Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Henry Daniell (5 March 1894 – 31 October 1963) was an English actor who had a long and prestigious career on stage as well as in films. He is perhaps best known for his villainous roles in films like The Great Dictator, The Philadelphia Story and The Sea Hawk. Daniell was given few opportunities to play a 'good guy', including a supporting part as Franz Liszt in the biographical film Song of Love (1947). His last name is sometimes spelled "Daniel". Daniell's film debut came in 1929 in Jealousy. He appeared as Professor Moriarty in the Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes film The Woman in Green (1945). He appeared in other films such as Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940) (playing Garbitsch, to sound like "garbage", a parody of Joseph Goebbels), and The Body Snatcher (1945, with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi) – as well as two other films in the Sherlock Holmes/Basil Rathbone series: The Voice of Terror (1942) and Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) with fellow Moriarty George Zucco. Daniell played the sleazy Baron de Varville opposite Greta Garbo in Camille (1936). Another early triumph was his portrayal of Cecil in Th…
Movies & TV Shows
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The Great Dictator (1940) — Garbitsch
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — Mayhew
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My Fair Lady (1964) — Ambassador (uncredited)
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The Philadelphia Story (1940) — Sidney Kidd
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) — Court-martial Judge (uncredited)
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Holiday (1938) — Seton Cram
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The Comancheros (1961) — Gireaux
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Lust for Life (1956) — Theodorus van Gogh
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The Body Snatcher (1945) — Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane
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Camille (1936) — Baron de Varville
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The Sea Hawk (1940) — Lord Wolfingham
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Jane Eyre (1943) — Henry Brocklehurst
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The Woman in Green (1945) — Professor James Moriarty
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) — Dr. Zucco
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Combat! (1962) — Minister
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) — Sir Anthony Lloyd
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The Egyptian (1954) — Mekere
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) — Sir Robert Cecil
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) — William Easter
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A Woman's Face (1941) — Public Prosecutor
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The Suspect (1945) — Mr. Simmons
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Les Girls (1957) — Judge
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All This, and Heaven Too (1940) — Broussais
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The Notorious Landlady (1962) — Stranger
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) — Bill Ogden
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Watch on the Rhine (1943) — Phili Von Ramme
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Wake of the Red Witch (1948) — Jacques Desaix
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Maverick (1957)
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Marie Antoinette (1938) — La Motte
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Captain Kidd (1945) — King William III
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The Sun Also Rises (1957) — Doctor
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From the Earth to the Moon (1958) — Morgana
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Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) — Sheik Ageiba
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Wagon Train (1957) — Morton W. Snipple
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The Story of Mankind (1957) — Pierre Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais
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Dressed to Kill (1941) — Julian Davis
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77 Sunset Strip (1958)
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Peter Gunn (1958)
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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) — Dr. Emil Zurich
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Mission to Moscow (1943) — Minister von Ribbentrop