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George Curzon is a Actor British born on 18 october 1898 at Amersham (United-kingdom)
For the British statesman, see George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston.
Commander Chambré George William Penn Curzon (18 October 1898 – 7 May 1976), known as George Curzon, was a Royal Navy Commander, actor, and father of the present Earl Howe.
Curzon, born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, was the only son of diplomat Hon. Frederick Curzon-Howe (a son of the 3rd Earl Howe) and his wife, the actress Ellis Jeffreys. Curzon trained for the Navy at Osborne House in the Isle of Wight, and first saw action in World War I. He retired from the Navy as a Lieutenant-Commander then served as a King's Messenger before turning to the West End stage in 1930.
He then went to America and appeared on the New York stage in Parnell before entering films. He was given a minor role as a police constable in Basil Dean's Escape (1930). His first major role came in 1935 when he appeared as the title role in Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor. He reprised this role in Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935) and Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938). He appeared in several films directed by Alfred Hitchcock before he moved to the United States and Hollywood, most notably Young and Innocent, where he played a musician and murderer who was caught by his nervous eye-twitch, in a famous long crane shot devised by Hitchcock.
A brief interruption came to Curzon's acting career in 1939 when, after playing a minor role in Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn, he again enlisted in the navy during World War II. He later starred in various other films from 1947 until 1965.
Curzon had two children from his second marriage: Frederick Richard Penn (b. 1951) and Emma Charlotte (b. 1953). His son succeeded to his kinsman's title of Earl Howe in 1984 (long after the death of Curzon himself in 1976) and his daughter was granted the rank of an earl's daughter a year later (i.e. Lady Emma).
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Birth name Chambré George William Penn Curzon
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 18 october 1898 at Amersham (United-kingdom)
Death 10 may 1976 (at 77 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 18 october 1898 at Amersham (United-kingdom)
Death 10 may 1976 (at 77 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Commander Chambré George William Penn Curzon (18 October 1898 – 7 May 1976), known as George Curzon, was a Royal Navy Commander, actor, and father of the present Earl Howe.
Curzon, born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, was the only son of diplomat Hon. Frederick Curzon-Howe (a son of the 3rd Earl Howe) and his wife, the actress Ellis Jeffreys. Curzon trained for the Navy at Osborne House in the Isle of Wight, and first saw action in World War I. He retired from the Navy as a Lieutenant-Commander then served as a King's Messenger before turning to the West End stage in 1930.
He then went to America and appeared on the New York stage in Parnell before entering films. He was given a minor role as a police constable in Basil Dean's Escape (1930). His first major role came in 1935 when he appeared as the title role in Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor. He reprised this role in Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935) and Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938). He appeared in several films directed by Alfred Hitchcock before he moved to the United States and Hollywood, most notably Young and Innocent, where he played a musician and murderer who was caught by his nervous eye-twitch, in a famous long crane shot devised by Hitchcock.
A brief interruption came to Curzon's acting career in 1939 when, after playing a minor role in Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn, he again enlisted in the navy during World War II. He later starred in various other films from 1947 until 1965.
Curzon had two children from his second marriage: Frederick Richard Penn (b. 1951) and Emma Charlotte (b. 1953). His son succeeded to his kinsman's title of Earl Howe in 1984 (long after the death of Curzon himself in 1976) and his daughter was granted the rank of an earl's daughter a year later (i.e. Lady Emma).
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Persuasion (1960 series) (1959)
, 1hOrigin United-kingdom
Actors George Curzon, Fabia Drake, William Mervyn, Timothy West, Olga Lindo, Wensley Pithey
Roles Sir Walter Elliot
Rating57%
Harry Black and the Tiger (1958)
, 1h50Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Barbara Rush, Stewart Granger, I. S. Johar, Anthony Steel, Martin Stephens, Kamala Devi
Roles Mr. Philip Tanner
Rating61%
Professional hunter Harry Black is off to India. He wants to bag a tiger in the Indian jungles that is threatening a nearby village. As he proceeds on his journey, he encounters numerous people, including the young, and maybe too smart, Desmond Tanner and his wife Chris, who was Harry's first wife.
The Cruel Sea (1953)
, 2h6Directed by Charles Frend
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Denholm Elliott, Virginia McKenna, John Stratton, Stanley Baker
Roles Admiral at Party
Rating73%
The film portrays the conditions in which the Battle of the Atlantic was fought between the Royal Navy and Germany's U-boats. It is seen from the viewpoint of the British naval officers and seamen who served in convoy escorts. The film begins with a voice-over by Ericson (Jack Hawkins);
Sing Along with Me (1952)
Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Cyril Chamberlain, George Curzon
Roles Mr. Palmer
For Them That Trespass (1949)
, 1h35Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Todd, Patricia Ruth Plunkett, James Hayter, Harry Fowler, Michael Brennan, Joan Dowling
Roles Clark Hall
Rating64%
Promising writer Christopher Drew conceals his relationship with a murdered woman in order to protect his career, even though this results in an innocent man going to prison for the killing. The upper-class Drew decides he needs some first-hand experience to invigorate his work, so he explores the seedier areas of town in search of inspiration. Much to his dismay, he witnesses a murder but refuses to help an innocent man, Herbert Logan, arrested for the crime, because his presence in such a neighbourhood would cause a scandal. Logan is freed after serving 15 years in jail and he hears his "crime" detailed on a radio drama written by Drew, which enables him to gather enough evidence to finally clear his name.
