George Coulouris
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About
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Birth Place
Manchester, England, GB
Born
October 01, 1903
Died
April 25, 1989
Cause of Death
Heart Attack
Biography
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Distinguished stage actor and character player of the screen who entered films in 1933 and specialized in playing immaculate villains. Coulouris was an original member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater and appeared as the memorably frosty and forever nonplussed guardian Walter Parks Thatcher in Welles' "Citizen Kane" (1941)....
Biography
Distinguished stage actor and character player of the screen who entered films in 1933 and specialized in playing immaculate villains. Coulouris was an original member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater and appeared as the memorably frosty and forever nonplussed guardian Walter Parks Thatcher in Welles' "Citizen Kane" (1941).
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Confidentially Yours
(1983)
It's Not the Size That Counts
(1979)
L' Anti Cristo
(1978)
The Ritz
(1976)
Shout at the Devil
(1976)
Murder on the Orient Express
(1974)
Mahler
(1974)
Coffee, Tea Or Me?
(1973)
Doctor
Papillon
(1973)
The Last Days of Man on Earth
(1973)
The Stranger
(1973)
Max Greene
Beyond The Fog
(1972)
John Gurney
Blood From the Mummy's Tomb
(1971)
No Blade of Grass
(1970)
Mr. Sturdevant
Land Raiders
(1970)
Cardenas
The Assassination Bureau
(1969)
Swiss peasant
Arabesque
(1966)
Ragheeb
The Skull
(1965)
Dr. Londe
The Crooked Road
(1965)
Carlos
In the Cool of the Day
(1963)
Fury at Smuggler's Bay
(1963)
François Lejeune
The Big Money
(1962)
The colonel
The Dog and the Diamonds
(1962)
Forbes
King of Kings
(1961)
Camel driver
Surprise Package
(1960)
Dr. Hugo Panzer
Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons
(1960)
Lacoste
The Boy Who Stole a Million
(1960)
Bank Manager
The Woman Eater
(1959)
Dr James Moran
Tank Force
(1958)
Camp commandant
I Accuse!
(1958)
Colonel [Jean] Sandherr
Spy in the Sky!
(1958)
Col. Benedict
Man Without a Body
(1958)
Karl Brussard
Law and Disorder
(1958)
Bennie
Kill Me Tomorrow
(1957)
Heinz Webber
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
(1957)
Carl Kraski
Doctor at Large
(1957)
Pascoe
The Beasts Of Marseilles
(1957)
Bourdin
Private's Progress
(1956)
Padre
Doctor in the House
(1955)
Briggs
Doctor at Sea
(1955)
Carpenter
Duel in the Jungle
(1954)
Captain Malburn
Race for Life
(1954)
"Picc" Dallapiccola
The Runaway Bus
(1954)
The Heart of the Matter
(1954)
Portugese Captain
Outcast of the Islands
(1951)
Babalatchi
Kill or Be Killed
(1950)
Victor Sloma
Joan of Arc
(1948)
Sir Robert de Baudricourt, Governor of Vaucouleurs
Beyond Glory
(1948)
Lew Proctor
A Southern Yankee
(1948)
Major Jack Drumman [also known as The Grey Spider]
Sleep, My Love
(1948)
Charles Vernay
Where There's Life
(1947)
[Premier] Krivoc
California
(1947)
Pharaoh Coffin
Mr. District Attorney
(1947)
James Randolph
Nobody Lives Forever
(1946)
Doc Ganson
The Verdict
(1946)
Superintendent John R. Buckley
Hotel Berlin
(1945)
Joachim Helm
Confidential Agent
(1945)
Captain Currie
Lady on a Train
(1945)
Mr. Saunders
A Song to Remember
(1945)
Louis Pleyel
Between Two Worlds
(1944)
Lingley
None But the Lonely Heart
(1944)
Jim Mordinoy
The Master Race
(1944)
[ Col. Frederic] Von Beck [also known as Ferdinand Varin]
Mr. Skeffington
(1944)
Dr. Byles
This Land Is Mine
(1943)
Prosecutor
Assignment in Brittany
(1943)
Captain [Hans] Holtz
Watch on the Rhine
(1943)
Teck de Brancovis
For Whom the Bell Tolls
(1943)
Andre Massart
Citizen Kane
(1941)
Walter Parks Thatcher
All This, and Heaven Too
(1940)
Charpentier
The Lady in Question
(1940)
Defense attorney
Christopher Bean
(1933)
Tallant
Film Production - Main (Feature Film)
Rusty Leads the Way
(1948)
Tech Director
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Mussolini: The Untold Story
(1985)
Debono
Life Events
1926
Debut as British stage actor; had minor roles at the Old Vic and leads with the Festival Theatre in Cambridge
1929
First role on Broadway
1933
Film acting debut, "Christopher Bean"
Videos
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