Robert Morley

1908-1992

Biography: life and films

Robert Morley was an English actor and screenwriter. He was born in Semley, Wiltshire, England on 26th May 1908 and died in Wargrave, Berkshire, England on 3rd June 1992, aged 84.

His best films as an actor include Charles Frend's The Foreman Went to France (1942), John Huston's The African Queen (1951), Beat the Devil (1953), Richard Thorpe's comedy Quentin Durward (1955) and George Pollock's Murder at the Gallop (1963).

Robert Morley appeared in 74 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Ralph Thomas (3 films), John Huston (3), Anthony Asquith (3), Ted Kotcheff (2), Sidney J. Furie (2), Ken Hughes (2), Ken Annakin (2), Douglas Hickox (2), Charles Frend (2), Charles Crichton (2) and Carol Reed (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (36 films), drama (26), Biography (9), Thriller (8), comedy-drama (7), romance (6), War (6), crime-thriller (5), history (4), comedy-thriller (4), Horror (4), comedy-romance (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Robert Morley over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer

The Belles of St. Clements (1936) [w]

Marie Antoinette (1938) [a]

Return to Yesterday (1940) [w]

The Big Blockade (1940) [a]

Major Barbara (1941) [a]

You Will Remember (1941) [a]

The Foreman Went to France (1942) [a]

The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) [a]

This Was Paris (1942) [a]

I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945) [a]

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947) [a]

Edward, My Son (1949) [w]

The African Queen (1951) [a]

Curtain Up (1952) [a]

Outcast of the Islands (1952) [a]

Beat the Devil (1953) [a]

Melba (1953) [a]

The Final Test (1953) [a]

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) [a]

Beau Brummell (1954) [a]

The Good Die Young (1954) [a]

The Rainbow Jacket (1954) [a]

Quentin Durward (1955) [a]

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) [a]

Loser Takes All (1956) [a]

Law and Disorder (1958) [a]

The Doctor's Dilemma (1958) [a]

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958) [a]

Libel (1959) [a]

The Battle of the Sexes (1959) [a]

The Journey (1959) [a]

Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli (1960) [a]

Oscar Wilde (1960) [a]

The Young Ones (1961) [a]

Go to Blazes (1962) [a]

The Boys (1962) [a]

The Road to Hong Kong (1962) [a]

Ladies Who Do (1963) [a]

Murder at the Gallop (1963) [a]

Nine Hours to Rama (1963) [a]

Take Her, She's Mine (1963) [a]

The Old Dark House (1963) [a]

Hot Enough for June (1964) [a]

Of Human Bondage (1964) [a]

Topkapi (1964) [a]

A Study in Terror (1965) [a]

Genghis Khan (1965) [a]

Life at the Top (1965) [a]

The Alphabet Murders (1965) [a]

The Loved One (1965) [a]

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) [a]

Finders Keepers (1966) [a]

Hotel Paradiso (1966) [a]

Tendre voyou (1966) [a]

The Trygon Factor (1966) [a]

Way... Way Out (1966) [a]

Woman Times Seven (1967) [a]

Hot Millions (1968) [a]

Sinful Davey (1969) [a]

Some Girls Do (1969) [a]

Twinky (1969) [a]

Cromwell (1970) [a]

Doctor in Trouble (1970) [a]

Song of Norway (1970) [a]

When Eight Bells Toll (1971) [a]

Theatre of Blood (1973) [a]

Hugó, a víziló (1975) [a]

The Blue Bird (1976) [a]

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) [a]

Scavenger Hunt (1979) [a]

The Human Factor (1979) [a]

Oh Heavenly Dog (1980) [a]

Loophole (1981) [a]

The Great Muppet Caper (1981) [a]

High Road to China (1983) [a]

The Trouble with Spies (1987) [a]



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