Rex Harrison

1908-1990

Biography: life and films

Rex Harrison was an English actor whose birth name was Reginald Carey Harrison. He was born in Huyton, Merseyside, England on 5th March 1908 and died in New York City, New York, USA on 2nd June 1990, aged 82.

His best films as an actor include Carol Reed's comedy-thriller Night Train to Munich (1940), David Lean's comedy Blithe Spirit (1945), Herbert Wilcox's I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945), Joseph L. Mankiewicz's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) and George Cukor's My Fair Lady (1964).

Rex Harrison appeared in 46 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (4 films), Richard Fleischer (3), Tim Whelan (2), Sidney Gilliat (2) and Carol Reed (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (16 films), comedy (16), romance (8), comedy-drama (7), comedy-romance (5), Thriller (5), history (3), War (3), Fantasy (3), crime-thriller (2) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Rex Harrison over all films is: 2.9

Filmography

Key: a = actor

School for Scandal (1930) [a]

The Great Game (1930) [a]

Get Your Man (1934) [a]

Leave It to Blanche (1934) [a]

All at Sea (1935) [a]

Men Are Not Gods (1936) [a]

School for Husbands (1937) [a]

Storm in a Teacup (1937) [a]

Sidewalks of London (1938) [a]

The Citadel (1938) [a]

Over the Moon (1939) [a]

The Silent Battle (1939) [a]

Night Train to Munich (1940) [a]

Ten Days in Paris (1940) [a]

Major Barbara (1941) [a]

Blithe Spirit (1945) [a]

I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945) [a]

The Rake's Progress (1945) [a]

Anna and the King of Siam (1946) [a]

The Foxes of Harrow (1947) [a]

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) [a]

Escape (1948) [a]

Unfaithfully Yours (1948) [a]

The Long Dark Hall (1951) [a]

The Four Poster (1952) [a]

Main Street to Broadway (1953) [a]

King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) [a]

The Constant Husband (1955) [a]

The Reluctant Debutante (1958) [a]

Midnight Lace (1960) [a]

The Fabulous Fifties (1960) [a]

The Happy Thieves (1962) [a]

Cleopatra (1963) [a]

My Fair Lady (1964) [a]

The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) [a]

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) [a]

Doctor Dolittle (1967) [a]

The Honey Pot (1967) [a]

A Flea in Her Ear (1968) [a]

Fenomenal e il tesoro di Tutankamen (1968) [a]

Staircase (1969) [a]

The Prince and the Pauper (1977) [a]

Shalimar (1978) [a]

Ashanti (1979) [a]

The Fifth Musketeer (1979) [a]

A Time to Die (1982) [a]



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