That Dangerous Age (1949)
Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Myrna Loy, Roger Livesey, Peggy Cummins, Richard Greene, Elizabeth Allan, Jean Cadell
Roles Selby
Rating63%
A lady on the Isle of Capri, neglected by a husband who works too much, strikes up a romance with another man.
The First Gentleman (1948)
, 1h51Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jean-Pierre Aumont, Cecil Parker, Margaretta Scott, Jack Livesey, Ronald Squire, Athene Seyler
Roles Duke of York
Rating58%
The film traces the reign of the Prince Regent following the Napoleonic wars, and the Prince's attempts to marry off his unruly daughter Charlotte to a number of acceptable nobles, but to no avail because she falls for Leopold, a poverty-stricken German prince. Charlotte's marriage to Leopold is a happy one until the birth of their child.
Uncle Silas (1947)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Jean Simmons, Katína Paxinoú, Derrick De Marney, Derek Bond, Esmond Knight, Marjorie Rhodes
Roles Sleigh
Rating65%
Caroline Ruthyn is the teenage niece of the her elderly uncle Silas, a sickly and at one time unbalanced man who becomes her guardian on the death of her father. The fact that Silas is broke and greedy and young Caroline is the heir to her father's vast fortune is reason enough for Caroline to be wary, but her fears increase when she meets Silas's perverted son and when she discovers that her fearsome former governess, Madame de la Rougierre, is working with her uncle...
Jamaica Inn (1939)
, 1h48Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Historical, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Emlyn Williams, Leslie Banks, Robert Newton, Basil Radford
Roles Captain Murray
Rating62%
Jamaica Inn is the headquarters of a gang of wreckers led by the innkeeper Joss Merlyn (Leslie Banks). The wreckers are responsible for a series of engineered shipwrecks in which they extinguish coastal warning beacons to cause ships to run aground on the rocky Cornish coast. Then they kill the surviving sailors and steal the cargo from the wrecks.
Q Planes (1939)
, 1h22Directed by Jack Clayton, Tim Whelan, Arthur B. Woods
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Valerie Hobson, George Curzon, Patrick Aherne, George Merritt
Roles Jenkins
Rating64%
Advanced British aircraft prototypes, carrying experimental and secret equipment are vanishing with their crews on test flights. No one can fathom why, not even spymaster Major Hammond (Ralph Richardson) or his sister Kay (Valerie Hobson), a newspaper reporter, who is working undercover in the works canteen used by the crews at the Barrett & Ward Aircraft Company.
The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939)
, 1h17Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Kay Walsh, George Curzon, Chili Bouchier, Romilly Lunge, Betty Astell, Ronald Shiner
Roles Welford
Will Fyffe makes another appearance as Mr. Reeder, the seemingly absent-minded Scotland Yard sleuth created by Edgar Wallace. This time, the canny Reeder is hot on the trail of a counterfeiting gang. In his own disheveled fashion, he puts the criminals off guard long enough to swoop in for the kill in the final reel. Among the suspects is Welford (George Curzon), the eye-twitching murderer from Alfred Hitchcock's Young and Innocent. In keeping with his character's essential Britishness, Will Fyffe dispenses with his trademarked Scottish accent in this outing.
A Royal Divorce (1938)
, 1h25Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films, French Revolution films
Actors Ruth Chatterton, Pierre Blanchar, Frank Cellier, Carol Goodner, Auriol Lee, George Curzon
Roles Barras
, 1h10Directed by George King
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors George Curzon, Tod Slaughter, Greta Gynt, David Farrar, Norman Pierce
Roles Sexton Blake
Rating54%
The film - described as the best in the Blake series of 30s movies - features the character of Sexton Blake and his efforts to defeat a major crime organisation headed by Michael Larron, a 'sort of Moriarty figure'.
Strange Boarders (1938)
, 1h14Directed by Herbert Mason
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Spy films
Actors Renée Saint-Cyr, Tom Walls, Googie Withers, Ronald Adam, C.V. France, Nina Boucicault
Roles Sir Charles
Rating68%
A seemingly innocuous and respectable elderly lady is knocked down and critically injured by a bus on a London street. When the police search her handbag to find out her identity, they are astonished to discover a series of top secret military blueprints. The secret service are alerted and arrive at the hospital to question her, but she laughs in their faces before quietly dying.
Young and Innocent (1937)
, 1h20Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Derrick De Marney, Nova Pilbeam, Percy Marmont, Basil Radford, Edward Rigby, Mary Clare
Roles Guy
Rating67%
Christine Clay (Pamela Carme), a successful actress, argues passionately with her jealous ex-husband Guy (George Curzon), who makes particular reference to Robert Tisdall, a young man staying near her at her retreat on the English coast. Christine slaps him several times across the face, but he hardly reacts, choosing instead to depart without a word.