Rex Harrison

Rex Harrison

British actor (1908–1990)

Sir Reginald Carey Harrison was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play French Without Tears, in what was his breakthrough role. He won his first Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as Henry VIII in the Broadway play Anne of the Thousand Days in 1949. He returned to Broadway portraying Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (1956) where he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 37 films (1937–1983) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 23 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1937 STORM IN A TEACUP. London Film Productions Ltd. 9 reels B&W
1940 Night Train to Munich Carol Reed
1940 Over The Moon. Thornton Freeland 8 reels sound
1940 Sidewalks Of London. Tim Whelan 9 reels B&W
1940 Ten Days in Paris Tim Whelan
1941 Major Barbara Learning Corp. of America (Publisher) | Pascal Film Productions 2:01:00 16mm B&W
1941 Major Barbara. Gabriel Pascal 13 reels B&W
1945 Blithe Spirit TWOCIT 96 min. 16mm Color sound
1945 Blithe Spirit. David Lean 10 reels Color sound
1945 I Live in Grosvenor Square Herbert Wilcox
1945 The Rake's Progress Sidney Gilliat
1946 A Yank in London. Herbert Wilcox 16mm sound
1946 Anna And The King Of Siam. John Cromwell 14 reels 35mm B&W sound
1947 The Foxes Of Harrow. John M. Stahl 117 min 35mm B&W sound
1947 THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR. Joseph L. Mankiewicz 104 min 35mm B&W sound
1948 Escape. Joseph L. Mankiewicz 78 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 Unfaithfully Yours Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1:45:00 16mm B&W sound
1948 Unfaithfully yours $h [motion pictures] / 20th Century Fox ; an original screen play written, directed and produced by Preston Sturges. 105 16mm B&W sound
1948 Unfaithfully Yours. Preston Sturges 105 min 35mm B&W sound
1950 On stage the editors of Time, Life, Fortune present. 18 16mm B&W sound
1951 The Long Dark Hall Reginald Beck, Anthony Bushell
1954 King Richard And The Crusaders. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 114 min 35mm Color sound
1954 The Constant Husband. British Lion Films Ltd. 88 min. 35mm Color sound
1958 The Reluctant Debutante. Loew's Inc. & Avon Productions Inc. 96 min. 35mm Color sound
1960 Midnight Lace Arwin Productions Inc 1:48:00 16mm Color sound
1960 Midnight Lace. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. & Arwin Productions Inc. 110 min 35mm Color sound
1961 The Happy Thieves. Hillworth Productions Inc. 88 min 35mm B&W sound
1963 CLEOPATRA. Twentieth Century-Fox Productions Ltd. 11 reels. Color sound
1964 My Fair Lady. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. Color sound
1964 The Yellow Rolls-Royce Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. 122 min 35mm Color sound
1965 The Agony And The Ecstasy. International Classics Inc. 138 min 35mm Color sound
1967 Doctor Dolittle. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. & Apjac Productions Inc. 152 min 35mm Color sound
1967 The Honey Pot. Famous Artists Productions 125 min 35mm Color sound
1968 A FLEA IN HER EAR. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 35mm Color sound
1969 STAIRCASE. Stanley Donen Films Inc. 90 min 35 mm Color sound
1982 A Time To Die ▶ Matt Cimber, Joe Tornatore 91 min 16mm
1983 A Time To Die New York 91 min 16mm sound