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Harrison, Rex (1908-1990)
 

Film & TV credits


Film credits
 
GET YOUR MAN1934Tom Jakes
LEAVE IT TO BLANCHE / FEBRUARY 29TH1934Ronnie
ALL AT SEA1935Aubrey Bellingham
MEN ARE NOT GODS / TRIANGLE1936Tommy Stapleton
STORM IN A TEACUP1937Frank Burdon
SCHOOL FOR HUSBANDS1937Leonard Drummond
THE CITADEL1938Dr. Lawford
ST. MARTIN'S LANE W.C.2 / SIDEWALKS OF LONDON1938Harley Prentiss
OVER THE MOON1939Dr. Freddie Jarvis
THE SILENT BATTLE / CONTINENTAL EXPRESS / PEACE IN OUR TIME1939Jacques Sauvin
TEN DAYS IN PARIS / THE MISSING TEN DAYS1939Robert Stevens
NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH / NIGHT TRAIN / GESTAPO1940Dickie Randall/'Gus Bennett'
MAJOR BARBARA1941Adolphus Cusins
BLITHE SPIRIT1945Charles Condomine
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS / THE NOTORIOUS GENTLEMAN1945Vivian Kenway
I LIVE IN GROSVENOR SQUARE / A YANK IN LONDON1945Major David Bruce
ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAMUS, 1946the King
THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR1947Captain Daniel Glegg
THE FOXES OF HARROWUS, 1947Stephen Fox
UNFAITHFULLY YOURS -US, 1948Sir Alfred de Carter
ESCAPE1948Matthew 'Matt' Denant
THE LONG DARK HALLUS, 1951Arthur Groome
THE FOURPOSTERUS, 1952John
MAIN STREET TO BROADWAYUS, 1953himself
KING RICHARD AND THE CRUSADERSUS, 1954Sultan Saladin
THE CONSTANT HUSBAND / MARRIAGE A LA MODE1954a man who has lost his memory
THIS IS LONDON1956commentator
THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTEUS, 1958Jimmy Broadbent
MIDNIGHT LACEUS, 1960Tony Preston
THE HAPPY THIEVES / THE OLDEST CONFESSION / ULTIMO CHANTAJE / ONCE A THIEFUS/W. Germany/Spain, 1961Jim Bourne
CLEOPATRAUK/US, 1963Julius Caesar
THE YELLOW ROLLS-ROYCE1964Marquess of Frinton
MY FAIR LADYUS, 1964Professor Henry Higgins
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY1965Pope Julius II
THE HONEY POT / ANYONE FOR VENICE? / THE MASQUERADEUS/Italy, 1966Cecil Fox
DOCTOR DOLITTLEUS, 1967Doctor John Dolittle
A FLEA IN HER EAR / UNE PUCE A L'OREILLEUS/France, 1968Victor Chandebisse / Poche
STAIRCASEUS, 1969Charlie
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER / THE CROSSED SWORDSPanama, 1977Norfolk
THE FIFTH MUSKETEER / THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK / BEHIND THE IRON MASK / DAS GEHEIMNIS DER EISERNEN MASKEAustria/UK, 1977Colbert
SHALIMAR / SCHALIMAR / THE RAIDER OF THE SACRED STONE / THE DEADLY THIEFIndia/US, 1978Sir John Locksley
ANCIENT MODERNS: GREEK ISLAND ART AND CULTURE 3000-2000 B.C.US, 1979commentator
ASHANTISwitzerland, 1979Brian Walker
TITANIC IN A TUB: THE GOLDEN AGE OF TOY BOATSUS, 1982narrator
A TIME TO DIE / SEVEN GRAVES FOR ROGAN / REVENGE / MARIO PUZO'S SEVEN GRAVES FOR ROGANUS, 1983Klaus von Osten
CALLOW'S LAUGHTONChannel 4 tx 30/8/1987interviewee
HEARTBREAK HOUSE / GREAT PERFORMANCES: Heartbreak HousePBS (US) 1989; Channel 4 tx 27/12/1989Captain Shotover
ANASTASIA: THE MYSTERY OF ANNANBC (US) tx 7 & 8/12/1986Grand Duke Cyril Romanov
 
Television credits
 
VILLA FOR SALEBBC tx 10/11/1938cast member
YOUR SHOW OF SHOWSNBC (US) tx 11/3/1950guest
THE COLGATE COMEDY HOURNBC (US) tx 18/3/1951guest
THE COLGATE COMEDY HOURNBC (US) tx 8/4/1951guest
OMNIBUS: The Trial of Anne BoleynCBS (US) tx 9/11/1952Henry VIII
THE UNITED STATES STEEL HOUR: The Man in PossessionABC (US) tx 8/12/1953Raymond Dabney
DUPONT SHOW OF THE MONTH: CrescendoCBS (US) tx 29/9/1957Englishman
THE METHOD: AN ITV SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONITV tx 26/6/1958on-screen participant
THE FABULOUS FIFTIESNBC (US) tx 31/1/1960performer
THE DOW HOUR OF GREAT MYSTERIES: The Datchet DiamondsNBC (US) tx 20/9/1960Cyril Paxman
THIS IS YOUR LIFE: Zena DareBBC tx 26/3/1963on-screen participant
GOLDEN DRAMAITV tx 31/1/1965cast member
REX HARRISON AT THE NFTBBC2 tx 14/5/1971interviewee
BURT BACHARACH - CLOSE TO YOUITV tx 29/7/1972performer
PLAY OF THE MONTH: The Adventures of Don QuixoteBBC1 tx 7/1/1973Don Quixote
PLAY OF THE MONTH: PlatonovBBC1 tx 23/5/1973Mikhail Platonov, schoolmaster
SHORT STORIES OF LOVE / THREE FACES OF LOVENBC (US) tx 1/5/1974presenter
REXBBC1 tx 15/11/1974interviewee
THE WEDNESDAY SPECIAL: The Evening Standard Drama AwardsITV tx 4/2/1976presenter
BOB HOPE, 25 YEARS IN TELEVISIONBBC1 tx 17/3/1976on-screen participant
THE SATURDAY SPECIAL: The Edinburgh FestivalITV tx 24/9/1977on-screen participant
TERENCE RATTIGAN, A TRIBUTEBBC1 tx 2/12/1977interviewee
MAINSTREAMBBC1 tx 9/10/1979guest
SUNDAY SUNDAYITV tx 19/12/1982guest
THE KINGFISHERITV tx 23/12/1982Sir Cecil
A DAMNED SERIOUS BUSINESSITV tx 2/12/1987interviewee
FILM 90BBC1 tx 5/6/1990tribute to