George Sanders

George Sanders

Acting

Birthday

1906/07/03

Day of death

1972/04/25 (65 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Also know as

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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...Read more

Acting
Rebecca
7.9

(1940) Rebecca

as Jack Favell

A Shot in the Dark
7.2

(1964) A Shot in the Dark

as Benjamin Ballon

All About Eve
8.1

(1950) All About Eve

as Addison DeWitt

Things to Come
6.4

(1936) Things to Come

as Celestial Body (uncredited)

Viaggio in Italia
7.3

(1954) Journey to Italy

as Alexander 'Alex' Joyce

Ingrid Bergman Remembered
6.7

(1996) Ingrid Bergman Remembered

as Self (archive footage)

Lured
6.3

(1947) Lured

as Robert Fleming

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
7.5

(1947) The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

as Miles Fairley

Man Hunt
7.0

(1941) Man Hunt

as Major Quive-Smith

Village of the Damned
7.2

(1960) Village of the Damned

as Gordon Zellaby

Rage in Heaven
6.2

(1941) Rage in Heaven

as Ward Andrews

Foreign Correspondent
7.0

(1940) Foreign Correspondent

as Scott ffolliott

The Jungle Book
7.3

(1967) The Jungle Book

as Shere Khan the Tiger (voice)

Ivanhoe
6.8

(1952) Ivanhoe

as De Bois-Guilbert

The Strange Woman
6.3

(1946) The Strange Woman

as John Evered

Tales of Manhattan
6.3

(1942) Tales of Manhattan

as Williams

In Search of the Castaways
6.4

(1962) In Search of the Castaways

as Thomas Ayerton

Endless Night
6.2

(1972) Endless Night

as Andrew Lippincott

The House of the Seven Gables
6.9

(1940) The House of the Seven Gables

as Jaffrey Pyncheon

The Lodger
6.3

(1944) The Lodger

as Inspector John Warwick

Hangover Square
6.8

(1945) Hangover Square

as Dr. Allan Middleton

Quiet Please, Murder
6.8

(1943) Quiet Please, Murder

as Jim Fleg

The Black Swan
6.4

(1942) The Black Swan

as Captain Billy Leech

Moonfleet
6.4

(1955) Moonfleet

as Lord James Ashwood

Samson and Delilah
6.5

(1949) Samson and Delilah

as The Saran of Gaza

Solomon and Sheba
6.4

(1959) Solomon and Sheba

as Adonijah

While the City Sleeps
6.9

(1956) While the City Sleeps

as Mark Loving

Die sieben Männer der Sumuru
4.6

(1969) The Girl from Rio

as Sir Masius

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
6.3

(1945) The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

as Harry Melville Quincey

Witness to Murder
6.2

(1954) Witness to Murder

as Albert Richter

A Date with the Falcon
6.5

(1942) A Date with the Falcon

as Gay Lawrence / The Falcon

Allegheny Uprising
5.6

(1939) Allegheny Uprising

as Captain Swanson

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
7.2

(1942) Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

as Sir Arthur Blake

The Last Voyage
6.2

(1960) The Last Voyage

as Capitaine Robert Adams

Death of a Scoundrel
6.0

(1956) Death of a Scoundrel

as Clementi Sabourin

The Falcon's Brother
6.4

(1942) The Falcon's Brother

as Gaylord "Gay" Lawrence

The Gay Falcon
6.2

(1941) The Gay Falcon

as Gay Laurence / The Falcon

The Falcon Takes Over
6.0

(1942) The Falcon Takes Over

as Gay Lawrence

From the Earth to the Moon
5.2

(1958) From the Earth to the Moon

as Stuyvesant Nicholl

This Land Is Mine
7.1

(1943) This Land Is Mine

as George Lambert

The Saint's Double Trouble
5.6

(1940) The Saint's Double Trouble

as Simon Templar

The Kremlin Letter
6.1

(1970) The Kremlin Letter

as Warlock

The Picture of Dorian Gray
7.1

(1945) The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Lord Henry Wotton

Call Me Madam
6.3

