Harry Andrews
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 10, 1911, Tonbridge, Kent, England, UK
- Died
- March 6, 1989
- Movies
- 89
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Harry Fleetwood Andrews, CBE (10 November 1911 – 6 March 1989) was an English film actor known for his frequent portrayals of tough military officers. His performance as Sergeant Major Wilson in The Hill alongside Sean Connery earned Andrews the 1965 National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for the 1966 BAFTA Award for Best British Actor. He made his film debut in The Red Beret in 1953.
Prior to his film career, Andrews was an accomplished Shakespearean actor, appearing at such venues as the Queen's Theatre, the Lyceum Theatre, and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in England as well as theatres in New York City, Paris, Antwerp, and Brussels. Andrews made his London theatre debut in 1935 at the St James's Theatre and his New York City debut in 1936 at the since-demolished Empire Theatre.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) |
| 1989 | Clowns | Arthur |
| 1987 | Cause Célèbre | Francis Rattenbury |
| 1986 | All Passion Spent | Mr. Fitzgeorge |
| 1985 | Mesmerized | Old Thompson |
| 1982 | The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Self |
| 1981 | Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery | Superintendent Battle |
| 1980 | Never Never Land | |
| 1980 | Hawk the Slayer | High Abbot |
| 1980 | The Curse of King Tut's Tomb | Lord George Carnarvon |
| 1980 | S.O.S. Titanic | Capt. Edward J. Smith |
| 1980 | Closing Ranks | Sir James Croft |
| 1979 | A Question Of Faith | Leo Tolstoy |
| 1978 | Superman | 2nd Elder |
| 1978 | Watership Down | General Woundwort (voice) |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Barnstaple |
| 1978 | The Medusa Touch | Assistant Commissioner |
| 1978 | The Big Sleep | Norris |
| 1978 | The Four Feathers | Gen. David Feversham |
| 1977 | Equus | Harry Dalton |
| 1977 | The Prince and the Pauper | Hertford |
| 1976 | The Passover Plot | Yohanan the Baptist |
| 1976 | The Blue Bird | Oak |
| 1976 | Sky Riders | Auerbach |
| 1975 | Valley Forge | Gen. Howe |
| 1974 | The Internecine Project | Albert Parsons |
| 1974 | The Story of Jacob and Joseph | Isaac |
| 1973 | The Final Programme | John |
| 1973 | The MacKintosh Man | Mackintosh |
| 1973 | Theatre of Blood | Trevor Dickman |
| 1973 | Man at the Top | Lord Clive Ackerman |
| 1972 | Man of La Mancha | The Innkeeper / The Governor |
| 1972 | What the Peeper Saw | Headmaster |
| 1972 | The Ruling Class | 13th Earl of Gurney |
| 1972 | I Want What I Want | Roy's Father |
| 1972 | The Nightcomers | Master of the House |
| 1972 | Burke & Hare | Dr. Knox |
| 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra | Grand Duke Nicholas (Nikolasha) |
| 1970 | Wuthering Heights | Mr. Earnshaw |
| 1970 | Too Late the Hero | Col. Thompson |
| 1970 | Entertaining Mr. Sloane | Ed |
| 1970 | Brotherly Love | Brig. Crieff |
| 1969 | A Nice Girl Like Me | Savage |
| 1969 | Destiny of a Spy | Gen. Kirk |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Senior Civil Servant |
| 1969 | The Southern Star | Kramer |
| 1969 | Play Dirty | Brig. Blore |
| 1968 | The Sea Gull | Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin |
| 1968 | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Jacob Schpitendavel |
| 1968 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Lord Lucan |
| 1968 | A Dandy in Aspic | Fraser |
| 1967 | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Gerald Sater |
| 1967 | Danger Route | Canning |
| 1967 | The Long Duel | Miles Stafford |
| 1967 | The Jokers | Insp. Marryatt |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | General Stulpnagel (uncredited) |
| 1967 | The Deadly Affair | Inspector Mendel |
| 1966 | Modesty Blaise | Sir Gerald Tarrant |
| 1965 | Sands of the Kalahari | Grimmelman |
| 1965 | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Bramante |
| 1965 | The Sun... the Sand... the Hill | R.S.M. Wilson (archival footage), R.S.M. Wilson (archive footage) |
| 1965 | The Hill | R.S.M. Wilson |
| 1965 | The Truth About Spring | Sellers |
| 1964 | The System | Larsey |
| 1964 | 633 Squadron | Air Vice-Marshal Davis |
| 1964 | Nothing But the Best | Mr. Horton |
| 1964 | The Crunch | Goddard |
| 1963 | The Informers | Supt. Alec Bestwick |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking | Father de Bearn |
| 1963 | Nine Hours to Rama | General Singh |
| 1962 | The Inspector | Ayoob |
| 1962 | Reach for Glory | Capt. Curlew |
| 1961 | Barabbas | Peter |
| 1961 | The Best of Enemies | Capt. Rootes |
| 1960 | Circle of Deception | Capt. Thomas Rawson |
| 1960 | In the Nick | Chief Officer Williams |
| 1960 | A Touch of Larceny | Capt. Graham |
| 1959 | Solomon and Sheba | Baltor |
| 1959 | The Devil's Disciple | Maj. Swindon |
| 1958 | Ice Cold in Alex | M.S.M. Pugh |
| 1958 | I Accuse! | Maj. Henry |
| 1957 | Saint Joan | John de Stogumber |
| 1956 | A Hill in Korea | Sgt. Payne |
| 1956 | Moby Dick | Stubb |
| 1956 | Alexander the Great | Darius |
| 1956 | Helen of Troy | Hector |
| 1955 | The Man Who Loved Redheads | Williams |
| 1954 | The Black Knight | Earl Of Yeonil |
| 1953 | The Red Beret | R.S.M. |
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