Rex Harrison

Rex Harrison

Nascimento : 1908-03-05, Huyton, Lancashire, England, UK

Morte : 1990-06-02

História

Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison (Huyton, Lancashire, 5 de março de 1908 - Nova Iorque, 2 de junho de 1990) foi um ator de teatro e cinema britânico nascido na Inglaterra, e ganhador do Oscar e do Tony Award. Mas foi na década de 1960 que ele escreveu seu nome na galeria dos grandes atores ao participar de filmes como Cleopatra, ao lado de Elizabeth Taylor e Richard Burton, vivendo o personagem Júlio César; Doctor Dolittle (1967); e My Fair Lady, ao lado de Audrey Hepburn, desempenhando o papel do arrogante Professor Henry Higgins, personagem que lhe valeu o Oscar de melhor ator em 1964.

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Filmes

Julie Andrews, para sempre
Self (Archive Footage)
Julie Andrews estrelou produções de Hollywood que se tornaram ícones do cinema, ganhando um Oscar por sua atuação como Mary Poppins, um símbolo da magia dos musicais dos anos 1960.
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from interviews with the man himself and with his family and friends, it traces his career from humble beginnings to all-time great of British cinema. The many film clips reveal an electric screen presence and a willingness to undertake a range of difficult, challenging roles.
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
Self / Professor Henry Higgins (archive footage)
This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "My Fair Lady," the classic musical about a poor young girl transformed into a woman of society through the tutoring of Prof. Henry Higgins. Includes footage of the filming process, as well as discussion by modern film critics about the impact movie had on later films.
Anastácia
Grand Duke Cyril Romanov
Story of Anna Anderson, who claimed to be Anastasia Romanov, the only surviving daughter of the Czar and Czarina of Russia.
The Kingfisher
Cecil
An elderly couple are reunited after fifty years.
A Morte Pede Vingança
Van Osten
A World War II vet sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Nazis. His targets are four Germans, a Sicilian, and a Hungarian who committed the atrocities. He is aided by a CIA operative, who has another agenda. One of the targeted men is being groomed by the US to become the West German chancellor and is to be protected. Along the way, a third person joins the team.
O Quinto Mosqueteiro
Colbert
King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king wants to increase his popularity and stages an assassination against himself where Philippe is dressed as king Louis. But Philippe manages to escape the assassination and everybody believes him to be the real king...
Ashanti
Brian Walker
Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task.
Shalimar
Sir John Locksley
Kumar, a thief by profession poses as the son of Raja Bahadur Singh to accept an invitation to the island of Sir John Locksley. The guests include K.P.W. Iyengar aka Romeo, Dr. Dubari, Colonel Columbus, and Countess Sylvia Rasmussen. A stunned Kumar finds out that all of these invitees are master criminals. Kumar's guise does not fool anyone, nevertheless Sir John permits him to stay on. The reason why John has invited them is to find a successor to take his place as he is dying of cancer. He feels that one of his invitees can be trusted to take his place and for this he has arranged for them to steal a ruby (Shalimar) worth 135 crores of rupees. This gem is placed in a secure room within his palace, which is alarmed, and guarded. He challenges one of them to steal the Shalimar - but if anyone fails then they are killed by the security system. Pitted against such veterans, it looks like Kumar has got himself into a bind that he may not come out of alive.
O Príncipe e o Mendigo
The Duke of Norfolk
Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide to play a joke on the court by dressing in each other's clothes, but the plan goes awry when they are separated and each must live the other's life.
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
Self - Host
Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different segments: in the first, a computer falls in love with its programmer; in the second, a World War II vet falls in love with a murderer; in the third, a woman falls in love with a penniless painter.
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
Don Quixote
A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea.
Platonov
Mikhail Platonov
