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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 18, 1916
Died
January 8, 1992
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- Anthony M. Dawson
- Tony Dawson
- Энтони Доусон
Anthony Dawson
0.7 Popularity
Biography
Anthony Douglas Gillon Dawson (18 October 1916 – 8 January 1992) was a Scottish actor, best known for his supporting roles as villains in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954) and Midnight Lace (1960), as well as playing Professor Dent in the James Bond film Dr. No (1962). He also appeared as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965).
Known For
7.0
Marquis of Bath
Selling Hitler
1993
4.4
Colonnello Moorcroft
Run for Your Life
1988
5.5
Priest
Ghoulies II
1987
6.5
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
3.0
Ripple
Where Is Parsifal?
1984
4.9
Vicar
The Jigsaw Man
1983
5.0
Prof. R. J. Dent (archive footage)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
3.4
General Collins
Inchon
1981
6.6
Samuel Pratt (archive footage)
Closed Circuit
1978
6.8
Noirtier De Villefort
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
Credits
Selling Hitler
as Marquis of Bath
1993
7.0
Run for Your Life
as Colonnello Moorcroft
1988
4.4
Ghoulies II
as Priest
1987
5.5
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.5
Where Is Parsifal?
as Ripple
1984
3.0
The Jigsaw Man
as Vicar
1983
4.9
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Prof. R. J. Dent (archive footage)
1983
5.0
Inchon
as General Collins
1981
3.4
Closed Circuit
as Samuel Pratt (archive footage)
1978
6.6
The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Noirtier De Villefort
1975
6.8
Massacre in Rome
as SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Harster
1973
6.0
Massacre in Rome
as Lt. Col. Harster
1973
6.0
Cool Million
as Prefect
1972
5.0
The Valachi Papers
as Federal Investigator
1972
6.5
Red Sun
as Hyatt
1971
6.9
Deadlock
as Anthony Sunshine, the old killer
1970
6.2
Operation Snafu
as Italian General
1970
5.5
The Battle of Neretva
as General Morelli
1969
6.8
A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof
as Samuel Pratt
1968
5.7
Hell Is Empty
as Paul Grant
1967
6.0
The Rover
as Captain Vincent
1967
5.5
Dirty Heroes
as American Colonel
1967
5.2
Death Rides a Horse
as Burt Cavanaugh
1967
7.0
Operation Kid Brother
as Alpha
1967
4.4
Your Turn to Die
as Dr. Evans
1967
0.0
Triple Cross
as Major Stillman
1966
6.0
Thunderball
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1965
6.7
Change Partners
as Ben Arkwright
1965
0.0
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
as Officer of Dragoons
1965
5.4
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Mickey (uncredited)
1964
6.0
From Russia with Love
as Ernst Stavros Blofeld
1963
7.1
Seven Seas to Calais
as Lord Burleigh
1962
5.2
Dr. No
as Professor R. J. Dent
1962
7.0
The Saint
as Floyd Vosper
1962
7.4
The Curse of the Werewolf
as The Marques Siniestro
1961
6.5
Offbeat
as James Dawson
1961
6.1
Midnight Lace
as Roy Ash
1960
6.6
🎬
International Detective
as Gilles Porret
1959
7.0
Libel
as Gerald Loddon
1959
6.6
Interpol Calling
as Clouston
1959
6.7
Tiger Bay
as Barclay
1959
7.2
Naked City
as Mike Grundy
1958
5.5
Grip of the Strangler
as Supt. Burk
1958
5.9
Ivanhoe
as Sir Maurice
1958
6.3
Action of the Tiger
as Security Officer
1957
4.6
Hour of Decision
as Gary Bax
1957
6.0
The Buccaneers
as Captain Flask
1956
5.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Count Victor Mattoni
1955
7.8
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Lucas
1955
6.3
That Lady
as Don Inigo
1955
6.0
Dial M for Murder
as Charles Swann
1954
8.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Lord Chamberlain
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Captain Lesgate
1951
8.6
Valley of the Eagles
as Sven Nystrom
1951
6.0
The Long Dark Hall
as The Man
1951
6.4
The Wooden Horse
as Pomfret
1950
6.8
The Woman in Question
as Inspector Wilson
1950
6.3
They Were Not Divided
as Michael
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Sunday Night Theatre
as Archduke Johann Salvator
1950
3.5
The Queen of Spades
as Fyodor
1949
6.5
Studio One
as Colonel Peter Redlands
1948
5.0
Studio One
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
School for Secrets
as Flt. Lt. Norton
1946
7.0
Beware of Pity
as Lt. Blannik
1946
6.5
The Way to the Stars
as Bertie Steen
1945
6.0
They Met in the Dark
as 2nd Code Expert
1943
6.3
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
as Student
1940
5.0