George Sanders

1906 - 1972 (suicide)
British born St Petersburg

Height 6' 3½" (1.92 m) . George Sanders was born of English parents in St. Petersburg, Russia. He worked in a Birmingham textile mill, in the tobacco business and as a writer in advertising. He entered show business in London as a chorus boy, going from there to cabaret, radio and theatrical understudy. His film debut, in 1936, was as Curly Randall in Find the Lady (1936). His U.S. debut, the same year, with Twentieth Century-Fox, was as Lord Everett Stacy in Lloyd's of London (1936). During the late 1930s and early 1940s he made a number of movies as Simon Templar--the Saint--and as Gay Lawrence, the Falcon. He played Nazis (Maj. Quive-Smith in Fritz Lang's Man Hunt (1941)), royalty (Charles II in Otto Preminger's Forever Amber (1947)), and biblical roles (Saran of Gaza in Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah (1949)). He won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as theatre critic Addison De Witt in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's All About Eve (1950). In 1957 he hosted a TV series, "The George Sanders Mystery Theater" (1957). He continued to play mostly villains and charming heels until his suicide in 1972. Spouse Magda Gabor (5 December 1970 - 1971) (divorced), Benita Hume (10 February 1959 - 1 November 1967) (her death), Zsa Zsa Gabor (2 April 1949 - 1 April 1954) (divorced), Susan Larson (1940 - 1949) (divorced).

"Disneyland" (1972) , "Mission: Impossible" (1971) , Endless Night (1971) , Psychomania (1971) , Appuntamento col disonore (1970) , The Kremlin Letter (1970) , The Best House in London (1969) , The Body Stealers (1969) , The Seven Secrets of Sumuru (1969) , The Candy Man (1969) , Laura (1968) , The Jungle Book (1967/I) , Good Times (1967) , Warning Shot (1967) , One Step to Hell (1967) , The Quiller Memorandum (1966) , Trunk to Cairo (1966) , "Batman" (1966) , "Daniel Boone" (1966) , Witchdoctor in Tails (1966) , "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1965) , F.B.I. operazione Baalbeck (1965) , The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) , "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1965) , "The Rogues" (1965) , The Golden Head (1964) , A Shot in the Dark (1964) , Intrigo, L' (1964) , The Cracksman (1963) , Cairo (1963) , In Search of the Castaways (1962) , Operation Snatch (1962) , "Checkmate" (1962) , Rendez-vous, Le (1961) , The Rebel (1961) , "General Electric Theater" (1956) , Five Golden Hours (1961) , Village of the Damned (1960) , Cone of Silence (1960) , Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons (1960) , The Last Voyage (1960) , "Alcoa Theatre" (1960) , Solomon and Sheba (1959) , That Kind of Woman (1959) , A Touch of Larceny (1959) , From the Earth to the Moon (1958) , The Whole Truth (1958) , "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1958) , Outcasts of the City (1958) , "The George Sanders Mystery Theater" (????) , The Seventh Sin (1957) , "Studio 57" (1956) , Death of a Scoundrel (1956) , "Ford Star Jubilee"(1956) , "Screen Directors Playhouse" (1956) , That Certain Feeling (1956) , While the City Sleeps (1956) , "The Ford Television Theatre" (1956) , Never Say Goodbye (1956) , "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" (1955) , The King's Thief (1955) , The Scarlet Coat (1955) , Moonfleet (1955) , The Big Tip Off (1955) , Jupiter's Darling (1955) , Viaggio in Italia (1954) , King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) , Witness to Murder (1954) , Call Me Madam (1953) , Assignment: Paris (1952) , Ivanhoe (1952) , The Light Touch (1952) , I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951) , All About Eve (1950) , Black Jack (1950) , Samson and Delilah (1949) , The Fan (1949) , Forever Amber (1947) , Lured (1947) , The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) , The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) , The Strange Woman (1946) , A Scandal in Paris (1946) , The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) , The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) , Hangover Square (1945) , Summer Storm (1944) , Action in Arabia (1944) , The Lodger (1944) , Paris After Dark (1943) , Appointment in Berlin (1943) , They Came to Blow Up America (1943) , This Land Is Mine (1943) , Quiet Please: Murder (1942) , The Black Swan (1942) , The Moon and Sixpence (1942) , The Falcon's Brother (1942) , Tales of Manhattan (1942) , Her Cardboard Lover (1942) , The Falcon Takes Over (1942) , Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) , A Date with the Falcon (1941) , The Gay Falcon (1941) , Sundown (1941) , Man Hunt (1941) , Rage in Heaven (1941) , The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) , The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) , Bitter Sweet (1940) , Foreign Correspondent (1940) ,The Saint Takes Over (1940) , So This Is London (1940) , Rebecca (1940) , The House of the Seven Gables (1940) , Green Hell (1940) , The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) , Allegheny Uprising (1939) , Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) , The Saint in London (1939) , Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) , The Saint Strikes Back (1939) , The Outsider (1939) , Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) , Four Men and a Prayer (1938) , International Settlement (1938) , Lancer Spy (1937) , The Lady Escapes (1937) , Slave Ship (1937) , Love Is News (1937) , The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) , Lloyd's of London (1936) , Strange Cargo (1936) , Things to Come (1936) , Dishonour Bright (1936) , Find the Lady (1936) , Love, Life and Laughter (1934)