The title character is a married provincial schoolmaster and a notorious philanderer. He is a russian Don Juan except that he himself doesn't seek to seduce; the women around him simply find him irresistibly attractive, and he is only too happy to go along. The play predates the realism of Chekhov's later works in its desjointedness, but many of its scenes show the seeds of brilliance that would eventually emerge.
Os Delicados
Charles Dyer
An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police officer. The action takes place over the course of one night as they discuss their loving but often volatile past together and possible future without each other.
A Flea In Her Ear
Victor Chandebisse / Poche
Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act.
Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen
A man in the street (uncredited)
A masked superhero searches for a magical golden relic while trying to prevent the plundering of an Egyptian tomb.
O Fabuloso Doutor Dolittle
Dr. John Dolittle
John Dolittle é um veterinário consagrado e mundialmente famoso. Seu sucesso é por um detalhe especialmente peculiar: ele tem o dom de poder conversar com os animais. Primeira versão para o cinema das histórias criadas pelo escritor Hugh Lofting. A história ganhou uma nova versão em 1998, estrelada por Eddie Murphy, e mais duas continuações.
The Honey Pot
Cecil Fox
A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends.
Agonia e Êxtase
Papa Giulio II
Charlton Heston e Rex Harrison interpretam duas das personalidades mais marcantes da Renascença neste drama histórico baseado no best-seller de Irving Stone ambientado no início do Século XVI. Quando o Papa Júlio II encomenda a Michelangelo a pintura do teto da Capela Sistina, o artista recusa a princípio. Virtualmente forçado por Júlio a fazer o trabalho, ele acaba por destruir sua obra e foge de Roma. Quando recomeça a pintura, o projeto se torna uma batalha de vontades alimentada pelas diferenças artísticas e de temperamento que são o ponto central deste filme. Indicado ao OSCAR® de Melhor Fotografia e também citado como um dos melhores filmes do ano pelo National Board of Review, AGONIA E ÊXTASE é uma fantástica dramatização da luta por trás de uma das maiores obras-primas do mundo. Tanto a história quanto o filme são tocantes e fascinantes.
The Car That Became a Star
The Marquess of Frinton (archiveFootage)
This promotional film showcases the automobile whose adventures are chronicled in The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964). After the car is filmed in various European shooting locations, it becomes the star attraction in an international automobile show in New York City. We even see a fashion show whose colors and styles are based on the 1930 model vehicle.
O Rolls-Royce Amarelo
The Marquess of Frinton
Filme antológico sobre três diferentes proprietários de um Rolls-Royce amarelo. Começando nos anos 20 com Lord Charles, um diplomata britânico, que compra o carro para sua esposa francesa como um presente de aniversário. Nos anos 30 outro proprietário é Paolo Maltese, um mafioso que compra o carro durante uma viagem à Itália e o deixa com a namorada enquanto volta para Chicago. Então nos anos 40 o carro pertence à viúva americana Gerda, que leva um guerrilheiro iugoslavo a Ljubljana na véspera da invasão nazista.
Minha Bela Dama
Professor Henry Higgins
Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison), um intelectual e professor de fonética, aposta que conseguirá, no período máximo de seis meses, transformar Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), uma simples florista de rua que não sabe falar direito, em uma dama. Mas a tarefa se mostra muito mais difícil do que tinha sido imaginada originalmente.
Cleópatra
Julius Caesar
O filme narra a ascensão e o declínio de Cleópatra, rainha do Egito, sua luta para defender o império das ambições políticas e territoriais de Roma e seu relacionamento com Júlio César e Marco Antônio.
O Sétimo Mandamento
Jimmy Bourne
A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.
A Teia de Renda Negra
Anthony Preston
Em Londres, a dona de casa americana Katherine "Kit" Preston (Doris Day) está casada há três meses com o executivo americano Anthony "Tony" Preston. Em um dia nublado, enquanto caminhava em um parque, Kit é ameaçada por uma voz que lhe diz que ela vai ser assassinada no final do mês. No dia seguinte, Kit recebe um telefonema do assediador e então ela vai com Tony até a Scotland Yard, mas Inspector Byrnes acredita que Kit está inventando história para receber mais atenção de Tony. Kit hospeda sua tia Bea que veio visita-la, mas só Kit atende as chamadas telefônicas do assediador. Será que Kit está ficando louca?
