
Anthony Dawson
Department: Acting
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

Dial M for Murder
1954

Dr. No
1962

Red Sun
1971

Midnight Lace
1960

The Battle of Neretva
1969

Tiger Bay
1959

Action of the Tiger
1957

Death Rides a Horse
1967

They Were Not Divided
1950

Grip of the Strangler
1958

The Queen of Spades
1949

Deadlock
1970

Operation Kid Brother
1967

A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof
1968

Offbeat
1961

Valley of the Eagles
1951

The Long Dark Hall
1951

That Lady
1955

Seven Seas to Calais
1962

The Wooden Horse
1950

Operation Snafu
1970

Your Turn to Die
1967

Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987

Run for Your Life
1988

Where Is Parsifal?
1984

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940

Libel
1959

The Way to the Stars
1945

The Rover
1967

Ghoulies II
1987

From Russia with Love
1963

Selling Hitler
1993

Massacre in Rome
1973

The Woman in Question
1950

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964

Hell Is Empty
1967

Hour of Decision
1957

The Valachi Papers
1972

School for Secrets
1946

They Met in the Dark
1943

The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975

Dirty Heroes
1967

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965

Massacre in Rome
1973

Triple Cross
1966

Beware of Pity
1946

Thunderball
1965

The Jigsaw Man
1983

Inchon
1981

James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983

Change Partners
1965

Closed Circuit
1978

The Curse of the Werewolf
1961

Naked City
1958

Studio One
1948

The Saint
1962

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Ivanhoe
1958

The Buccaneers
1956

Interpol Calling
1959

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

International Detective
1959

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Studio One
1948

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Cool Million
1972

Sunday Night Theatre
1950