Harry Andrews
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| Born | Harry Fleetwood Andrews 10 November 1911 Tonbridge, Kent, England, UK |
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| Died | 6 March 1989 (aged 77) Salehurst, Sussex, England, UK |
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| Occupation | Actor, Singer | ||||||
| Years active | 1939 - 1988 | ||||||
| Domestic partner(s) | Basil Hoskins | ||||||
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Major Harry Fleetwood Andrews, CBE (born 10 November 1911 - 6 March 1989), was an English actor and singer best known for his role as Bramante in the 1965 American film The Agony and the Ecstasy and as R.S.M. Bert Wilson in the 1965 British film The Hill.
Andrews was born in Tonbridge, Kent, and educated at Wrekin College, Shropshire. He had a stage career as a Shakespearean actor, interrupted by the Second World War in which he served in the Royal Artillery, reaching the rank of Acting Major. He then became one of England's most prolific character actors in films of the 1950s and 1960s, often playing army officers, sergeant majors and other authority figures.
His long term partner was Basil Hoskins.[1]
He died in 1989 in Salehurst, Sussex, aged 77.
[edit] Selected films
- The Red Beret (1953) - Sergeant Major
- The Black Knight (1954) - Earl Of Yeonil
- The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) - Williams
- A Hill in Korea (1956) - Sergeant Payne
- Helen of Troy (1956) - Hector
- Alexander the Great (1956) - Darius
- Moby Dick (1956) - Stubb
- Saint Joan (1957) - John de Stogumber
- I Accuse! (1958) - Major Henry
- Ice-Cold in Alex (1958) - Sergeant Major Tom Pugh
- A Touch of Larceny (1959) - Captain Graham
- The Devil's Disciple (1959) - Major Swindon
- Solomon and Sheba (1959) - Baltor
- The Best of Enemies (1962) - Captain Rootes
- Lisa (1962) - Ayoob
- Barabbas (1962) - Peter
- Nine Hours to Rama (1963) - General Singh
- 55 Days at Peking (1963) - Father de Bearn
- 633 Squadron (1964) - Air Vice-Marshal Davis
- Nothing But the Best (1964) - Mr. Horton
- The System (1964) - Larsey
- The Hill (1965) - Regimental Sergeant Major Bert Wilson
- Sands of the Kalahari (1965) - Grimmelman
- Modesty Blaise (1966) - Sir Gerald Tarrant
- The Deadly Affair (1966) - Inspector Mendel
- The Night of the Generals (1967) - uncredited) - Gen. Stulpnagel
- The Jokers (1967) - Inspector Marryatt
- The Long Duel (1967) - Stafford
- I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname (1967) - Gerald Sater
- Play Dirty (1968) - Brigadier Blore
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) - Lord Lucan
- The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) - Jacob Schpitendavel
- The Sea Gull (1968) - Sorin
- Battle of Britain (1969) - Senior civil servant
- Wuthering Heights (1970) - Mr. Earnshaw
- Country Dance (1970) - Brigadier Crieff
- Too Late the Hero (1970) - Colonel Thompson
- Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970) - Ed
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) - Grand Duke Nicholas
- The Nightcomers (1972) - Master of the House
- The Ruling Class (1972) - 13th Earl of Gurney
- Man of La Mancha (1972) - The 'Governor'/The Innkeeper
- Theatre of Blood (1973) - Trevor Dickman
- The MacKintosh Man (1973) - Mackintosh
- Equus (1977) - Harry Dalton
- The Prince and the Pauper (1978) - Hertford
- The Big Sleep (1978) - Norris
- Death on the Nile (1978) - Barnstable
- The Medusa Touch (1978) - Assistant Commissioner
- Superman (1978) - 2nd Elder
- Watership Down (1978) - General Woundwort
- S.O.S. Titanic (1979, TV) - Captain Edward John Smith
- Seven Dials Mystery (1982) - Superintendent Battle
[edit] References
- ^ “Basil Hoskins”, The Telegraph, November 2, 2005, <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/11/db1103.xml>. Retrieved on 2007-12-18
