1929-12-13 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1958's Stage Struck, and notable film performances include The Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, The Man Who Would Be King, and The Insider. In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to film audiences as the autocratic widower Captain Georg Johannes von Trapp in the hit 1965 musical film The Sound of Music alongside Julie Andrews. Plummer has also ventured into various television projects, including the legendary miniseries The Thorn Birds. In the 21st century, his film roles include The Insider as Mike Wallace, Inside Man with Denzel Washington, the Disney–Pixar 2009 film Up as Charles Muntz, the Shane Acker production 9 as '1', The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Doctor Parnassus, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Henrik Vanger, and Beginners as Hal. Plummer has won numerous awards and accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a BAFTA Award. With his win at the age of 82 in 2012 for Beginners, Plummer is the oldest actor and person ever to win an Academy Award. On February 5, 2021, Plummer died at his home in Weston, Connecticut, aged 91, after suffering complications from a fall. His family released a statement announcing that Plummer had "died peacefully at his home in Connecticut with his wife Elaine Taylor at his side".
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Heroes of the Golden Mask | Rizzo (voice) | 2023-07-13 |
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Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story | Self | 2022-10-18 |
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Mooseltoe | Mooseking | 2021-11-24 |
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Kalahari: The Flooded Desert | Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-09 |
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Бондарчук. Battle | self | 2021-09-30 |
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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster | Self | 2021-09-17 |
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The Last Full Measure | Frank Pitsenbarger | 2020-01-23 |
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Knives Out | Harlan Thrombey | 2019-11-27 |
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | 2019-10-12 |
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Cliffs of Freedom | Thanasi | 2019-03-01 |
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Boundaries | Jack | 2018-06-22 |
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Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness | Dr. Jeffrey West (voice) | 2018-12-04 |
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The River of My Dreams | Himself | 2017-01-27 |
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Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom | Dr. West (voice) | 2017-09-23 |
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The Exception | Kaiser Wilhelm II | 2017-06-02 |
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All the Money in the World | Jean Paul Getty | 2017-12-21 |
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The Man Who Invented Christmas | Scrooge | 2017-10-12 |
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The Star | King Herod (voice) | 2017-11-15 |
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Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom | Dr. West (voice) | 2016-08-20 |
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Pixies | Pixie King (voice) | 2015-06-05 |
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Remember | Zev Guttman | 2015-10-23 |
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The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special | Self | 2015-03-16 |
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Danny Collins | Frank Grubman | 2015-03-19 |
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The Forger | Joseph Cutter | 2014-09-10 |
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Hector and the Search for Happiness | Professor Coreman | 2014-08-14 |
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Elsa & Fred | Fred | 2014-03-07 |
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The Captains: Still Kicking | Self | 2013-01-08 |
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Titans of the Ice Age | Narrator | 2013-02-15 |
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The Legend of Sarila | Croolik (voice) | 2013-02-21 |
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | John Marshall Harlan | 2013-10-04 |
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Barrymore | John Barrymore | 2012-05-25 |
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Kali, le petit vampire | Narrator (english version) | 2012-11-01 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim | Self | 2012-06-26 |
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A Short Film About Making Beginners | 2011-01-01 | |
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Discovering Hamlet | Self | 2011-11-01 |
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Beginners | Hal Fields | 2011-06-03 |
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Henrik Vanger | 2011-12-14 |
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Priest | Monsignor Orelas | 2011-05-05 |
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The Tempest | Prospero | 2010-11-20 |
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My Dog Tulip | J.R. Ackerley (voice) | 2010-01-05 |
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Doctor Parnassus | 2009-10-01 |
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9 | #1 (voice) | 2009-08-19 |
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The Last Station | Leo Tolstoy | 2009-09-04 |
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Caesar and Cleopatra | Caesar | 2009-01-23 |
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Up | Charles Muntz (voice) | 2009-05-28 |
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Emotional Arithmetic | David Winters | 2008-04-18 |
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Hamlet {Solo} | Self | 2007-09-13 |
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Already Dead | Dr. Heller | 2007-12-11 |
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Man in the Chair | Flash Madden | 2007-01-27 |
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Closing the Ring | Jack | 2007-09-14 |
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Nuremberg : les Nazis face à leurs crimes | Narrator (voice over) | 2006-10-25 |
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Inside Man | Arthur Case | 2006-03-17 |
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Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film | Self | 2006-03-27 |
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The Lake House | Simon Wyler | 2006-06-16 |
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Must Love Dogs | Bill | 2005-07-21 |
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Four Minutes | Archie Mason | 2005-10-06 |
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Our Fathers | Cardinal Bernard Law | 2005-05-11 |
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The New World | Captain Newport | 2005-12-25 |
