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George Sanders

George Sanders

Born July 3, 1906 · Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

George Sanders was a British film and television actor with a career spanning over forty years. He often played sophisticated but villainous characters due to his heavy upper-class English accent and smooth bass voice. Sanders won an Oscar for his role as Addison DeWitt in All About Eve (1950).

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Films reviewed

8.2

Avg. rating

All About Eve

Best-reviewed

1950

Years active

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Biography

George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British film and television actor, singer-songwriter, music composer, and author. His career as an actor spanned over forty years. His heavy upper-class English accent and smooth bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is perhaps best known as Jack Favell in Rebecca (1940), Scott ffolliott in Foreign Correspondent (1940, a rare heroic part), The Saran of Gaza in Samson and Delilah (1949), the most popular film of the year, Addison DeWitt in All About Eve (1950, for which he won an Oscar), Sir Brian De Bois-Guilbert in Ivanhoe (1952), King Richard the Lionheart in King Richard and the Crusaders (1954), Mr. Freeze in a two-parter episode of Batman (1966), the voice of the malevolent man-hating tiger Shere Khan in Disney's The Jungle Book (1967), the suave crimefighter The Falcon during the 1940s (a role eventually bequeathed to his elder brother, Tom Conway), and Simon Templar, The Saint, in five films made in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Films featuring George Sandersthat we've reviewed.

All About Eve poster★ 8.2

All About Eve

as Addison DeWitt

Joseph L. Mankiewicz · 1950

Drama

RT 99%

Review Highlights

AI-summarized critic and audience reaction, pulled from the Fan & Critic Buzz on their highest-rated films with us.

“The public reaction to "All About Eve" is mixed but overwhelmingly positive. The film's performances, particularly Bette Davis' Oscar-winning portrayal of Margo Channing, are widely praised. However, some reviewers find the story and dialogue lacking, calling it "entertaining but not fantastic." A few critics also note that the film's Academy Awards were unusually high, with two wins for Joseph L. Mankiewicz's screenplay and direction.”

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Selected Filmography

  • What's My Line?(1950)TV Series · 2 epsas Self
  • Mission: Impossible(1966)TV Series · 1 epas Armand Anderssarian
  • Batman(1966)TV Series · 1 epas Mister Freeze (uncredited)
  • Daniel Boone(1964)TV Series · 1 epas Col. Roger Barr
  • The Ed Sullivan Show(1948)TV Series · 1 epas Self
  • The Bob Hope Show(1950)TV Series · 2 epsas Self
  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show(1956)TV Series · 1 epas Self
  • The 20th Century Fox Hour(1955)TV Series · 1 epas Waldo Lydecker
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)TV Series · 2 epsas G. Emory Partridge
  • Studio 57(1954)TV Series · 1 epas Dr. Grissom
  • Checkmate(1960)TV Series · 1 epas Richard Gilmore
  • The Jungle Book(1967)as Shere Khan the Tiger (voice)
  • Screen Director's Playhouse(1955)TV Series · 1 epas Charles Ferris
  • The Rogues(1964)TV Series · 1 epas Leonard Carvel
  • A Shot in the Dark(1964)as Benjamin Ballon
  • Samson and Delilah(1949)as The Saran of Gaza
  • Rebecca(1940)as Jack Favell
  • The Jimmy Durante Show(1954)TV Series · 1 epas Self
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray(1945)as Lord Henry Wotton
  • General Electric Theater(1953)TV Series · 1 epas Major Watkins

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