady and the Highwayman	Actor	—	1989
No Score Yet	Little Dorrit - Part Two: Little Dorrit's Story	Actor	—	1988
No Score Yet	Little Dorrit (Nobody's Fault) (Little Dorrit's Story)	Lord Decimus Barnacle	—	1988
No Score Yet	The Wind (Edge of Terror)	Actor	—	1987
No Score Yet	Alice in Wonderland	King of Hearts	—	1985
No Score Yet	Second Time Lucky	God	—	1984
No Score Yet	The Trouble with Spies	Angus Watkins	—	1984
No Score Yet	High Road to China	Tozer	—	1983
No Score Yet	The Deadly Game	Actor	—	1982
No Score Yet	Deadly Game	Actor	—	1982
No Score Yet	Loophole	Godfrey	—	1981
75%	The Great Muppet Caper	British Gentleman	—	1981
No Score Yet	Oh Heavenly Dog	Bernie	—	1980
No Score Yet	Scavenger Hunt	Bernstein	—	1979
33%	The Human Factor	Percival	—	1979
73%	Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (Too Many Chefs)	Max	—	1978
No Score Yet	The Blue Bird	Father Time	—	1976
No Score Yet	Hugó, a víziló (Hugo the Hippo)	Actor	—	1976
No Score Yet	Great Expectations	Pumblechook	—	1974
94%	Theater of Blood (Theatre of Blood) (Much Ado About Murder)	Meredith Merridew	—	1973
No Score Yet	Lola (Twinky)	Judge Roxburgh	—	1972
No Score Yet	When Eight Bells Toll	Uncle Arthur	—	1971
No Score Yet	Song of Norway	Berg	—	1970
43%	Cromwell	Earl of Manchester	—	1970
No Score Yet	Doctor in Trouble	Capt. George Spratt	—	1970
43%	Sinful Davey	Duke of Argyll	—	1969
No Score Yet	Some Girls Do	Miss Mary	—	1969
67%	Hot Millions	Caesar Smith	—	1968
No Score Yet	Woman Times Seven	Dr. Xavier	—	1967
No Score Yet	Way...Way Out	Harold Quonset	—	1966
No Score Yet	Finders Keepers	Actor	—	1966
No Score Yet	Hotel Paradiso	Henri Cotte	—	1966
No Score Yet	Agent 8 3/4 (Hot Enough for June)	Col. Cunliffe	—	1965
47%	The Loved One	Sir Ambrose Abercrombie	—	1965
No Score Yet	A Study in Terror	Mycroft Holmes	—	1965
No Score Yet	Genghis Khan	Emperor of China)	—	1965
80%	Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines	Lord Rawnsley	—	1965
20%	Life at the Top	Tiffield	—	1965
No Score Yet	The Alphabet Murders	Capt. Hastings	—	1965
No Score Yet	Of Human Bondage	Dr.Jacobs	—	1964
90%	Topkapi	Cedric Page	—	1964
No Score Yet	Take Her, She's Mine	Mr. Pope-Jones	—	1963
No Score Yet	The Old Dark House	Roderick Femm	—	1963
100%	Murder at the Gallop	Hector Enderby	—	1963
80%	Nine Hours to Rama	P.K. Mussadi	—	1963
No Score Yet	The Young Ones	Hamilton Black	—	1963
No Score Yet	The Boys	Montgomery	—	1962
No Score Yet	The Road to Hong Kong	Leader	—	1962
No Score Yet	Go To Blazes	Actor	—	1962
No Score Yet	Oscar Wilde	Oscar Wilde	—	1960
No Score Yet	Joseph and His Brethren	Potiphar	—	1960
83%	The Battle of the Sexes	Robert MacPherson	—	1959
No Score Yet	Libel	Sir Wilfred	—	1959
No Score Yet	The Journey	Hugh Deverill	—	1959
No Score Yet	The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw	Uncle Lucius	—	1958
69%	Around the World in 80 Days	Ralph	—	1956
No Score Yet	Loser Takes All	Dreuther	—	1956
No Score Yet	Quentin Durward	King Louis XI	—	1955
No Score Yet	The Good Die Young	Sir Francis Ravenscourt	—	1954
No Score Yet	Beau Brummell	George III	—	1954
No Score Yet	The Rainbow Jacket	Lord Logan	—	1954
No Score Yet	The Final Test	Alexander Whitehead	—	1954
71%	Beat the Devil	Peterson	—	1953
No Score Yet	Curtain Up	Harry	—	1952
No Score Yet	Outcast of the Islands	Elmer Almayer	—	1952
83%	The Small Back Room	The Minister	—	1952
96%	The African Queen	Samuel SayerRev. Samuel Sayer	—	1951
No Score Yet	Edward, My Son	Screenwriter	—	1949
No Score Yet	Ghosts of Berkeley Square	Gen. Burlap	—	1947
No Score Yet	I Live in Grosvenor Square (A Yank in London)	Duke of Exmoor	—	1945
No Score Yet	The Foreman Went to France (Somewhere in France)	Mayor Coutare	—	1942
93%	Major Barbara	Andrew Undershaft	—	1941
No Score Yet	Marie Antoinette	King Louis XVI	—	1938

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	War and Remembrance 1988-1989	Alistair Tudsbury	1988
No Score Yet	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955-1962	Mr. Laffler	1959
No Score Yet	Academy Awards® Animation Collection	Actor
No Score Yet	Tales of the Unexpected 1979-1988	Henry Knox

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