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George Sanders

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedJul 3, 1906 (Died at 66)
Zodiac Sign♋Cancer
Place of BirthSaint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Career Span1934 – 1972
Known Credits140 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 2.3

George Sanders

Total Works

140

125 movies • 15 shows

Avg Rating

6.4 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

Biography

George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British film and television actor, singer-songwriter, music composer, and author. His career as an actor spanned over forty years. His heavy upper-class English accent and smooth bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is perhaps best known as Jack Favell in Rebecca (1940), Scott ffolliott in Foreign Correspondent (1940, a rare heroic part), The Saran of Gaza in Samson and Delilah (1949), the most popular film of the year, Addison DeWitt in All About Eve (1950, for which he won an Oscar), Sir Brian De Bois-Guilbert in Ivanhoe (1952), King Richard the Lionheart in King Richard and the Crusaders (1954), Mr. Freeze in a two-parter episode of Batman (1966), the voice of the malevolent man-hating tiger Shere Khan in Disney's The Jungle Book (1967), the suave crimefighter The Falcon during the 1940s (a role eventually bequeathed to his elder brother, Tom Conway), and Simon Templar, The Saint, in five films made in the 1930s and 1940s.

Signature Roles & Milestones

The Jungle Book
7.3
The Jungle Book
1967•movie
as Shere Khan the Tiger (voice)
Rebecca
7.9
Rebecca
1940•movie
as Jack Favell
All About Eve
8.1
All About Eve
1950•movie
as Addison DeWitt
A Shot in the Dark
7.2
A Shot in the Dark
1964•movie
as Benjamin Ballon

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 140 titles featuring George Sanders

The Jungle Book
7.3
The Jungle Book
1967•movie

as Shere Khan the Tiger (voice)

Rebecca
7.9
Rebecca
1940•movie

as Jack Favell

All About Eve
8.1
All About Eve
1950•movie

as Addison DeWitt

A Shot in the Dark
7.2
A Shot in the Dark
1964•movie

as Benjamin Ballon

Batman
7.3
2 eps
Batman
1966•series

as Mister Freeze

Village of the Damned
7.2

as Gordon Zellaby

Foreign Correspondent
7.0

as Scott ffolliott

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
7.5

as Miles Fairley

Journey to Italy
7.2
Journey to Italy
1954•movie

as Alex Joyce

Mission: Impossible
7.6
1 eps
Mission: Impossible
1966•series

as Armand Anderssarian

The Picture of Dorian Gray
7.1

as Lord Henry Wotton

Samson and Delilah
6.6
Samson and Delilah
1949•movie

as The Saran of Gaza

Things to Come
6.4
Things to Come
1936•movie

as Celestial Body (uncredited)

