Anthony Dawson
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Anthony Dawson was a long-faced, emaciated-looking character actor with an impeccable English accent who was typecast in a variety of villainous roles in the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Scottish and German-English parents. He is best known for his role in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954), where he played Lesgate, the seedy ex-Cambridge classmate of would-be wife murderer Wendice (Ray Milland). He also appeared in Midnight Lace (1960), The Curse of the Werewolf (1961), and Dr. No (1962). He was the first screen incarnation of Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965). Dawson's unpublished memoirs, "Rambling Recollections", recall his meeting with Hitchcock at a dinner party at Perino's Restaurant in Los Angeles, and his escorting Grace Kelly to her residence at Chateau Marmont.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Writer
Birth Day October 18, 1916
Birth Place  Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Age 104 YEARS OLD
Died On (1992-01-08)8 January 1992 (aged 75)\nSussex, England
Birth Sign Scorpio
Alma mater RADA
Occupation Actor
Years active 1940–1991

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Famous Quotes:

... I had never met Hitchcock before, and yet he was about to do me the most fantastic good turn I could imagine. In that wonderful fat man's Cockney voice, he said, slowly, drooping every word separately, as though he had all day: 'Tony, I just called to let you know that I want you for this picture, so you're quite safe to make yourself a nice deal.' What could I say? I mumbled my thanks and put the phone down, feeling rather dazed, electrified, stunned; all of these. The full impact of this call from Hitch was very soon to come home to me.

Biography/Timeline

1943

Following RADA training and WW II Service, he made his film debut in 1943's They Met in the Dark. He went on to appear in such classic British films as The Way to the Stars (1945), The Queen of Spades (1948) and The Wooden Horse (1950), before moving to America in the early 1950s.

1950

Throughout his career he could often be found in the films of Director Terence Young, including the aforementioned Dr. No, They Were Not Divided (1950),Valley of Eagles (1951), The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965), Triple Cross (1966), Red Sun (1971), Inchon (1982) and The Jigsaw Man (1983). Young also cast him as the physical presence of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in his Bond films From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965), stroking the ubiquitous white cat. His face was never seen, however, and Blofeld's voice was provided by Eric Pohlmann. Dawson appeared alongside fellow Bond veterans Adolfo Celi, Lois Maxwell and Bernard Lee in the Italian Bond knockoff O.K. Connery.

1954

It was while there that he appeared on Broadway in the play, and then the subsequent Alfred Hitchcock film of Dial M for Murder (1954), playing C. A. Swann/Captain Lesgate. In the film, he is blackmailed by Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) into murdering his wife Margot (Grace Kelly). In his unpublished memoirs, Rambling Recollections, Dawson reminisced about getting the part:

1960

After the early 1960s, his roles got progressively smaller, but he continued to act until his death.

1961

He had two other memorable roles on his return to Britain, including the evil Marques Siniestro in Hammer's Curse of the Werewolf (1961) and henchman Professor Dent in the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962).

1992

He died in Sussex of cancer at the age of 75 in January 1992.

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