
Anthony Dawson
Acting • Born 1916-10-18 – Died 1992-01-08
Biography
Anthony Douglas Gillon Dawson (18 October 1916 – 8 January 1992) was a Scottish actor, best known for his supporting roles as villains in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954) and Midnight Lace (1960), as well as playing Professor Dent in the James Bond film Dr. No (1962). He also appeared as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965).
Filmography
69 credits
Dial M for Murder
Movie • 1954
Charles Swann

Dr. No
Movie • 1962
Professor R. J. Dent

Red Sun
Movie • 1971
Hyatt

Midnight Lace
Movie • 1960
Roy Ash

The Battle of Neretva
Movie • 1969
General Morelli

Tiger Bay
Movie • 1959
Barclay

Action of the Tiger
Movie • 1957
Security Officer

Death Rides a Horse
Movie • 1967
Burt Cavanaugh

They Were Not Divided
Movie • 1950
Michael

Grip of the Strangler
Movie • 1958
Supt. Burk

The Queen of Spades
Movie • 1949
Fyodor

Deadlock
Movie • 1970
Anthony Sunshine, the old killer

Operation Kid Brother
Movie • 1967
Alpha

A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof
Movie • 1968
Samuel Pratt

Offbeat
Movie • 1961
James Dawson

Valley of the Eagles
Movie • 1951
Sven Nystrom

The Long Dark Hall
Movie • 1951
The Man

That Lady
Movie • 1955
Don Inigo

Seven Seas to Calais
Movie • 1962
Lord Burleigh

The Wooden Horse
Movie • 1950
Pomfret

Operation Snafu
Movie • 1970
Italian General

Your Turn to Die
Movie • 1967
Dr. Evans

Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)

Run for Your Life
Movie • 1988
Colonnello Moorcroft

Where Is Parsifal?
Movie • 1984
Ripple

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
Movie • 1940
Student

Libel
Movie • 1959
Gerald Loddon

The Way to the Stars
Movie • 1945
Bertie Steen

The Rover
Movie • 1967
Captain Vincent

Ghoulies II
Movie • 1987
Priest

From Russia with Love
Movie • 1963
Ernst Stavros Blofeld

Selling Hitler
Movie • 1993
Marquis of Bath

Massacre in Rome
Movie • 1973
SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Harster

The Woman in Question
Movie • 1950
Inspector Wilson

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Movie • 1964
Mickey (uncredited)

Hell Is Empty
Movie • 1967
Paul Grant

Hour of Decision
Movie • 1957
Gary Bax

The Valachi Papers
Movie • 1972
Federal Investigator

School for Secrets
Movie • 1946
Flt. Lt. Norton

They Met in the Dark
Movie • 1943
2nd Code Expert

The Count of Monte-Cristo
Movie • 1975
Noirtier De Villefort

Dirty Heroes
Movie • 1967
American Colonel

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Movie • 1965
Officer of Dragoons

Massacre in Rome
Movie • 1973
Lt. Col. Harster

Triple Cross
Movie • 1966
Major Stillman

Beware of Pity
Movie • 1946
Lt. Blannik

Thunderball
Movie • 1965
Ernst Stavro Blofeld

The Jigsaw Man
Movie • 1983
Vicar

Inchon
Movie • 1981
General Collins

James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie • 1983
Prof. R. J. Dent (archive footage)

Change Partners
Movie • 1965
Ben Arkwright

Closed Circuit
Movie • 1978
Samuel Pratt (archive footage)

The Curse of the Werewolf
Movie • 1961
The Marques Siniestro

Naked City
TV • 1958
Mike Grundy

Studio One
TV • 1948
Colonel Peter Redlands

The Saint
TV • 1962
Floyd Vosper

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Lord Chamberlain

Ivanhoe
TV • 1958
Sir Maurice

The Buccaneers
TV • 1956
Captain Flask

Interpol Calling
TV • 1959
Clouston

The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Lucas

The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948

Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950

International Detective
TV • 1959
Gilles Porret

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Captain Lesgate

Studio One
TV • 1948

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Count Victor Mattoni

Cool Million
TV • 1972
Prefect

Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Archduke Johann Salvator