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Robert Adolph Wilton Morley CBE (26 May 1908 – 3 June 1992) was an English actor who, often in supporting roles, was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment. In Movie Encyclopedia, film critic Leonard Maltin describes Morley as "recognizable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips, and double chin, […] particularly effective when cast as a pompous windbag". More politely, Ephraim Katz in his International Film Encyclopaedia describes Morley as a "a rotund, triple-chinned, delightful character player of the British and American stage and screen."
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Known For
Marie Antoinette
(1938)
King Louis XVI
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Ralph
Beat the Devil
(1953)
Peterson
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
(1965)
Lord Rawnsley
Cromwell
(1970)
The Earl of Manchester
Topkapi
(1964)
Cedric Page
The African Queen
(1952)
The Brother
Genghis Khan
(1965)
Emperor of China
The Journey
(1959)
Hugh Deverill
Murder at the Gallop
(1963)
Hector Enderby
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)
Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
The Great Muppet Caper
(1981)
British Gentleman by Pond
The Loved One
(1965)
Sir Ambrose Abercombie
Hot Millions
(1968)
Caesar Smith
The Small Back Room
(1949)
The Minister
High Road to China
(1983)
Bentik
Full Filmography
Acting
Marie Antoinette
(1938)
King Louis XVI
Another Romance of Celluloid
(1938)
Self (uncredited)
You Will Remember
(1941)
Tom Barrett / Leslie Stuart
Major Barbara
(1941)
Andrew Undershaft
The Big Blockade
(1942)
Von Geiselbrecht
This Was Paris
(1942)
Van Der Stuyl
Partners in Crime
(1942)
Judge
The Foreman Went to France
(1942)
Mayor Coutare of Bivary
The Young Mr. Pitt
(1942)
Charles James Fox
I Live in Grosvenor Square
(1945)
Duke of Exmoor
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
(1947)
Colonel "Bulldog" Kelsoe
The Small Back Room
(1949)
The Minister
Outcast of the Islands
(1951)
Elmer Almayer
Curtain Up
(1952)
W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker
The African Queen
(1952)
The Brother
Beat the Devil
(1953)
Peterson
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
(1953)
William S. Gilbert
The Final Test
(1953)
Alexander Whitehead
Melba
(1953)
Oscar Hammerstein I
Beau Brummell
(1954)
King George III
The Rainbow Jacket
(1954)
Lord Logan
The Good Die Young
(1954)
Sir Francis Ravenscourt
Quentin Durward
(1955)
King Louis XI
Loser Takes All
(1956)
Dreuther
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Ralph
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
(1958)
Uncle Lucius
Law and Disorder
(1958)
Judge Sir Edward Crichton
Libel
(1959)
Sir Wilfred
The Journey
(1959)
Hugh Deverill
The Doctor's Dilemma
(1959)
Sir Ralph Bloomfield-Bonington
The Battle of the Sexes
(1960)
Robert Macpherson
Oscar Wilde
(1960)
Oscar Wilde
Joseph and His Brethren
(1961)
Potiphar
The Young Ones
(1961)
Hamilton Black
The Road to Hong Kong
(1962)
Leader of the 3rd Echelon
The Boys
(1962)
Montgomery
Go to Blazes
(1962)
Arson Eddie
The Old Dark House
(1963)
Roderick Femm
Ladies Who Do
(1963)
The Colonel
Take Her, She's Mine
(1963)
Mr. Pope-Jones
Murder at the Gallop
(1963)
Hector Enderby
Nine Hours to Rama
(1963)
P.K. Mussardi
Rhythm & Greens
(1964)
Narrator (voice)
Of Human Bondage
(1964)
Dr. Jacobs
Topkapi
(1964)
Cedric Page
Hot Enough for June
(1964)
Col. Cunliffe
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
(1965)
Narrator (voice)
The Loved One
(1965)
Sir Ambrose Abercombie
A Study in Terror
(1965)
Mycroft Holmes
The Alphabet Murders
(1965)
Hastings
Genghis Khan
(1965)
Emperor of China
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
(1965)
Lord Rawnsley
Life at the Top
(1965)
Tiffield
Way... Way Out
(1966)
Harold Quonset
Finders Keepers
(1966)
Colonel Roberts
Hotel Paradiso
(1966)
Henri Cotte
The Trygon Factor
(1966)
Hubert Hamlyn
Tender Scoundrel
(1966)
Lord Swift
Woman Times Seven
(1967)
Dr. Xavier
Luther
(1968)
Papst Leo
Hot Millions
(1968)
Caesar Smith
Some Girls Do
(1969)
Miss Mary
Sinful Davey
(1969)
Herzog von Argyll
Twinky
(1970)
Judge Roxborough
Cromwell
(1970)
The Earl of Manchester
Song of Norway
(1970)
Berg
Doctor in Trouble
(1970)
Captain George Spratt
When Eight Bells Toll
(1971)
Uncle Arthur
Theatre of Blood
(1973)
Meredith Merridew
Great Expectations
(1974)
Uncle Pumblechook
Hugo the Hippo
(1975)
Sultan (voice)
The Blue Bird
(1976)
Father Time
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
(1978)
Maximilian Van Devere
The Human Factor
(1979)
Doctor Percival
Scavenger Hunt
(1979)
Bernstein
Oh! Heavenly Dog
(1980)
Bernie
Loophole
(1981)
Godfrey
The Great Muppet Caper
(1981)
British Gentleman by Pond
The Deadly Game
(1982)
Emile Carpeau
High Road to China
(1983)
Bentik
Second Time Lucky
(1984)
God
The Wind
(1986)
Elias Appleby
The Trouble with Spies
(1987)
Angus
Little Dorrit
(1987)
Lord Decimus Barnacle
The Lady and the Highwayman
(1988)
Lord Chancellor
Istanbul
(1989)
Atkins
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)
Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
Nothing Like a Dame
(2018)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Writing