Leo Genn
Acting
Biography
Leo John Genn (9 August 1905 – 26 January 1978) was an English actor and barrister. Signified by his relaxed charm and smooth, "black velvet" voice, he had a lengthy career in theatre, film, television, and radio; often playing aristocratic or gentlemanly, sophisticate roles. Born to a Jewish family in London, Genn was educated as a lawyer and was a practicing barrister until after World War II, in which he served in the Royal Artillery as a Lieutenant-Colonel. He began his acting career at The Old Vic and made his film debut in 1935, starring in a total of 85 screen roles until his death in 1978. For his portrayal of Petronius in the 1951 Hollywood epic Quo Vadis, he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leo Genn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: August 9, 1905
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
The Expert
The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases. The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by actors such as John Carson, Peter Copley, Rachel Kempson, Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Barkworth, Jean Marsh, Ray Brooks, George Sewell, Anthony Valentine, Bernard Lee, Lee Montague, Geoffrey Bayldon, Mike Pratt, Edward Fox, André Morell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Stock, Philip Madoc and Warren Clarke.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
Kate Plus Ten
Kate is secretary to Lord Flamborough. But she is also leader of a criminal gang. Can Mike Pemberton catch her red-handed?
The Longest Day
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
The Persuaders!
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
The Rat
Jean Boucheron the cat burglar is the darling of the Montmartre whores--and catches the eye of slumming socialite Zelia de Chaumont, who decides to "reform" him. A complication is his lovely young ward Odile... murder and a grand courtoom scene ensue.
Ten Days in Paris
Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days. However, this cannot be true because he insists that he crashed his plane and has no recollection of being anywhere for ten days. Bob decides to follow a note found in his jacket, to the woman who wrote it, "Miss D", and get to the bottom of the whole strange situation.
The Silent One
Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparently. But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clément Tibère, and another nationality, French. So what led him to become Russian and to change identity? And why are the British secret services interested in him?
The Snake Pit
Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions and unable to even recognize her husband, Robert, she is treated by Dr. Mark Kik, who is determined to get to the root of her mental illness. As her treatment progresses, flashbacks depict events in Virginia's life that may have contributed to her instability.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Dr. Janusz Korczak
as Dr. Lytell
as Rollins (uncredited)
as Chief of M.I.5
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
as Sir Hugo Chalmers
as The Judge
as Edmond Brighton
as Patrick Hastings, KC
as Dr. Norman
as Lord Wessex
as Dr. Bellman
as Dr. Lanyon
as Narrator (voice)
as Elliott
as Henry Wilcox
as General Mandrake
as Adm. Quency
as Narrator (voice)
as Gen. Jung-Lu
as Self
as Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
as Gavin Heath
as Dr. Morton Chaney
as Johnny Solo
as Michael Pemberton
as Clem Miniver
as Sgt. Kendall
as Maj. Picquart
as Maj. Gerrard
as Ralph Hoyt
as Starbuck
as Paul Bernard
as Sir Clifford Chatterley
as Paul Bernard
as Lionel Kendall
as Rodelec
as Stephen Barlow
as Major J. Snow
as Narrator
as Roger Halyard
as William Bradford
as Robert Sterling
as Maida Vale Doctor
as Archbishop of Rheims
as Petronius
as Joe Anderson (voice)
as Steve Brunswick
as Peter Howard
as William Parry
as Narrator (uncredited)
as Doctor Mark H. Van Kensdelaerik (Dr. "Kik")
as Michael Morrell
as Adam Brant
as Mr. Eden
as Narrator (uncredited)
as Bel Affris
as The Constable of France
as Narrator (voice)
as Captain Edwards
as Narrator (voice)
as Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited)
as Danton (uncredited)
as Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
as Another Agent
as Lanson
as First Brother Grimm
as Prince (uncredited)
as Dr. Gurdon
as Defending Counsel
as Prosecuting Counsel
as Man