Still of Charles Chaplin, Henry Daniell, Carter DeHaven and Jack Oakie in The Great Dictator (1940)
Caption: Still of Charles Chaplin, Henry Daniell, Carter DeHaven and Jack Oakie in The Great Dictator (1940)
Actor
Born: March 5, 1894
Star sign: Pisces
Height: 6' (1.83 m)
Known for: The Great Dictator (1940), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), The Philadelphia Story (1940), The Body Snatcher (1945)
Source: IMDB
London-born Henry Daniell began his career on the British stage, and continued it on the Broadway stage when he emigrated to the US. He entered films in 1929, and excelled at playing the suave, well-bred villain who could kill an enemy or start a war with a certain air of upper-class disdain, as if all of this effort was beneath him. His long and ...