The Fabulous Fifties
Self
The Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of a decade which it revived. In recognition, the Peabody Television Award for entertainment is presented to The Fabulous Fifties, with a special word of praise for producer Leland Hayward and the top talent which appeared in this memorable entertainment special*. *The two-hour special featured comic takes and commentary about the previous decade by, among others, Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Dick Van Dyke, Shelley Berman, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Jackie Gleason, Eric Severeid and Henry Fonda.
Brotinho Indócil
Jimmy Broadbent
Jimmy (Rex Harrison) e Sheila (Kay Kendall) formam o casal Broadbent, que está de volta à Inglaterra depois de ter passado um bom tempo na América. Mas eles terão dificuldades com a adaptação da filha Jane (Sandra Dee), totalmente acostumada com a rotina americana.
The Constant Husband
William Egerton
Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life back to his gorgeous wife and their large London house, so all seems well with the world. But more detective work starts to uncover an alarming chain of further stunning wives and a way of going on that the new Charles finds pretty unacceptable.
King Richard and the Crusaders
Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin
Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land in the time of King Richard the Lionheart.
Main Street to Broadway
Self
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays behind and starts seeing a local businessman.
The Four Poster
John Edwards
In turn-of-the-century New York, the marriage of John and Abby Edwards unfolds over the years.
The Long Dark Hall
Associate Producer
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.
The Long Dark Hall
Arthur Groome
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.
Odeio-te Meu Amor
Sir Alfred de Carter
Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his young wife, Daphne, during his absence. August has hired a private detective to keep tabs on her. But when the private eye's report suggests Daphne might have been canoodling with his secretary, Sir Alfred begins to imagine how he might take his revenge.
Homem em Fuga
Matt Denant
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
The Foxes of Harrow
Stephen Fox
An Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orleans to become fabulously rich.
O Fantasma Apaixonado
Capt. Daniel Gregg
Um ano após a morte do marido, Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney) decide não mais viver com a sogra e a cunhada e aluga o "Chalé Gaivota", uma casa a beira-mar, e para lá se muda com sua filha e sua empregada. Porém, logo o fantasma de Daniel Gregg (Rex Harrison), o falecido proprietário da casa que morrera em um suposto suicídio, surge para a amendrontá-la, mas isto não surte efeito e entre os dois nasce gradativamente uma amizade. Assim, quando ela se vê em uma grave situação financeira, ele decide lhe narrar sua vida para ser transformada em livro e tirá-la deste aperto. Posteriormente, Lucy acaba conhecendo um escritor de histórias para crianças e pensa em se casar com ele. Apesar de não concordar com esta decisão, Daniel decide não mais aparecer e fazer com que Lucy acredite que todas as conversas que tiveram juntos foi produto da imaginação dela.
Anna e o Rei do Sião
King Mongkut
Em 1862, uma jovem inglesa torna-se Tutora Real no Sião e faz amizade com o Rei. Refilmado em 'O Rei e Eu (1956)'. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)
The Rake's Progress
Vivian Kenway
Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal of, apparently, making dissipation his career. His derelictions include seduction, betrayals of sweethearts, family and friends, and Marriage for money. All this with no signs of remorse or redemption, since his life as a completely unprincipled rake is quite enjoyable...for him, at least. Then, World War II breaks out and he is given a chance to die a heroic death for flag and country. Maybe.
Journey Together
Guest (uncredited)
Two Englishmen (Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling) train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.
I Live in Grosvenor Square
Major David Bruce
The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean Jagger to rouse things up in the square. Snotty British Neagle and Jagger clash and fall for each other. What will Harrison have to say or do about these? What will the consequences be? Will the three finally become two and which two in this extremely patriotic love and war story.
Uma Mulher do Outro Mundo
