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 14 films (1940–1983) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 41 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1983 A Time To Die New York 91 min 16mm sound
1969 STAIRCASE. Stanley Donen Films Inc. 90 min 35 mm Color sound
1968 A FLEA IN HER EAR. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 35mm Color sound
1967 The Honey Pot. Famous Artists Productions 125 min 35mm Color sound
1965 The Agony And The Ecstasy. International Classics Inc. 138 min 35mm Color sound
1958 The Reluctant Debutante. Loew's Inc. & Avon Productions Inc. 96 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 The Long Dark Hall Reginald Beck, Anthony Bushell
1948 Unfaithfully Yours Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1:45:00 16mm B&W sound
1946 A Yank in London. Herbert Wilcox 16mm sound
1945 I Live in Grosvenor Square Herbert Wilcox
1945 The Rake's Progress Sidney Gilliat
1940 Night Train to Munich Carol Reed
1940 Over The Moon. Thornton Freeland 8 reels sound
1940 Ten Days in Paris Tim Whelan