Robert Morley

Career timeline

1. 1908 · Born

   Born in Semley, England, UK

2. 1938 · Screen debut

   Marie Antoinette (Movie)

3. 1952 · Breakthrough

   The African Queen (Movie)

4. 1989 · Latest release

   Istanbul (Movie)

5. 1992 · Died

   June 3, 1992

Career in numbers

1 1930s

5 1940s

17 1950s

30 1960s

12 1970s

16 1980s

• Comedy40
• Drama36
• Crime18
• Adventure15
• Romance10
• Thriller9

Highest-rated title Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955 7.8 Most popular title Tales of the Unexpected 1979 6.8

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Robert Morley in our catalogue.

Ralph Thomas

3 titles together

Sam Wanamaker

2 titles together

Tony Richardson

2 titles together

Anthony Sharp

2 titles together

Norman Lloyd

2 titles together

Peter Lorre

2 titles together

Gordon Jackson

2 titles together

Eric Pohlmann

2 titles together

Anthony Quayle

2 titles together

Patrick Wymark

2 titles together

1. 1989 Istanbul as Atkins Movie
2. 1989 Around the World in 80 Days as Wentworth 6.8 TV
3. 1988 The Lady and the Highwayman as Lord Chancellor Movie
4. 1988 War and Remembrance as Alistair Tudsbury 7.8 TV
5. 1987 Little Dorrit as Lord Decimus Barnacle Movie
6. 1987 The Trouble with Spies as Angus 4.7 Movie
7. 1987 Crossbow TV
8. 1986 The Wind as Elias Appleby 5.1 Movie
9. 1985 Alice in Wonderland as King of Hearts 6.7 TV
10. 1984 Second Time Lucky as God Movie
11. 1983 The Old Men at the Zoo as Lord Godmanchester TV
12. 1983 High Road to China as Bentik 6.0 Movie
13. 1981 The Great Muppet Caper as British Gentleman by Pond 6.9 Movie
14. 1981 Loophole as Godfrey 6.2 Movie
15. 1980 Lady Killers as Self – Presenter TV
16. 1980 Oh! Heavenly Dog as Bernie 5.6 Movie
17. 1979 Scavenger Hunt as Bernstein 5.6 Movie
18. 1979 The Human Factor as Doctor Percival 5.8 Movie
19. 1979 Tales of the Unexpected as Henry Knox 6.8 TV
20. 1978 Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? as Maximilian Van Devere 6.2 Movie
21. 1976 The Blue Bird as Father Time 5.5 Movie
22. 1974 Great Expectations as Uncle Pumblechook Movie
23. 1973 Theatre of Blood as Meredith Merridew 6.8 Movie
24. 1971 When Eight Bells Toll as Uncle Arthur 5.7 Movie
25. 1970 Song of Norway as Berg Movie
26. 1970 Cromwell as The Earl of Manchester 6.6 Movie
27. 1970 Doctor in Trouble as Captain George Spratt Movie
28. 1970 Twinky as Judge Roxborough 4.6 Movie
29. 1969 Sinful Davey as Duke of Argyll Movie
30. 1969 Some Girls Do as Miss Mary 5.8 Movie
31. 1968 Hot Millions as Caesar Smith 6.6 Movie
32. 1967 Woman Times Seven as Dr. Xavier 6.3 Movie
33. 1967 One Pair of Eyes TV
34. 1966 The Trygon Factor as Hubert Hamlyn 6.5 Movie
35. 1966 Tender Scoundrel as Lord Swift 5.1 Movie
36. 1966 Way... Way Out as Harold Quonset Movie
37. 1966 Hotel Paradiso as Henri Cotte Movie
38. 1965 The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics as Narrator (voice) 7.3 Movie
39. 1965 The Alphabet Murders as Captain Hastings 5.7 Movie
40. 1965 Life at the Top as Tiffield Movie
41. 1965 Call My Bluff TV
42. 1965 The Loved One as Sir Ambrose Abercombie 6.2 Movie
43. 1965 A Study in Terror as Mycroft Holmes 6.2 Movie
44. 1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes as Lord Rawnsley 6.8 Movie
45. 1965 Genghis Khan as Emperor of China 5.7 Movie
46. 1964 Of Human Bondage as Dr Jacobs Movie
47. 1964 Topkapi as Cedric Page 6.5 Movie
48. 1964 Hot Enough for June as Col. Cunliffe 5.7 Movie
49. 1963 Take Her, She's Mine as Mr. Pope-Jones Movie
50. 1963 Ladies Who Do as The Colonel Movie
51. 1963 The Old Dark House as Roderick Femm 5.9 Movie
52. 1963 Murder at the Gallop as Hector Enderby 7.1 Movie
53. 1963 Nine Hours to Rama as P.K. Mussardi Movie
54. 1962 Go to Blazes as Arson Eddie Movie
55. 1962 The Road to Hong Kong as Leader of the 3rd Echelon 5.8 Movie
56. 1961 The Young Ones as Hamilton Black Movie
57. 1961 Joseph and His Brethren as Potiphar Movie
58. 1960 The Battle of the Sexes as Robert Macpherson 6.6 Movie
59. 1959 Libel as Sir Wilfred 6.8 Movie
60. 1959 The Journey as Hugh Deverill 6.3 Movie
61. 1959 The Doctor's Dilemma as Sir Ralph Bloomfield-Bonington Movie
62. 1958 The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw as Uncle Lucius 6.6 Movie
63. 1958 Law and Disorder as Judge Sir Edward Crichton Movie
64. 1957 DuPont Show of the Month as Mr. Jordan TV
65. 1957 Theatre Night as Sebastian Le Boeuf TV
66. 1956 Around the World in 80 Days as Ralph 6.7 Movie
67. 1956 Armchair Theatre as Mr. Micawber TV
68. 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mr. Laffler 7.8 TV
69. 1955 Quentin Durward as King Louis XI Movie
70. 1954 Beau Brummell as King George III 6.5 Movie
71. 1954 The Good Die Young as Sir Francis Ravenscourt 6.3 Movie
72. 1953 Beat the Devil as Peterson 6.1 Movie
73. 1952 Curtain Up as W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker Movie
74. 1952 The African Queen as The Brother 7.3 Movie
75. 1951 Outcast of the Islands as Elmer Almayer 5.8 Movie
76. 1949 The Small Back Room as The Minister 6.8 Movie
77. 1947 The Ghosts of Berkeley Square as Colonel "Bulldog" Kelsoe Movie
78. 1945 I Live in Grosvenor Square as Duke of Exmoor Movie
79. 1942 The Young Mr. Pitt as Charles James Fox Movie
80. 1941 Major Barbara as Andrew Undershaft 6.8 Movie
81. 1938 Marie Antoinette as King Louis XVI 6.6 Movie

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