Actor
Henry Daniell
Born 4 March 1894 · Barnes, Surrey, UK — died 31 October 1963
Henry Daniell (1894–1963) was an English stage and screen actor who became one of Hollywood's most recognisable villains. With his cold voice and aristocratic manner, he excelled as scheming, sinister characters in costume dramas, thrillers and Sherlock Holmes films from the 1930s to the early 1960s.
Key films
Camille (1936)
Played the sleazy Baron de Varville opposite Greta Garbo, an early showcase for his polished screen villainy.
The Sea Hawk (1940)
As treacherous Lord Wolfingham, he duelled Errol Flynn in one of cinema's most celebrated sword fights.
The Great Dictator (1940)
Played Garbitsch, a parody of Joseph Goebbels, in Charlie Chaplin's landmark satire of Hitler.
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Appeared in this classic Val Lewton horror film alongside Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.
The Woman in Green (1945)
Played Professor Moriarty opposite Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 69
- 1929The Awful Truth · as Norman WarrinerActor
- 1929Jealousy · as ClementActor
- 1930The Last of the Lone Wolf · as Count von Rimpau (as Henry Daniel)Actor
- 1934The Path of Glory · as King MaximillianActor
- 1936Camille · as Baron de VarvilleActor
- 1936The Unguarded Hour · as Hugh LewisActor
- 1937The Thirteenth Chair · as John WalesActor
- 1937Madame X · as LerocleActor
- 1937The Firefly · as General SavaryActor
- 1937Under Cover of Night · as Professor Marvin GriswaldActor
- 1938Holiday · as Seton CramActor
- 1938Marie Antoinette · as La MotteActor
- 1939The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex · as Sir Robert CecilActor
- 1939We Are Not Alone · as Sir Ronald DawsonActor
- 1940The Great Dictator · as GarbitschActor
- 1940The Philadelphia Story · as Sidney KiddActor
- 1940The Sea Hawk · as Lord WolfinghamActor
- 1940All This, and Heaven Too · as BroussaisActor
- 1941A Woman's Face · as Public ProsecutorActor
- 1941Dressed to Kill · as Julian DavisActor
- 1941The Feminine Touch · as Shelley MasonActor
- 1942Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror · as Sir Anthony LloydActor
- 1942Reunion in France · as Emile FleuronActor
- 1942Castle in the Desert · as Watson KingActor
- 1942The Great Impersonation · as Frederick SeamonActor
- 1942Nightmare · as Capt. Edgar StaffordActor
- 1942Four Jacks and a Jill · as BoboActor
- 1943Jane Eyre · as Henry BrocklehurstActor
- 1943Sherlock Holmes in Washington · as William EasterActor
- 1943Watch on the Rhine · as Phili Von RammeActor
- 1943Mission to Moscow · as Minister von RibbentropActor
- 1945The Body Snatcher · as Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlaneActor
- 1945The Woman in Green · as Professor James MoriartyActor
- 1945The Suspect · as Mr. SimmonsActor
- 1945Captain Kidd · as King William IIIActor
- 1945Hotel Berlin · as Baron Von StettenActor
- 1946The Bandit of Sherwood Forest · as The Regent - William of PembrokeActor
- 1946Angel Street · as Mr. ManninghamActor
- 1947The Exile · as Colonel IngramActor
- 1947Song of Love · as Franz LisztActor
- 1948Wake of the Red Witch · as Jacques DesaixActor
- 1949Siren of Atlantis · as BladesActor
- 1949The Secret Of St. Ives · as Maj. Edward ChevenishActor
- 1950Buccaneer's Girl · as Capt. DuvalActor
- 1954The Egyptian · as MekereActor
- 1955The Prodigal · as RamadiActor
- 1956War and Peace · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1956Lust for Life · as Theodorus van GoghActor
- 1956The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit · as Bill OgdenActor
- 1956Diane · as GondiActor
- 1956The Barretts of Wimpole Street · as Edward Moulton-BarrettActor
- 1956Confession · as HubbelActor
- 1957Witness for the Prosecution · as MayhewActor
- 1957Les Girls · as JudgeActor
- 1957The Sun Also Rises · as DoctorActor
- 1957The Story of Mankind · as Pierre Cauchon - Bishop of BeauvaisActor
- 1957Mister Cory · as Mr. EarnshawActor
- 1958From the Earth to the Moon · as MorganaActor
- 1959The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake · as Dr. Emil ZurichActor
- 1961The Comancheros · as GireauxActor
- 1961Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea · as Dr. ZuccoActor
- 1961Madison Avenue · as StipeActor
- 1961The Grim Reaper · as Pierre RadinActor
- 1962Mutiny on the Bounty · as Court-martial Judge (uncredited)Actor
- 1962The Notorious Landlady · as StrangerActor
- 1962Five Weeks in a Balloon · as Sheik AgeibaActor
- 1962The Chapman Report · as Dr. JonasActor
- 1964My Fair Lady · as Ambassador (uncredited)Actor
- 2007Hitler: The Comedy Years · as Garbitsch (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.