Edric Connor - Turner Classic Movies

Biography

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Edric Connor was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Connor found his beginnings in film with roles in the Sidney Poitier drama "Cry, the Beloved Country" (1952) and the Anthony Steel adventure "West of Zanzibar" (1955). Connor made film his next project, appearing in the dramatic adventure "Moby Dick" (1956) with Gregory Peck, "The Roots of Heaven" (1958) with Errol F...

Filmography

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Only When I Larf (1968)

The High Commissioner (1968)

4 for Texas (1963)

King of Kings (1961)

Virgin Island (1960)

The Roots of Heaven (1958)

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4 For Texas (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Blood Of Christopher Columbus

Moby Dick (1956) -- (Movie Clip) There She Blows!

Biography

Edric Connor was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Connor found his beginnings in film with roles in the Sidney Poitier drama "Cry, the Beloved Country" (1952) and the Anthony Steel adventure "West of Zanzibar" (1955). Connor made film his next project, appearing in the dramatic adventure "Moby Dick" (1956) with Gregory Peck, "The Roots of Heaven" (1958) with Errol Flynn and "The Vikings" (1958) with Kirk Douglas. He also appeared in the dramatic adaptation "Virgin Island" (1960) with John Cassavetes, "King of Kings" (1961) and the comedy "Four For Texas" (1963) with Frank Sinatra. Later in his career, Connor acted in the Richard Attenborough crime adaptation "Only When I Larf" (1968). Connor passed away in October 1968 at the age of 55.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Only When I Larf (1968)

The High Commissioner (1968)

4 for Texas (1963)

King of Kings (1961)

Virgin Island (1960)

The Roots of Heaven (1958)

The Vikings (1958)

Fire Down Below (1957)

The Beasts Of Marseilles (1957)

Moby Dick (1956)

West of Zanzibar (1954)

Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)

Music (Feature Film)

The Heart of the Matter (1954)

Life Events

Videos

4 For Texas (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Blood Of Christopher Columbus About an hour into the picture, Dean Martin as would-be saloon operator Joe Jarrett, guided by his man Prince George (Edric Connor), who’s in league with Angel (Nick Dennis) on the riverboat, is sizing it up as a location when the owner (Ursula Andress as Max) finally appears, in 4 For Texas, 1964, also starring Frank Sinatra and Anita Ekberg.

Moby Dick (1956) -- (Movie Clip) There She Blows! Not unimpressive action, the first whale sighted on the voyage, Stubb (Harry Andrews) commanding Ishmael (Richard Basehart), Queequeg (Friedrich Ledebur) et al in the boats, in John Huston's Moby Dick, 1956.

Moby Dick (1956) -- (Movie Clip) That Same Lightning In his first appearance before the crew, Ahab (Gregory Peck) exhorts to the capture of the white whale, Queequeg (Friedrich Ledebur), Ishmael (Richard Basehart) and Daggoo (Edric Connor) in his thrall, in John Huston's Moby Dick, 1956.

Vikings, The -- (Movie Clip) Don't Kill Him! Kirk Douglas (as Einar), showing off his hawk for English spy Egbert (James Donald), loses an eye (this time) in an encounter with virile slave Eric (Tony Curtis) in an early scene from Richard Fleischer's The Vikings, 1958.

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