Ivanhoe
6.8
Ivanhoe
1952•movie

as Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert

While the City Sleeps
6.9

as Mark Loving

Moonfleet
6.5
Moonfleet
1955•movie

as Lord James Ashwood

Man Hunt
6.9
Man Hunt
1941•movie

as Major Quive-Smith

Solomon and Sheba
6.5
Solomon and Sheba
1959•movie

as Adonijah

The Lodger
6.5
The Lodger
1944•movie

as Inspector John Warwick

The Black Swan
6.5
The Black Swan
1942•movie

as Captain Billy Leech

Lured
6.3
Lured
1947•movie

as Robert Fleming

The Quiller Memorandum
5.9

as Gibbs

In Search of the Castaways
6.5

as Thomas Ayerton

Psychomania
5.5
Psychomania
1973•movie

as Shadwell

Hangover Square
7.0
Hangover Square
1945•movie

as Dr. Allan Middleton

Witness to Murder
6.3
Witness to Murder
1954•movie

as Albert Richter

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7.2
2 eps

as G. Emory Partridge

This Land Is Mine
7.1
This Land Is Mine
1943•movie

as George Lambert

Endless Night
6.1
Endless Night
1972•movie

as Andrew Lippincott

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
6.2

as Harry Melville Quincey

The Kremlin Letter
5.9
The Kremlin Letter
1970•movie

as Warlock

The Last Voyage
6.2
The Last Voyage
1960•movie

as Capitaine Robert Adams

The Strange Woman
6.2
The Strange Woman
1946•movie

as John Evered

The Girl from Rio
4.8
The Girl from Rio
1969•movie

as Sir Masius

Tales of Manhattan
6.5
Tales of Manhattan
1942•movie

as Williams

From the Earth to the Moon
5.3

as Stuyvesant Nicholl

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
6.1

as Franz Schlager

Daniel Boone
7.0
1 eps
Daniel Boone
1964•series

as Col. Roger Barr

Allegheny Uprising
5.9
Allegheny Uprising
1939•movie

as Captain Swanson

Forever Amber
6.1
Forever Amber
1947•movie

as King Charles II

A Scandal in Paris
6.4
A Scandal in Paris
1946•movie

as Eugéne François Vidocq

The House of the Seven Gables
7.0

as Jaffrey Pyncheon

The Falcon Takes Over
6.3

as Gay Lawrence

The Man Who Could Work Miracles
6.0

as Indifference - a God

Mr. Moto's Last Warning
5.7

as Eric Norvel

What's My Line?
7.0
2 eps
What's My Line?
1950•series

as Self

The Rebel
7.8
The Rebel
1961•movie

as Sir Charles Broward

Warning Shot
6.4
Warning Shot
1967•movie

as Calvin York

Sundown
5.5
Sundown
1941•movie

as Major A.L. Coombes

Doomwatch
6.1
Doomwatch
1972•movie

as The Admiral

Death of a Scoundrel
6.0

as Clementi Sabourin

The Gay Falcon
6.3
The Gay Falcon
1941•movie

as Gay Laurence / The Falcon

Call Me Madam
6.2
Call Me Madam
1953•movie

as Cosmo Constantine

Lloyd's of London
7.3
Lloyd's of London
1936•movie

as Everett Stacy

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
6.2

as Georges Duroy

Rage in Heaven
6.4
Rage in Heaven
1941•movie

as Ward Andrews

Never Say Goodbye
6.2
Never Say Goodbye
1956•movie

as Victor

The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
1 eps

as Self

The Fan
6.0
The Fan
1949•movie

as Lord Robert Darlington

The Saint Strikes Back
5.8

as Simon Templar

The Body Stealers
4.8
The Body Stealers
1969•movie

as Gen. Armstrong

Good Times
5.0
Good Times
1967•movie

as Mordicus

The Saint in London
5.8

as Simon Templar

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
7.2

as Sir Arthur Blake

The Moon and Sixpence
6.3

as Charles Strickland

Assignment: Paris
5.9
Assignment: Paris
1952•movie

as Nicholas Strang

A Date with the Falcon
6.5

as Gay Lawrence / The Falcon

The Falcon's Brother
6.4

as Gaylord "Gay" Lawrence

A Touch of Larceny
6.0
A Touch of Larceny
1960•movie

as Sir Charles Holland

The Saint's Double Trouble
6.0

as Simon Templar

The Whole Truth
5.8
The Whole Truth
1958•movie

as Carliss

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
5.7
King Richard and the Crusaders
6.4

as King Richard I

The Saint Takes Over
6.7

as Simon Templar

Green Hell
4.6
Green Hell
1940•movie

as Forrester

That Kind of Woman
6.2
That Kind of Woman
1959•movie

as A.L.

The Son of Monte Cristo
6.2

as Gurko Lanen

Summer Storm
5.6
Summer Storm
1944•movie

as Fedja Michailovitch Petroff

Four Men and a Prayer
6.5

as Wyatt Leigh

The Unholy Four
5.5
The Unholy Four
1954•movie

Role: Novel

Quiet Please, Murder
7.0

as Jim Fleg

The Saint In Palm Springs
6.1

as Simon Templar

Action in Arabia
6.0
Action in Arabia
1944•movie

as Michael Gordon

The King's Thief
6.2
The King's Thief
1955•movie

as King Charles II

Cone of Silence
6.8
Cone of Silence
1960•movie

as Sir Arnold Hobbes

Nurse Edith Cavell
6.6
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939•movie