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Syriana | Dean Whiting | 2005-11-23 |
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Alexander | Aristotle | 2004-11-21 |
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National Treasure | John Adams Gates | 2004-11-19 |
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The Life of Jesus | Narrator | 2003-06-01 |
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The Gospel of John | Narrator (voice) | 2003-09-11 |
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Blizzard | Santa Claus | 2003-05-15 |
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Cold Creek Manor | Mr. Massie | 2003-09-19 |
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Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages | Self | 2002-11-07 |
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Night Flight | 'Flash' Harry Peters | 2002-02-02 |
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Nicholas Nickleby | Ralph Nickleby | 2002-12-27 |
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Ararat | David | 2002-05-20 |
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Agent of Influence | John Watkins | 2002-06-30 |
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Full Disclosure | Robert Lecker | 2001-05-15 |
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On Golden Pond | Norman Thayer | 2001-04-29 |
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Lucky Break | Graham Mortimer | 2001-08-24 |
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A Beautiful Mind | Dr. Rosen | 2001-12-14 |
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The Dinosaur Hunter | Hump Hinton | 2000-08-05 |
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Dracula 2000 | Matthew Van Helsing | 2000-12-22 |
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Back To "Somewhere In Time" | Self | 2000-10-31 |
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Possessed | Archbishop Hume | 2000-10-22 |
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American Tragedy | F. Lee Bailey | 2000-11-12 |
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Madeline: Lost in Paris | Narrator (voice) | 1999-08-02 |
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Hidden Agenda | Ulrich Steiner | 1999-11-02 |
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The Insider | Mike Wallace | 1999-10-28 |
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The Clown at Midnight | Mr. Caruthers | 1999-02-09 |
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Blackheart | Holmes | 1998-01-01 |
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Winchell | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1998-11-21 |
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The First Christmas | Narrator (voice) | 1998-01-01 |
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Babes in Toyland | Barnaby Crookedman (voice) | 1997-10-14 |
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Skeletons | Reverend Carlyle | 1997-04-04 |
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The Arrow | George Hees | 1997-01-12 |
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The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' | Self | 1996-11-05 |
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The Conspiracy of Fear | Wakeman | 1996-01-01 |
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We the Jury | Wilfred Fransiscus | 1996-10-16 |
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Harrison Bergeron | John Klaxon | 1995-08-13 |
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Twelve Monkeys | Dr. Goines | 1995-12-29 |
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Dolores Claiborne | John Mackey | 1995-03-24 |
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Crackerjack | Ivan Getz | 1994-08-18 |
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Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold | Self (archive footage) | 1994-02-01 |
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Wolf | Raymond Alden | 1994-06-17 |
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A Stranger in the Mirror | Clifton Lawrence | 1993-10-24 |
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Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic | Narrator | 1993-01-01 |
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Malcolm X | Chaplain Gill | 1992-11-18 |
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Impolite | Naples O'Rorke | 1992-09-16 |
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Liar's Edge | Harry Weldon | 1992-02-14 |
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Secrets | Mel Wexler | 1992-04-06 |
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The First Circle | Viktor Abakumov | 1992-02-25 |
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Madeline and the Gypsies | Narrator (voice) | 1991-10-14 |
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Madeline in London | Narrator (voice) | 1991-11-28 |
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Firehead | Col. Garland Vaughn | 1991-01-25 |
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Money | Martin Yahl | 1991-04-06 |
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Rock-A-Doodle | Grand Duke (voice) | 1991-08-02 |
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Chang | 1991-12-06 |
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Madeline and the Bad Hat | Narrator (voice) | 1991-03-03 |
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Red Blooded American Girl | Dr. John Alcore | 1990-10-04 |
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Where the Heart Is | Shitty | 1990-02-23 |
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Madeline's Christmas | Narrator (voice) | 1990-11-22 |
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The Little Crooked Christmas Tree | Narrator | 1990-12-01 |
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A Ghost in Monte Carlo | The Grand Duke Ivan | 1990-04-02 |
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Souvenir | Ernst Kestner | 1989-01-06 |
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Nabokov on Kafka | Vladimir Nabokov | 1989-08-06 |
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The First Emperor of China | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1989-01-01 |
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Mindfield | Doctor Satorius | 1989-12-15 |
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Madeline | Narrator (voice) | 1988-11-07 |
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Nosferatu a Venezia | Professor Paris Catalano | 1988-09-10 |
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Narrator (voice) | 1988-10-01 |
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Shadow Dancing | Edmund Beaumont | 1988-12-02 |
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I Love N.Y. | John Robertson Yeats | 1987-05-04 |
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A Hazard of Hearts | Sir Giles Staverley | 1987-12-27 |
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The Nightingale | Narrator (voice) | 1987-01-01 |
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Portraits of Canada | Narrator (voice) | 1987-03-25 |
