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