Anthony Dawson

Known for: Acting

Born: 1916-10-18 – 1992-01-08 (aged 75)

From: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Anthony Douglas Gillon Dawson (18 October 1916 – 8 January 1992) was a Scottish actor, best known for his supporting roles as villains in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954) and Midnight Lace (1960), as well as playing Professor Dent in the James Bond film Dr. No (1962). He also appeared as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965).

Filmography (69)

MOVIE★ 8.0
Selling Hitler
1993
as Marquis of Bath
MOVIE
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
1989
as Self (Archive Footage)
MOVIE★ 4.8
Run for Your Life
1988
as Colonnello Moorcroft
MOVIE★ 5.5
Ghoulies II
1987
as Priest
MOVIE★ 7.0
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 3.9
Where Is Parsifal?
1984
as Ripple
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Jigsaw Man
1983
as Vicar
MOVIE★ 6.7
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Prof. R. J. Dent (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 3.9
Inchon
1981
as General Collins
MOVIE★ 6.7
Closed Circuit
1978
as Samuel Pratt (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
as Noirtier De Villefort
MOVIE★ 6.3
Massacre in Rome
1973
as SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Harster
TV★ 7.0
Cool Million
1972
as Prefect
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Valachi Papers
1972
as Federal Investigator
MOVIE★ 6.8
Red Sun
1971
as Hyatt
MOVIE★ 6.2
Deadlock
1970
as Anthony Sunshine, the Old Killer
MOVIE★ 6.7
Operation Snafu
1970
as Italian General
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Battle of Neretva
1969
as General Morelli
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof
1968
as Samuel Pratt
MOVIE★ 8.0
Hell Is Empty
1967
as Paul Grant
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Rover
1967
as Captain Vincent
MOVIE★ 5.6
Dirty Heroes
1967
as American Colonel
MOVIE★ 7.0
Death Rides a Horse
1967
as Burt Cavanaugh
MOVIE★ 4.7
Operation Kid Brother
1967
as Alpha
MOVIE★ 10.0
Your Turn to Die
1967
as Dr. Evans
MOVIE★ 6.1
Triple Cross
1966
as Major Stillman
MOVIE★ 6.7
Thunderball
1965
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
MOVIE
Change Partners
1965
as Ben Arkwright
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
as Officer of Dragoons
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Mickey (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.1
From Russia with Love
1963
as Ernst Stavros Blofeld
TV★ 10.0
Espionage
1963
as Colonel Nathan
MOVIE★ 5.5
Seven Seas to Calais
1962
as Lord Burleigh
MOVIE★ 7.0
Dr. No
1962
as Professor R. J. Dent
TV★ 7.4
The Saint
1962
as Floyd Vosper
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
as The Marques Siniestro
MOVIE★ 6.2
Offbeat
1961
as James Dawson
MOVIE★ 6.6
Midnight Lace
1960
as Roy Ash
TV★ 7.4
Danger Man
1960
as Security Officer
TV★ 7.5
International Detective
1959
as Gilles Porret
MOVIE★ 6.8
Libel
1959
as Gerald Loddon
TV★ 7.3
Interpol Calling
1959
as Clouston
MOVIE★ 7.2
Tiger Bay
1959
as Barclay
TV★ 5.7
Naked City
1958
as Mike Grundy
MOVIE★ 6.0
Grip of the Strangler
1958
as Supt. Burk
TV★ 6.4
Ivanhoe
1958
as Sir Maurice
MOVIE★ 4.8
Action of the Tiger
1957
as Security Officer
MOVIE★ 6.4
Hour of Decision
1957
as Gary Bax
TV★ 6.4
The Buccaneers
1956
as Captain Flask
TV★ 7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Count Victor Mattoni
TV★ 6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Lucas
MOVIE★ 6.6
That Lady
1955
as Don Inigo
MOVIE★ 8.0
Dial M for Murder
1954
as Charles Swann
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Lord Chamberlain
MOVIE★ 6.2
Valley of the Eagles
1951
as Sven Nystrom
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Long Dark Hall
1951
as The Man
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Wooden Horse
1950
as Pomfret
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Woman in Question
1950
as Inspector Wilson
MOVIE★ 6.4
They Were Not Divided
1950
as Michael
TV★ 6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
TV★ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Archduke Johann Salvator
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Queen of Spades
1949
as Fyodor
TV★ 5.4
Studio One
1948
as Colonel Peter Redlands
TV★ 6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
MOVIE★ 7.2
School for Secrets
1946
as Flt. Lt. Norton
MOVIE★ 6.7
Beware of Pity
1946
as Lt. Blannik
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Way to the Stars
1945
as Bertie Steen
MOVIE★ 6.4
They Met in the Dark
1943
as 2nd Code Expert
MOVIE★ 5.6
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940
as Student