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Dragnet | Reverend Jonathan Whirley | 1987-06-26 |
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The Tin Soldier | Narrator (voice) | 1986-01-01 |
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The Boy in Blue | Knox | 1986-01-17 |
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The Boss' Wife | Mr. Roalvang | 1986-01-01 |
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Spearfield's Daughter | Lord Jack Cruze | 1986-05-25 |
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An American Tail | Henri (voice) | 1986-11-21 |
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Rumpelstiltskin | Narrator | 1985-12-14 |
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The Velveteen Rabbit | Narrator (voice) | 1985-04-02 |
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Lily in Love | Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova | 1984-10-17 |
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Dreamscape | Bob Blair | 1984-08-15 |
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Ordeal by Innocence | Leo Argyle | 1984-06-22 |
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The Scarlet and the Black | Col. Herbert Kappler | 1983-02-02 |
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Prototype | Dr. Carl Forrester | 1983-12-07 |
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Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
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Highpoint | James Hatcher | 1982-08-20 |
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Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady | 1982-08-16 | |
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Being Different | Self (Narrator) (voice) | 1981-08-21 |
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When the Circus Came to Town | Duke Royal | 1981-01-20 |
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The Amateur | Professor Lakos | 1981-12-11 |
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Eyewitness | Joseph | 1981-02-13 |
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Dial M for Murder | Tony Wendice | 1981-04-09 |
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Somewhere in Time | William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson | 1980-10-02 |
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The Shadow Box | Brian | 1980-09-30 |
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Desperate Voyage | Jacques Burrifous | 1980-11-29 |
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Riel | Prime Minister John A. Macdonald | 1979-04-11 |
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Arthur Miller on Home Ground | 1979-11-01 | |
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Hanover Street | Paul Sellinger | 1979-05-18 |
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Murder by Decree | Sherlock Holmes | 1979-02-01 |
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The Silent Partner | Reikle | 1978-09-07 |
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International Velvet | John Seaton | 1978-07-19 |
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Starcrash | The Emperor | 1978-12-21 |
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Silver Blaze | Sherlock Holmes | 1977-01-20 |
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Uppdraget | Kaptain Behounek | 1977-07-11 |
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The Disappearance | Deverell | 1977-11-30 |
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Aces High | Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair | 1976-05-19 |
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The Return of the Pink Panther | Sir Charles Litton | 1975-05-21 |
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Sarajevski atentat | Archduke Ferdinand | 1975-10-31 |
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The Spiral Staircase | Dr. Joe Sherman | 1975-01-31 |
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The Man Who Would Be King | Rudyard Kipling | 1975-12-03 |
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Conduct Unbecoming | Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne | 1975-10-04 |
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After the Fall | Quentin | 1974-12-10 |
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The Happy Prince | The Happy Prince (voice) | 1974-12-02 |
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The Pyx | Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson | 1973-09-08 |
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Waterloo | Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington | 1970-10-26 |
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The Royal Hunt of the Sun | Atahualpa | 1969-10-05 |
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Battle of Britain | Squadron Leader Colin Harvey | 1969-09-15 |
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Lock Up Your Daughters | Lord Foppington | 1969-03-29 |
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Nobody Runs Forever | Sir James Quentin | 1968-08-22 |
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Oedipus the King | Oedipus | 1968-06-01 |
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The Night of the Generals | Field Marshal Rommel | 1967-01-29 |
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Inside Daisy Clover | Raymond Swan | 1966-02-10 |
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Triple Cross | Freddie Chapman | 1966-12-09 |
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Salzburg Sight and Sound | Self | 1965-01-01 |
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The Sound of Music | Captain Georg von Trapp | 1965-03-29 |
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The Fall of the Roman Empire | Commodus | 1964-03-24 |
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Hamlet at Elsinore | Hamlet | 1964-04-15 |
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An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy | Narrator (voice) | 1964-11-20 |
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30 Minutes, Mister Plummer | Himself | 1963-01-01 |
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Trans-Canada Journey | Narrator (voice) | 1963-01-31 |
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Cyrano De Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac | 1962-12-06 |
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Captain Brassbound's Conversion | Captain Brassbound | 1960-03-02 |
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A Doll's House | Torvald | 1959-11-15 |
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Johnny Belinda | Dr. Jack Pelletier | 1958-10-13 |
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Little Moon of Alban | Kenneth Boyd | 1958-03-24 |
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Stage Struck | Joe Sheridan | 1958-04-22 |
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Wind Across the Everglades | Walt Murdock | 1958-09-11 |
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Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century | Narrator (voice) | |
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Madeline at the Ballet | Narrator (voice) |