(1953) Call Me Madam

as Cosmo Constantine

The Quiller Memorandum
5.7

(1966) The Quiller Memorandum

as Gibbs

The Saint Strikes Back
5.6

(1939) The Saint Strikes Back

as Simon Templar

Psychomania
5.6

(1973) Psychomania

as Shadwell

Appointment in Berlin
6.4

(1943) Appointment in Berlin

as Keith Wilson

Mr. Moto's Last Warning
5.8

(1939) Mr. Moto's Last Warning

as Eric Norvel

The Son of Monte Cristo
6.2

(1940) The Son of Monte Cristo

as Gurko Lanen

King Richard and the Crusaders
6.3

(1954) King Richard and the Crusaders

as King Richard I

Summer Storm
5.1

(1944) Summer Storm

as Fedja Michailovitch Petroff

Lloyd's of London
7.2

(1936) Lloyd's of London

as Everett Stacy

Five Golden Hours
6.0

(1961) Five Golden Hours

as Mr. Bing

The Saint Takes Over
6.3

(1940) The Saint Takes Over

as Simon Templar

I Can Get It for You Wholesale
5.8

(1951) I Can Get It for You Wholesale

as J F Noble

The Moon and Sixpence
6.3

(1942) The Moon and Sixpence

as Charles Strickland

The Saint In Palm Springs
5.7

(1941) The Saint In Palm Springs

as Simon Templar

The Saint in London
5.5

(1939) The Saint in London

as Simon Templar

Sundown
5.4

(1941) Sundown

as Major A.L. Coombes

Assignment: Paris
5.5

(1952) Assignment: Paris

as Nicholas Strang

A Touch of Larceny
5.8

(1960) A Touch of Larceny

as Sir Charles Holland

Action in Arabia
5.9

(1944) Action in Arabia

as Michael Gordon

Warning Shot
6.5

(1967) Warning Shot

as Calvin York

The King's Thief
6.2

(1955) The King's Thief

as King Charles II

Her Cardboard Lover
5.1

(1942) Her Cardboard Lover

as Tony Barling

The Rebel
7.8

(1961) The Rebel

as Sir Charles Broward

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
5.8

(1965) The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

as The Banker

Bitter Sweet
5.8

(1940) Bitter Sweet

as Baron Von Tranisch

Forever Amber
6.1

(1947) Forever Amber

as King Charles II

L'intrigo
5.3

(1964) Dark Purpose

as Raymond Fontaine

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
6.1

(1939) Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as Franz Schlager

Appuntamento col disonore
0.0

(1970) The Night of the Assassin

as General Downes

Lancer Spy
6.0

(1937) Lancer Spy

as Baron Kurt von Rohback / Lt. Michael Bruce

The Body Stealers
4.9

(1969) The Body Stealers

as Gen. Armstrong

Doomwatch
5.9

(1972) Doomwatch

as The Admiral

Jupiter's Darling
4.3

(1955) Jupiter's Darling

as Fabius Maximus

Four Men and a Prayer
6.3

(1938) Four Men and a Prayer

as Wyatt Leigh

The Whole Truth
5.8

(1958) The Whole Truth

as Carliss

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
6.4

(1947) The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

as Georges Duroy

A Scandal in Paris
6.3

(1946) A Scandal in Paris

as Eugéne François Vidocq

Laura
4.5

(1968) Laura

as Waldo Lydecker

The Fan
6.0

(1949) The Fan

as Lord Robert Darlington

Green Hell
4.0

(1940) Green Hell

as Forrester

Cairo
4.7

(1963) Cairo

as The Major

That Certain Feeling
5.3

(1956) That Certain Feeling

as Larry Larkin

Slave Ship
4.8

(1937) Slave Ship

as Lefty

Never Say Goodbye
6.6

(1956) Never Say Goodbye

as Victor

The Seventh Sin
5.3

(1957) The Seventh Sin

as Tim Waddington

Einer spielt falsch
5.0

(1966) Trunk to Cairo

as Professor Schlieben

The Scarlet Coat
6.4

(1955) The Scarlet Coat

as Dr. Jonathan Odell

The Light Touch
6.2

(1951) The Light Touch

as Felix Guignol

Caccia ai violenti
6.0

(1968) One Step to Hell

as Captain Walter Phillips

That Kind of Woman
5.9

(1959) That Kind of Woman

as A.L.

Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
6.1

(1960) Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons

as Henri Landru

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
7.5

(1986) Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

as Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)

International Settlement
5.0

(1938) International Settlement

as Del Forbes

Paris After Dark
5.6

(1943) Paris After Dark

as Dr. Andre Marbel

Cone of Silence
6.7

(1960) Cone of Silence

as Sir Arnold Hobbes

Nurse Edith Cavell
6.4

(1939) Nurse Edith Cavell

as Capt. Heinrichs

The Best House in London
3.6

(1969) The Best House in London

as Sir Francis Leybourne

The Cracksman
6.3

(1963) The Cracksman

as Guv'nor

They Came to Blow Up America
6.2

(1943) They Came to Blow Up America

as Carl Steelman / Ernst Reiter

F.B.I. operazione Baalbeck
5.0

(1964) F.B.I. Operation Baalbeck

as Principe Makowski

Dishonour Bright
0.0

(1936) Dishonour Bright

as Lisle

Good Times
5.3

(1967) Good Times

as Mordicus

Black Jack
5.8

(1950) Black Jack

as Mike Alexander

Love, Life and Laughter
7.5

(1934) Love, Life and Laughter

as Singer in Public Bar

The Lady Escapes
0.0

(1937) The Lady Escapes

as Rene Blanchard

The Man Who Could Work Miracles
5.7

(1936) The Man Who Could Work Miracles

as Indifference - a God

Il mondo di notte numero 3
5.0

(1963) Ecco

as Narrator

So This Is London
0.0

(1939) So This Is London

as Dr. de Reseke

Az aranyfej
5.3

(1964) The Golden Head

as ---

The Outsider
5.0

(1939) The Outsider

as Anton Ragatzy

Love Is News
6.0

(1937) Love Is News

as Count Andre de Guyon

Operation Snatch
0.0

(1962) Operation Snatch

as Maj. Hobson

The Candy Man
4.6

(1969) The Candy Man

as Sidney Carter

Le Rendez-vous
6.2

(1961) Rendezvous

as Kellermann

Kort möte med familjen Rossellini
10.0

(1953) A Brief Encounter with the Rossellini Family

as Self

Laura
10.0

(1955) Laura

as Waldo Lydecker

Footsteps on the Ceiling
0.0

(2013) Footsteps on the Ceiling

as Addison DeWitt (archive footage)

0.0

(1956) The Dream

as Baron

0.0

(1956) The Bitter Waters

as Charles Ferris

Disney's Greatest Villains
0.0

(1977) Disney's Greatest Villains

as Shere Khan (voice) (archive footage)

Batman
7.3

(1966) Batman

as Mister Freeze

General Electric Theater
6.0

(1953) General Electric Theater

as Dr. Grissom

Mission: Impossible
7.6

(1966) Mission: Impossible

as Armand Anderssarian

Daniel Boone
6.9

(1964) Daniel Boone

as Col. Roger Barr

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.0

(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as John York

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
5.3

(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

0.0

(1957) The George Sanders Mystery Theater

as Host

0.0

(1954) The Jimmy Durante Show

as Self

The Rogues
7.2

(1964) The Rogues

as Leonard Carvel

General Electric Theater
6.0

(1953) General Electric Theater

as William Clark

General Electric Theater
6.0

(1953) General Electric Theater

as Major Watkins

The Bob Hope Show
7.0

(1950) The Bob Hope Show

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
6.6

(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Checkmate
4.1

(1960) Checkmate

as Richard Gilmore

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

(1964) The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as G. Emory Partridge

Screen Director's Playhouse
6.5

(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse

as Charles Ferris

What's My Line?
6.8

(1950) What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

What's My Line?
6.8

(1950) What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

The 20th Century Fox Hour
5.2

(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Waldo Lydecker

Studio 57
0.0

(1954) Studio 57

as Dr. Grissom