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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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster | Self | 2021-09-17 |
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Бондарчук. Battle | self | 2021-09-30 |
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Kalahari: The Flooded Desert | Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-09 |
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Mooseltoe | Mooseking | 2021-11-24 |
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The Last Full Measure | Frank Pitsenbarger | 2020-01-23 |
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Cliffs of Freedom | Thanasi | 2019-03-01 |
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | 2019-10-12 |
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Knives Out | Harlan Thrombey | 2019-11-27 |
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Boundaries | Jack Jaconi | 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 Exception | Kaiser Wilhelm II | 2017-06-02 |
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The Man Who Invented Christmas | Scrooge | 2017-10-12 |
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All the Money in the World | Jean Paul Getty | 2017-12-21 |
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Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom | Dr. West (voice) | 2017-09-23 |
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The River of My Dreams | Himself | 2017-01-27 |
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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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The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special | Self | 2015-03-16 |
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Pixies | Pixie King (voice) | 2015-06-05 |
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Danny Collins | Frank Grubman | 2015-03-19 |
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Remember | Zev Guttman | 2015-10-23 |
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Elsa & Fred | Fred | 2014-03-07 |
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Hector and the Search for Happiness | Professor Coreman | 2014-08-14 |
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The Forger | Joseph Cutter | 2014-09-10 |
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The Legend of Sarila | Croolik (voice) | 2013-02-21 |
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The Captains: Still Kicking | Himself | 2013-01-08 |
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | John Marshall Harlan | 2013-10-04 |
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Titans of the Ice Age | Narrator | 2013-02-15 |
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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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Barrymore | John Barrymore | 2012-05-25 |
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Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim | Self | 2012-06-26 |
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Priest | Monsignor Orelas | 2011-05-05 |
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Beginners | Hal Fields | 2011-06-03 |
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Discovering Hamlet | Self | 2011-11-01 |
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Henrik Vanger | 2011-12-14 |
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My Dog Tulip | J.R. Ackerley (voice) | 2010-01-05 |
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The Tempest | Prospero | 2010-11-20 |
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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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Up | Charles F. Muntz (voice) | 2009-05-28 |
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Caesar and Cleopatra | Caesar | 2009-01-23 |
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The Last Station | Leo Tolstoy | 2009-09-04 |
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Emotional Arithmetic | David Winters | 2008-04-18 |
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Man in the Chair | Flash Madden | 2007-01-27 |
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Already Dead | Dr. Heller | 2007-12-11 |
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Closing the Ring | Jack | 2007-09-14 |
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Hamlet {Solo} | Self | 2007-09-13 |
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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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Le procès de Nuremberg : les Nazis face à leurs crimes | Self - Narrator | 2006-10-25 |
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The Lake House | Simon Wyler | 2006-06-16 |
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Four Minutes | Archie Mason | 2005-10-06 |
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The New World | Captain Newport | 2005-12-25 |
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Must Love Dogs | Bill | 2005-07-21 |
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Syriana | Dean Whiting | 2005-11-23 |
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Our Fathers | Cardinal Bernard Law | 2005-05-11 |
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National Treasure | John Adams Gates | 2004-11-19 |
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Alexander | Aristotle | 2004-11-21 |
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The Gospel of John | Narrator (voice) | 2003-09-11 |
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The Life Of Jesus | Narrator | 2003-06-01 |
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Cold Creek Manor | Mr. Massie | 2003-09-19 |
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Blizzard | Santa Claus | 2003-05-15 |
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Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages | Self | 2002-11-07 |
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Ararat | David | 2002-05-20 |
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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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Agent of Influence | John Watkins | 2002-06-30 |
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Lucky Break | Graham Mortimer | 2001-08-24 |
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Full Disclosure | Robert Lecker | 2001-05-15 |
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A Beautiful Mind | Dr. Rosen | 2001-12-14 |
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On Golden Pond | Norman Thayer | 2001-04-29 |
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The Dinosaur Hunter | Hump Hinton | 2000-08-05 |
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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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Dracula 2000 | Matthew Van Helsing | 2000-12-22 |
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American Tragedy | F. Lee Bailey | 2000-11-12 |
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The Insider | Mike Wallace | 1999-10-28 |
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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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Winchell | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1998-11-21 |
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The Clown at Midnight | Mr. Caruthers | 1998-01-01 |
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Blackheart | Holmes | 1998-01-01 |
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The First Christmas | Narrator (voice) | 1998-01-01 |
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Skeletons | Reverend Carlyle | 1997-04-04 |
