Rex Harrison
Acting
Biography
Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor.
Born: March 5, 1908
Place of Birth: Huyton, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For
Julie Andrews Forever
Julie Andrews starred in Hollywood productions that have become iconic movies, winning an Oscar for her performance as Mary Poppins, a symbol of the magic of musicals from the 1960s. And yet, behind the squeaky-clean image hides a much more tortuous career, with its moments of glory and tough times, all of which explain the longevity of a story that is still being written.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
In 1900, young widow Lucy Muir learns that her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.
My Fair Lady
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
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.
Storm in a Teacup
A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.
Night Train to Munich
Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.
Unfaithfully Yours
Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his young wife, Daphne, during his absence. August has hired a private detective to keep tabs on her. But when the private eye's report suggests Daphne might have been canoodling with his secretary, Sir Alfred begins to imagine how he might take his revenge.
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.
St. Martin's Lane
On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic monologues, sees that a young pickpocket, Libby, also has a talent for dancing and adds her to his act. Harley, the theater patron who never knew Libby took his gold cigarette case, is impressed by Libby's dancing and invites her to bring Charles and the other buskers in his group to an after-the-play party. Libby comes alone. A theatrical career is launched.
The Agony and the Ecstasy
During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes his mind and asks the sculptor to paint a mural in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo doubts his painting skills and abandons the project. Divine inspiration returns Michelangelo to the mural, but his artistic vision clashes with the pope's demanding personality and threatens the success of the historic painting.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self / Professor Henry Higgins (archive footage)
as Grand Duke Cyril Romanov
as Van Osten
as Colbert
as Brian Walker
as Sir John Locksley
as The Duke of Norfolk
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Don Quixote
as Self
as Captain Shotover
as Charles Dyer
as Victor Chandebisse / Poche
as A man in the street (uncredited)
as Dr. John Dolittle
as Cecil Fox
as Mikhail Platonov
as Don Quixote
as Papa Giulio II
as The Marquess of Frinton (archive footage)
as The Marquess of Frinton
as Professor Henry Higgins
as Julius Caesar
as Jimmy Bourne
as Anthony Preston
as Self
as Jimmy Broadbent
as Mr. Sir
as Self - Host
as Self - Recipient
as William Egerton
as Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin
as Self
as Self
as John Edwards
as Arthur Groome
as Self
as Sir Alfred de Carter
as Self
as Matt Denant
as Stephen Fox
as Capt. Daniel Gregg
as King Mongkut
as Vivian Kenway
as Guest (uncredited)
as Major David Bruce
as Charles Condomine
as Adolphus Cusins
as Gus Bennett
as Bob Stevens
as Dr. Freddie Jarvis
as Jacques Sauvin
as Dr. Frederick Lawford
as Harley Prentiss
as Leonard Drummond
as Frank Burdon
as Tommy Stapleton
as Aubrey Bellingham
as Man (uncredited)
as George