Michael Redgrave

Career timeline

1. 1908 · Born

   Born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK

2. 1936 · Screen debut

   Secret Agent (Movie)

3. 1938 · Breakthrough

   The Lady Vanishes (Movie)

4. 1985 · Died

   March 21, 1985

5. 2003 · Latest release

   The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway (Movie)

Career in numbers

4 1930s

16 1940s

24 1950s

26 1960s

8 1970s

1 2000s

• Drama50
• War14
• Thriller11
• Comedy11
• Mystery9
• Documentary9

Highest-rated title The Browning Version 1951 7.6 Most popular title The Wednesday Play 1964 5.2

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Michael Redgrave in our catalogue.

Delbert Mann

4 titles together

Robert Krasker

3 titles together

John Mortimer

3 titles together

Peter Ustinov

3 titles together

Nigel Patrick

3 titles together

John Gorrie

3 titles together

Richard Attenborough

3 titles together

Bernard Miles

3 titles together

Herbert Wise

3 titles together

Waris Hussein

3 titles together

1. 2003 The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway Movie
2. 1975 Rime of the Ancient Mariner Movie
3. 1973 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Danvers Movie
4. 1971 A Christmas Carol as Narrator (voice) 7.2 Movie
5. 1971 Nicholas and Alexandra as Sazonov 7.0 Movie
6. 1971 The Go-Between as The Older Leo Colston 6.8 Movie
7. 1970 Hamlet as Polonius Movie
8. 1970 Goodbye Gemini as James Harrington-Smith Movie
9. 1970 Connecting Rooms as James Wallraven Movie
10. 1969 David Copperfield as Dan Peggotty Movie
11. 1969 Goodbye, Mr. Chips as The Headmaster 6.8 Movie
12. 1969 Battle of Britain as Air Vice Marshal Evill 6.8 Movie
13. 1969 Oh! What a Lovely War as Gen. Sir Henry Wilson 6.7 Movie
14. 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Polonius TV
15. 1969 Kyoto as Narrator (English Version) Movie
16. 1968 Heidi as Grandfather Movie
17. 1968 Assignment K as Harris Movie
18. 1967 Palaces of a Queen as Narrator Movie
19. 1967 The 25th Hour as L'avocat de Lohann 7.6 Movie
20. 1966 Alice in Wonderland as Caterpillar 6.0 Movie
21. 1966 The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon Canterville / The Ghost Movie
22. 1966 NET Playhouse as Uncle Vanya TV
23. 1966 ABC Stage 67 as Sir Simon Canterville / The Ghost TV
24. 1965 The Heroes of Telemark as Uncle 6.9 Movie
25. 1965 BBC Play of the Month as Prospero TV
26. 1965 The Sun... the Sand... the Hill as The Medical Officer (archive footage) Movie
27. 1965 The Hill as The Medical Officer 7.5 Movie
28. 1965 Young Cassidy as W.B. Yeats 6.4 Movie
29. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Monsieur Barnett TV
30. 1964 The Great War as Narrator TV
31. 1963 Uncle Vanya as Uncle Vanya Movie
32. 1962 Hedda Gabler as George Tesman Movie
33. 1962 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner as Ruxton Towers Reformatory Governor 7.2 Movie
34. 1961 The Innocents as The Uncle 7.5 Movie
35. 1961 No, My Darling Daughter as Sir Mathew Carr Movie
36. 1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare as Mr. Nyland 6.3 Movie
37. 1959 The Questioning City as Narrator Movie
38. 1959 Shake Hands with the Devil as The General 6.5 Movie
39. 1958 Behind the Mask as Sir Arthur Benson-Gray Movie
40. 1958 Law and Disorder as Percy Brand Movie
41. 1958 The Quiet American as Thomas Fowler 5.8 Movie
42. 1958 The Immortal Land Movie
43. 1957 The Happy Road as General Medworth Movie
44. 1957 Time Without Pity as David Graham 6.5 Movie
45. 1957 Ruggles of Red Gap as Ruggles Movie
46. 1957 Theatre Night as Philip Lester TV
47. 1956 1984 as O'Connor of the Inner Party 6.5 Movie
48. 1955 Oh... Rosalinda!! as Col. Eisenstein Movie
49. 1955 Mr. Arkadin as Burgomil Trebitsch 6.8 Movie
50. 1955 The Dam Busters as Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S. 6.9 Movie
51. 1955 The Night My Number Came Up as Air Marshal Hardie 6.9 Movie
52. 1954 The Green Scarf as Maitre Deliot Movie
53. 1954 The Sea Shall Not Have Them as Air Commodore Waltby Movie
54. 1952 Omnibus TV
55. 1952 The Importance of Being Earnest as Ernest Worthing 7.2 Movie
56. 1952 The Magic Box as Mr. Lege 6.5 Movie
57. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Polonius TV
58. 1951 The Browning Version as Andrew Crocker-Harris 7.6 Movie
59. 1950 Your Show of Shows TV
60. 1947 Secret Beyond the Door as Mark Lamphere 6.5 Movie
61. 1947 Mourning Becomes Electra as Orin Mannon 6.2 Movie
62. 1947 Fame Is the Spur as Hamer Radshaw Movie
63. 1947 The Man Within as Richard Carlyon Movie
64. 1946 The Years Between as Michael Wentworth Movie
65. 1946 The Captive Heart as Capt. Karel Hasek 6.4 Movie
66. 1945 A Diary for Timothy as Narrator (voice) 6.8 Movie
67. 1945 Dead of Night as Maxwell Frere (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") 7.2 Movie
68. 1945 The Way to the Stars as Flight Lt. David Archdale 6.0 Movie
69. 1942 Thunder Rock as David Charleston 6.2 Movie
70. 1942 The Big Blockade as Russian Movie
71. 1941 Jeannie as Stanley Smith Movie
72. 1941 Atlantic Ferry as Charles MacIver Movie
73. 1941 Kipps as Kipps (adult) Movie
74. 1940 A Window in London as Peter Thompson Movie
75. 1940 The Stars Look Down as Davey Fenwick 6.5 Movie
76. 1939 Stolen Life as Alan MacKenzie Movie
77. 1938 Climbing High as Nicky Brooke Movie
78. 1938 The Lady Vanishes as Gilbert Redman 7.4 Movie
79. 1936 Secret Agent as Army Officer (uncredited) 6.1 Movie

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