34 Facts About Henry Daniell

Charles Henry Pywell Daniell was an English actor who had a long career in the United States on stage and in cinema.

Henry Daniell came to prominence for his portrayal of villainous roles in films such as Camille, The Great Dictator, Holiday and The Sea Hawk.

Henry Daniell was born in Barnes, then lived in Surrey, and was educated at St Paul's School in London and at Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk.

Henry Daniell made his first appearance on the stage in the provinces in 1913, and on the London stage at the Globe Theatre on 10 March 1914, in a walk on role in the revival of Edward Knoblock's Kismet.

Henry Daniell followed it with Monna Vanna and The Sphinx.

Henry Daniell returned to Broadway in The Woman on the Jury and The Second Mrs Tanqueray.

Henry Daniell again went to New York for the first six months of 1929, appearing at the Morosco Theatre in January as Lord Ivor Cream in Serena Blandish, returning in July to London where he played John Carlton in Secrets at the Comedy Theatre.

Henry Daniell returned to London for another packed programme of stage performances, which he continued in Britain and the United States while beginning his film career in 1929 with The Awful Truth, with leading lady Ina Claire.

Henry Daniell was in Jealousy with Jeanne Eagels in her last role.

Henry Daniell was in The Last of the Lone Wolf and returned to Broadway for Heat Wave and For Services Rendered.

Henry Daniell appeared in the West End in Walter Hackett's Afterwards in 1933.

Henry Daniell returned to films in the British The Path of Glory then was back on Broadway in Kind Lady.

On Broadway, Henry Daniell was in revivals of The Winter's Tale, Lady Windermere's Fan, and The First Mrs Fraser.

Henry Daniell followed it with We Are Not Alone, All This, and Heaven Too, and The Sea Hawk.

When Michael Curtiz cast him in this film, Henry Daniell initially refused the role because he could not fence.

At Warner, Henry Daniell had a role in a B movie, Dressed to Kill.

Henry Daniell did The Feminine Touch at MGM, Four Jacks and a Jill at RKO and Castle in the Desert at Fox.

Henry Daniell appeared in the Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes film Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror at Universal.

Henry Daniell returned to Broadway for a revival of Hedda Gabler.

Henry Daniell appeared in Watch on the Rhine, Jane Eyre, and The Suspect, as Charles Laughton's blackmailing next-door neighbour.

Henry Daniell had a lead role in The Body Snatcher, with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, followed by Hotel Berlin and a third Sherlock Holmes film, The Woman in Green, this time as Holmes arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty.

Henry Daniell had the lead in a TV version of Angel Street then was William of Pembroke in The Bandit of Sherwood Forest at Columbia.

Henry Daniell appeared as composer Franz Liszt in Song of Love starring Katharine Hepburn.

Henry Daniell was villainous in The Exile, Wake of the Red Witch, and Siren of Atlantis.

Henry Daniell appeared in more swashbucklers, The Secret of St Ives and Buccaneer's Girl, and begin appearing on television shows such as Repertory Theatre, Studio One in Hollywood, Armstrong Circle Theatre, and Lights Out.

Henry Daniell has appeared on stage in The Cocktail Party, Remains to Be Seen and My Three Angels.

Henry Daniell was in Studio 57, Schlitz Playhouse, Matinee Theatre, Kraft Theatre, Alcoa Theatre, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Playhouse 90, The Californians, Lux Playhouse, Maverick, Riverboat, and Startime.

Henry Daniell continued to be in demand for features such as The Sun Also Rises, Les Girls, The Story of Mankind, From the Earth to the Moon, and the cult horror classic, The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake.

Henry Daniell had more TV roles in Markham, The Swamp Fox, Wagon Train, Peter Gunn, Shirley Temple's Storybook, The Islanders, The Law and Mr Jones and several episodes of Boris Karloff's TV series Thriller.

Henry Daniell appeared in some big screen epics such as The Egyptian, The Prodigal and Diane, but was increasingly in television: Lux Video Theatre, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre, TV Reader's Digest, Producers' Showcase, and Telephone Time.

Henry Daniell had a rare contemporary part in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and was in Lust for Life.

Henry Daniell's last role was a small uncredited appearance as the British Ambassador in the 1964 film My Fair Lady directed by his old friend George Cukor.

Henry Daniell is seen as Eliza arrives and when introduced to her shakes her hand and says "Miss Doolittle".

Henry Daniell married Ann Knox and, in the years following World War II, lived in Los Angeles, California.