as Capt. Heinrichs

Love Is News
6.3
Love Is News
1937•movie

as Count Andre de Guyon

I Can Get It for You Wholesale
6.0

as J F Noble

Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
6.4

as Henri Landru

The Seventh Sin
5.4
The Seventh Sin
1957•movie

as Tim Waddington

The Scarlet Coat
6.6
The Scarlet Coat
1955•movie

as Dr. Jonathan Odell

The Light Touch
6.3
The Light Touch
1951•movie

as Felix Guignol

The 20th Century Fox Hour
6.0
1 eps

as Waldo Lydecker

Lancer Spy
6.0
Lancer Spy
1937•movie

as Baron Kurt von Rohback / Lt. Michael Bruce

Cairo
5.1
Cairo
1963•movie

as The Major

The Best House in London
4.0

as Sir Francis Leybourne

Ecco
4.7
Ecco
1963•movie

as Narrator

Bitter Sweet
6.0
Bitter Sweet
1940•movie

as Baron Von Tranisch

Jupiter's Darling
4.8
Jupiter's Darling
1955•movie

as Fabius Maximus

Slave Ship
5.1
Slave Ship
1937•movie

as Lefty

Checkmate
4.8
1 eps
Checkmate
1960•series

as Richard Gilmore

Her Cardboard Lover
4.9

as Tony Barling

International Settlement
6.0

as Del Forbes

Rendezvous
6.6
Rendezvous
1961•movie

as Kellermann

The Rogues
8.0
1 eps
The Rogues
1964•series

as Leonard Carvel

Ingrid Bergman Remembered
6.7

as Self (archive footage)

Appointment in Berlin
7.1

as Keith Wilson

That Certain Feeling
5.6

as Larry Larkin

The Cracksman
6.6
The Cracksman
1963•movie

as Guv'nor

They Came to Blow Up America
6.8

as Carl Steelman / Ernst Reiter

The Candy Man
5.0
The Candy Man
1969•movie

as Sidney Carter

General Electric Theater
6.8
1 eps

as Dr. Grissom

Paris After Dark
6.1
Paris After Dark
1943•movie

as Dr. Andre Marbel

Black Jack
6.0
Black Jack
1950•movie

as Mike Alexander

Death In Hollywood
6.8
Death In Hollywood
1990•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
1 eps

as John York

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
6.4
1 eps

as Self

The Bob Hope Show
7.0
2 eps
The Bob Hope Show
1950•series

as Self

Screen Director's Playhouse
7.0
1 eps

as Charles Ferris

Dark Purpose
6.2
Dark Purpose
1964•movie

as Raymond Fontaine

Love, Life and Laughter
7.0

as Singer in Public Bar (uncredited)

The Golden Head
6.0
The Golden Head
1964•movie

as Basil Palmer

Five Golden Hours
7.3
Five Golden Hours
1961•movie

as Mr. Bing

Laura
5.7
Laura
1968•movie

as Waldo Lydecker

Trunk to Cairo
6.3
Trunk to Cairo
1966•movie

as Professor Schlieben

The Outsider
6.0
The Outsider
1939•movie

as Anton Ragatzy

Laura
9.7
Laura
1955•movie

as Waldo Lydecker

One Step to Hell
7.5
One Step to Hell
1968•movie

as Captain Walter Phillips

F.B.I. Operation Baalbeck
6.0

as Principe Makowski

Dishonour Bright
6.5
Dishonour Bright
1936•movie

as Lisle

Studio 57
7.5
1 eps
Studio 57
1954•series

as Dr. Grissom

The Night of the Assassin
7.0

as General Downes

The Lady Escapes
7.0
The Lady Escapes
1937•movie

as Rene Blanchard

So This Is London
9.0
So This Is London
1939•movie

as Dr. de Reseke

Operation Snatch
7.0
Operation Snatch
1962•movie

as Maj. Hobson

World by Night
7.0
World by Night
1960•movie
Footsteps on the Ceiling

as Addison DeWitt (archive footage)

Disney's Greatest Villains

as Shere Khan (voice) (archive footage)