Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 82

Also known asReginald Carey Harrison, رکس هریسونGenderMaleNationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandBorn05/03/1908Born inHuyton, Lancashire, England, UKDied02/06/1990Died inNew York CityCausepancreatic cancerWikidataQ181887 ↗Buried atForest Lawn Memorial ParkTMDb#35321 ↗

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.

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Filmography54 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2028	Charmed Lives: A Family RomanceMovie	Self (archive footage)	120
2019	Julie Andrews ForeverMovie	Self (archive footage)	111
2001	Cleopatra: The Film That Changed HollywoodMovie	Self (archive footage)	93
2000	Sir John Mills' Moving MemoriesMovie	Self (archive footage)	92
1995	More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'Movie	Self / Professor Henry Higgins (archive footage)	87
1989	I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...Movie	Self (Archive Footage)	81
1986	Anastasia - The Mystery of AnnaSeries	Grand Duke Cyril Romanov	78
1979	The Fifth MusketeerMovie	Colbert	71
1979	AshantiMovie	Brian Walker	71
1978	ShalimarMovie	Sir John Locksley	70
1977	The Prince and the PauperMovie	The Duke of Norfolk	69
1976	Bob Hope's World of ComedyMovie	Self (archive footage)	68
1974	Rex Harrison Presents Stories of LoveMovie	Self - Host	66
1971	Great PerformancesSeries	Captain Shotover	63
1971	V.I.P. SchaukelSeries	Self	63
1968	A Flea in Her EarMovie	Victor Chandebisse / Poche	60
1967	Doctor DolittleMovie	Dr. John Dolittle	59
1965	BBC Play of the MonthSeries	Don Quixote	57
1965	The Car That Became a StarMovie	The Marquess of Frinton (archive footage)	57
1964	My Fair LadyMovie	Professor Henry Higgins	56
1964	The Yellow Rolls-RoyceMovie	The Marquess of Frinton	56
1963	CleopatraMovie	Julius Caesar	55
1961	The Happy ThievesMovie	Jimmy Bourne	53
1960	Midnight LaceMovie	Anthony Preston	52
1959	StartimeSeries	Fred Cortin	51
1959	Zwischen Glück und KroneMovie	—	51
1958	The Reluctant DebutanteMovie	Jimmy Broadbent	50
1957	DuPont Show of the MonthSeries	Mr. Sir	49
1956	Tony AwardsSeries	Self - Host	48
1954	King Richard and the CrusadersMovie	Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin	46
1953	The OscarsSeries	Self	45
1953	Main Street to BroadwayMovie	Self	45
1952	OmnibusSeries	—	44
1951	The Long Dark HallMovie	Arthur Groome	43
1950	The Colgate Comedy HourSeries	Self	42
1950	Your Show of ShowsSeries	—	42
1948	The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries	Self	40
1946	Anna and the King of SiamMovie	King Mongkut	38
1945	The Rake's ProgressMovie	Vivian Kenway	37
1945	I Live in Grosvenor SquareMovie	Major David Bruce	37
1945	Journey TogetherMovie	Guest (uncredited)	37
1945	Blithe SpiritMovie	Charles Condomine	37
1941	Major BarbaraMovie	Adolphus Cusins	33
1940	Ten Days in ParisMovie	Bob Stevens	32
1940	Night Train to MunichMovie	Gus Bennett	32
1939	Over the MoonMovie	Dr. Freddie Jarvis	31
1938	St. Martin's LaneMovie	Harley Prentiss	30
1938	The CitadelMovie	Dr. Frederick Lawford	30
1937	Storm in a TeacupMovie	Frank Burdon	29
1937	School for HusbandsMovie	Leonard Drummond	29
1936	All at SeaMovie	Aubrey Bellingham	28
1936	Men Are Not GodsMovie	Tommy Stapleton	28
1930	The School for ScandalMovie	Man (uncredited)	22
1930	The Great GameMovie	George	22