Charles Condomine
Adaptado de uma peça de Noel Coward, Charles e sua segunda esposa Ruth, são assombrados pelo fantasma de sua primeira esposa, Elvira. A Medium Madame Arcati tenta ajudar as coisas entrando em contato com o fantasma. Para obter ideias para um novo livro, o escritor Charles e sua ingênua segunda esposa Ruth, marcam com a mística Madame Arcati, uma sessão espírita. O resultado infeliz é que a primeira esposa de Charles, Elvira, retorna do além-túmulo para fazer de sua vida uma miséria. Ruth também fica cada vez mais irritado com sua rival sobrenatural, mas Madame Arcati é quem no final, com sua sagacidade, consegue resolver as coisas.
Major Barbara
Adolphus Cusins
Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army. Wooed by professor-turned-preacher Adolphus Cusins, Barbara eventually grows disillusioned with her causes and begins to see things from her father's perspective.
Gestapo
Gus Bennett
Tchecoslováquia, março de 1939, na véspera da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Enquanto os invasores alemães ocupam Praga, o inventor Axel Bomasch consegue fugir e chegar à Inglaterra; mas aqueles que precisam colocar os seus conhecimentos ao serviço da máquina de guerra nazi, para levar a cabo os seus maléficos planos de destruição, não pararão em nada para o capturar…
Ten Days in Paris
Bob Stevens
Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days. However, this cannot be true because he insists that he crashed his plane and has no recollection of being anywhere for ten days. Bob decides to follow a note found in his jacket, to the woman who wrote it, "Miss D", and get to the bottom of the whole strange situation.
Over the Moon
Dr. Freddie Jarvis
Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis, she suggests they marry, but almost at once finds she has inherited eighteen million pounds. He makes it clear he wants nothing to do with the money and what it can buy, and Jane sets off alone on a spree pursued by two ardent suitors. Jarvis finds he has gained notoriety for turning down such a catch and his plans for ernest research are soon compromised.
The Silent Battle
Jacques Sauvin
Secret agents try to defeat terrorists on the Orient Express.
The Citadel
Dr. Frederick Lawford
Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does badly. But when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.
Nos Bastidores de Londres
Harley Prentiss
On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic monologues, sees that a young pickpocket, Libby, also has a talent for dancing and adds her to his act. Harley, the theater patron who never knew Libby took his gold cigarette case, is impressed by Libby's dancing and invites her to bring Charles and the other buskers in his group to an after-the-play party. Libby comes alone. A theatrical career is launched.
School for Husbands
Leonard Drummond
A couple of lonesome wives, Marion Carter and Diana Cheswick fall for philanderer Leonard Drummon, and arrange to get their husbands, Geoffrey Carter and Morgan Cheswick, off to Paris so they can be free for one night of fun and frolic. The husbands are all for this as they think it will cure their wives of being infatuated with this man-about-town. And they might run into some fun in Paris. Actually, the philanderer is the one who put the idea in their heads to go away so the coast will be clear for his marauding raid party, with no intentions of curing anybody of anything.
Storm in a Teacup
Frank Burdon
A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.
Men Are Not Gods
Tommy Stapleton
Actor Edmund Davey becomes a star overnight when his wife and co-star teams up with the secretary of a noted stage critic to produce a glowing review of his 'Othello'.
All at Sea
Aubrey Bellingham
When mild mannered Joe comes into an inheritance, he leaves his job as a clerk, and embarks on a sea cruise. Posing as a successful writer, Joe attracts various attractive women to him on the voyage, but his deceptions start to land him in trouble.
The School for Scandal
Man (uncredited)
Charles (Henry Hewitt), Joseph (Ian Fleming), and Sir Benjamin (John Charlton) are in love with Maria (Dodo Watts), and Lady Sneerwell (Anne Grey) is in love with Charles.
The Great Game
George
Set in Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge football ground and featuring appearances from many real-life players from the day, this is the first film to feature football as its central theme and is recognisably modern and authentic. It deals with the day to day dramas, conflicts and love interests of players and managers in the run-up to the Cup Final.