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Leo Genn

Leo John Genn (9 August 1905 – 26 January 1978) was an English actor and barrister. Signified by his relaxed charm and smooth, "black velvet" voice, he had a lengthy career in theatre, film, television, and radio; often playing aristocratic or gentlemanly, sophisticate roles. Born to a Jewish family in London, Genn was educated as a lawyer and was a practicing barrister until after World War II, in which he served in the Royal Artillery as a Lieutenant-Colonel. He began his acting career at The Old Vic and made his film debut in 1935, starring in a total of 85 screen roles until his death in 1978. For his portrayal of Petronius in the 1951 Hollywood epic Quo Vadis, he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leo Genn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: London, England, UK, 1905-08-09

Died: 1978-01-26

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1936	The Dream Doctor	Husband	65
2	1936	Accused	Man	0
3	1937	When Thief Meets Thief	Prosecuting Counsel	50
4	1937	The Rat	Defending Counsel	75
5	1938	Kate Plus Ten	Dr. Gurdon	0
6	1938	Dangerous Medicine	Murdoch	0
7	1939	Pygmalion	Prince (uncredited)	70
8	1940	French Communique	Commentator	0
9	1940	Contraband	First Brother Grimm	69
10	1940	Ten Days in Paris	Lanson	75
11	1940	Law and Disorder	Another Agent	55
12	1940	Girl in the News	Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)	64
13	1942	The Young Mr. Pitt	Danton (uncredited)	57
14	1943	The Bells Go Down	Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited)	72
15	1944	Tunisian Victory	Narrator (voice)	62
16	1944	The Way Ahead	Captain Edwards	65
17	1944	Attack! The Battle for New Britain	Narrator (voice)	60
18	1944	The Return of the Vikings	Narrator (voice)	0
19	1944	Henry V	The Constable of France	66
20	1945	Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2	Marcus Antonius	0
21	1945	Caesar and Cleopatra	Bel Affris	61
22	1946	Theirs Is the Glory	Narrator (uncredited)	68
23	1946	Green for Danger	Mr. Eden	67
24	1947	Mourning Becomes Electra	Adam Brant	63
25	1948	The Velvet Touch	Michael Morrell	62
26	1948	The Snake Pit	Doctor Mark H. Van Kensdelaerik (Dr. "Kik")	71
27	1948	London Belongs to Me	Narrator (uncredited)	70
28	1950	No Place for Jennifer	William Parry	51
29	1950	I Went Back	Narrator	60
30	1950	The Wooden Horse	Peter Howard	68
31	1950	The Miniver Story	Steve Brunswick	60
32	1950	The Undefeated	Joe Anderson (voice)	0
33	1951	Power for All	Narrator	0
34	1951	Quo Vadis	Petronius	71
35	1952	The Magic Box	Maida Vale Doctor	63
36	1952	24 Hours of a Woman's Life	Robert Sterling	47
37	1952	Plymouth Adventure	William Bradford	55
38	1953	The Girls of Pleasure Island	Roger Halyard	50
39	1953	Elizabeth Is Queen	Narrator	70
40	1953	The Red Beret	Major J. Snow	66
41	1953	Personal Affair	Stephen Barlow	62
42	1954	Tonight in Britain	Self - Commentator	0
43	1954	The Green Scarf	Rodelec	53
44	1955	Blackmail	Lionel Kendall	0
45	1955	Lady Chatterley's Lover	Sir Clifford Chatterley	59
46	1955	The Titanic Incident	Paul Bernard	0
47	1956	Moby Dick	Starbuck	71
48	1956	Beyond Mombasa	Ralph Hoyt	71
49	1958	The Immortal Land		0
50	1958	The Steel Bayonet	Maj. Gerrard	54
51	1958	I Accuse!	Maj. Picquart	61
52	1958	Tank Force!	Sgt. Kendall	62
53	1960	Mrs. Miniver	Clem Miniver	0
54	1960	Escape by Night	Michael Pemberton	69
55	1960	Too Hot to Handle	Johnny Solo	46
56	1961	Life of Adolf Hitler	Narrator	69
57	1962	The Longest Day	Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.	76
58	1963	55 Days at Peking	Gen. Jung-Lu	70
59	1964	The Delhi Way	Narrator (voice)	57
60	1964	The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse	Adm. Quency	58
61	1965	Ten Little Indians	General Mandrake	63
62	1966	Circus of Fear	Elliott	52
63	1966	Khartoum	Narrator (voice)	63
64	1968	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Dr. Lanyon	63
65	1970	The Bloody Judge	Lord Wessex	49
66	1970	Connecting Rooms	Dr. Norman	60
67	1970	Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary	Patrick Hastings, KC	0
68	1971	A Lizard in a Woman's Skin	Edmond Brighton	65
69	1971	Die Screaming Marianne	The Judge	60
70	1972	Endless Night	Psychiatrist (uncredited)	61
71	1973	The Silent One	Chief of M.I.5	72
72	1973	The MacKintosh Man	Rollins (uncredited)	60
73	1974	Frightmare	Dr. Lytell	64
74	1975	You Are Free, Dr. Korczak	Dr. Janusz Korczak	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Your Show of Shows		63
2	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Archbishop of Rheims	86
3	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Paul Bernard	65
4	1961	The Defenders	Dr. Morton Chaney	62
5	1962	The Virginian	Gavin Heath	65
6	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
7	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		57
8	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Henry Wilcox	50
9	1968	The Expert	Dr. Bellman	100
10	1971	The Persuaders!	Sir Hugo Chalmers	76