Cast

Rex Harrison

1908 – 1990

Active years (films on this site)

1938–1964

Genres

DramaRomanceComedyFantasyMusical

Schools and movements

Classical HollywoodBritish Cinema

Directors worked with

Joseph L. Mankiewicz2 filmsKing Vidor1 filmCarol Reed1 filmDavid Lean1 filmPreston Sturges1 filmGeorge Cukor1 film

Biography

Sir Reginald Carey Harrison was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play French Without Tears, in what was his breakthrough role. He won his first Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as Henry VIII in the Broadway play Anne of the Thousand Days in 1949. He returned to Broadway portraying Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (1956) where he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

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Awards and honours

International

• Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play 1949
• Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1957
• Academy Award for Best Actor 1965
• David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

National / local

• Knight Bachelor

7 films on this site

1. The Citadel 1938 · King Vidor · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
2. Night Train to Munich 1940 · Carol Reed · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
3. Blithe Spirit 1945 · David Lean · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
4. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
5. Unfaithfully Yours 1948 · Preston Sturges · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
6. Cleopatra 1963 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
7. My Fair Lady 1964 · George Cukor · IMDb 7.7 · Cast