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Babes in Toyland | Barnaby Crookedman (voice) | 1997-10-14 |
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The Arrow | George Hees | 1997-01-12 |
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We the Jury | Wilfred Fransiscus | 1996-10-16 |
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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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Dolores Claiborne | John Mackey | 1995-03-24 |
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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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Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold | Self (archive footage) | 1994-02-01 |
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Crackerjack | Ivan Getz | 1994-08-18 |
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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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The First Circle | Viktor Abakumov | 1992-02-25 |
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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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Malcolm X | Chaplain Gill | 1992-11-18 |
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Secrets | Mel Wexler | 1992-04-06 |
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Rock-A-Doodle | Grand Duke (voice) | 1991-08-02 |
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Firehead | Col. Garland Vaughn | 1991-01-25 |
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Madeline and the Bad Hat | Narrator (voice) | 1991-03-03 |
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Money | Martin Yahl | 1991-04-06 |
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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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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Chang | 1991-12-06 |
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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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Red Blooded American Girl | Dr. John Alcore | 1990-10-04 |
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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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Mindfield | Doctor Satorius | 1989-12-15 |
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The First Emperor of China | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1989-01-01 |
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Nabokov on Kafka | Vladimir Nabokov | 1989-08-06 |
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Nosferatu a Venezia | Professor Paris Catalano | 1988-09-10 |
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Madeline | Narrator (voice) | 1988-11-07 |
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Shadow Dancing | Edmund Beaumont | 1988-12-02 |
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Narrator (voice) | 1988-10-01 |
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The Nightingale | Narrator (voice) | 1987-01-01 |
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A Hazard of Hearts | Sir Giles Staverley | 1987-12-27 |
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Dragnet | Reverend Jonathan Whirley | 1987-06-26 |
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I Love N.Y. | John Robertson Yeats | 1987-05-04 |
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The Boss' Wife | Mr. Roalvang | 1986-01-01 |
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An American Tail | Henri (voice) | 1986-11-21 |
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The Boy in Blue | Knox | 1986-01-17 |
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Spearfield's Daughter | Lord Jack Cruze | 1986-05-25 |
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The Tin Soldier | Narrator (voice) | 1986-01-01 |
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The Velveteen Rabbit | Narrator (voice) | 1985-04-02 |
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Rumpelstiltskin | Narrator | 1985-12-14 |
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Lily in Love | Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova | 1984-10-17 |
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Ordeal by Innocence | Leo Argyle | 1984-06-22 |
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Dreamscape | Bob Blair | 1984-08-15 |
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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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Highpoint | James Hatcher | 1982-08-20 |
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Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
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Being Different | Self (Narrator) (voice) | 1981-08-21 |
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Eyewitness | Joseph | 1981-02-13 |
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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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Dial M for Murder | Tony Wendice | 1981-04-09 |
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The Shadow Box | Brian | 1980-09-30 |
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Somewhere in Time | William Fawcett Robinson | 1980-10-02 |
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Desperate Voyage | Jacques Burrifous | 1980-11-29 |
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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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Riel | Prime Minister John A. Macdonald | 1979-04-11 |
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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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Uppdraget | Kaptain Behounek | 1977-07-11 |
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Silver Blaze | Sherlock Holmes | 1977-01-20 |
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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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Conduct Unbecoming | Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne | 1975-10-04 |
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The Man Who Would Be King | Rudyard Kipling | 1975-12-03 |
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The Spiral Staircase | Dr. Joe Sherman | 1975-01-31 |
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Sarajevski atentat | Archduke Ferdinand | 1975-10-31 |
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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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Oedipus the King | Oedipus | 1968-06-01 |
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Nobody Runs Forever | Sir James Quentin | 1968-08-22 |
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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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Trans-Canada Journey | Narrator (voice) | 1963-01-31 |
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30 Minutes, Mister Plummer | Himself | 1963-01-01 |
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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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Stage Struck | Joe Sheridan | 1958-04-22 |
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Wind Across the Everglades | Walt Murdock | 1958-09-11 |
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Little Moon of Alban | Kenneth Boyd | 1958-03-24 |
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Johnny Belinda | Dr. Jack Pelletier | 1958-10-13 |
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Madeline at the Ballet | Narrator (voice) | |
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TED ALLAN: MINSTREL BOY OF THE 20TH CENTURY | Narrator |
