George Henry Sanders (July 3, 1906 - April 25, 1972) is a British film and television actor, singer-songwriter, music composer, and author. His career as an actor spans more than 40 years. His high-class English accent and bass voice often make him a sophisticated but cruel character. He is probably best known as Jack Favell at Rebecca (1940), Scott ffolliott at Foreign Correspondent (1940) (rare heroic part), Addison DeWitt at All About Eve (1950), in which he won an Academy Award, King Richard the Lionheart at King Richard and the Crusaders (1954), Mr. Freeze in a two-act episode of Batman (1966), the voice of the evil male hat hater Shere Khan at Disney's The Jungle Book (1967), and as Simon Templar, "The Saint", in five films made in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Sanders was born in Saint Petersburg, the Russian Empire, at number 6 Petrovski Ostrov. His parents were Henry Peter Ernest Sanders (1868-1960), and Margarethe Jenny Bertha Sanders ( nÃÆ' Â © e Kolbe; 1883-1967), who was born in Saint Petersburg, predominantly German, but also Estonia. and the Scottish ancestors. A biography published in 1990 states that Sanders's father was the illegitimate son of a prince of the House of Oldenburg and a Russian nobleman of the Tsar's court, married to a Tsar sister. Actor Tom Conway (1904-1967) is George Sanders' oldest brother. Their younger sister, Margaret Sanders, was born in 1912.
George Sanders was 11 when, in 1917, at the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, his family moved to England. Like his brother, he attended the Bedales School and Brighton College, an independent school boy in Brighton, then went on to Manchester Technical College after he worked in textile research.
Sanders travels to South America where he runs a tobacco plantation. Depression sent him back to England. She works at an advertising agency, where a company secretary, aspiring actress Greer Garson, advises her career in acting.
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Careers
Initial English job
Sanders learned how to sing and get roles on stage at Ballyhoo , which failed but helped build it.
He started working regularly on stage, appearing several times with Edna Best. He was with Dennis King at The Command Performance.
He briefly traveled to New York to appear on Broadway in the production of Noel Coward's Conversation Piece which ran 55 shows.
Back in the UK, Sanders has a small part in movies like Love, Life and Laughter (1934), Coming Things (1936), Strange Cargo (1936), Find Mistress (1936), Miracle Man (1936), and Pollution (1936). Hollywood and 20th Century Fox
Hollywood and 20th Century Fox
Some of these British films are distributed by 20th Century Fox who are looking for someone to play a villain in their Hollywood movie Lloyd's of London (1936). Sanders plays Lord Everett Stacy with Tyrone Power the hero; A smooth, high-class English accent from Sanders, his sleek looks and friendly voice, superior air and somewhat threatening make him in need of American films for years to come.
Lloyds of London was a big hit and Fox put Sanders under a seven-year contract (though he was often loaned out to other studios, notably RKO).
He is in power again at Love Is News (1937), then Fox gave him Wallace Beery support at Slave Ship (1937) and Gloria Stuart at The Lady Escapes > (1937). Fox then gave Sanders his first major role, in the picture B Lancer Spy (1937) with Dolores del Rio. He and del Rio are immediately recalled at International Settlement (1938). He was billed second (for Richard Greene) at John Ford's
Sanders returned to England to create The Outsider (1939) for the Associated British Picture Corporation and So This Is London (1939) for Fox.
The Saint
Sanders returns to Hollywood where RKO wants him to play heroes in a series of B-movies, The Saint . The Saint in New York was made starring in Louis Hayward in the title role, but when he decided not to return to Sanders's role for the 1939 The Saint Strikes Back
After playing American Nazi at the Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) for the Warners, Sanders was The Saint in London (1939). Also for RKO he was a bad guy at Nurse Edith Cavell (1939), as Germany, with Anna Neagle and Allegheny Uprising (1939), with John Wayne.
He played the double role in The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) and then went to Universal for Green Hell (1940) and The House of the Seven Gables < (1940).
Alfred Hitchcock wanted him for a supporting role at Rebecca (1940), a great success. After The Saint Takes Over (1940) Hitchcock used it again in Foreign Correspondent (1940).
MGM uses it as a villain in Bitter Sweet (1940) and he performs the same function for Edward Small in The Son of Monte Cristo (1940). Sanders made his last appearance as Simon Templar at The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) and MGM called him back to Rage in Heaven (1941), the early noir movie, playing the good man could be trusted, his best friend, Robert Montgomery, went crazy and made him rap.
He was a criminal in Hunt Man (1941) but heroic in Sundown (1941).
Falcon
RKO has fought Leslie Charteris, the creator of The Saint, so they stop the series and put Sanders in a new B drawing series about the felicity criminal fighters, The Falcon. The first entry is The Gay Falcon (1941). It was popular and quickly followed by A Date with the Falcon (1942).
In Fox he was in the Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) with Tyrone Power, then back to The Falcon Take Over (1942) My Lovely.
MGM used it in Her Cardboard Lover (1942) and she was one of the few stars in the Tales of Manhattan (1942).
Sanders exhausted The Falcon, so he handed the role over to his brother Tom, at The Falcon's Brother (1942), where both appeared (and Sanders was killed). The only other film in which the two siblings appear together is the Death of a Scoundrel (1956), where they also play brothers.
A male main character
Sanders was borrowed by United Artists who played the lead role in film A, The Moon and Sixpence (1942), based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.
In July 1942, Fox suspended him for refusing to lead at The Undying Monster (1942). "I like to be seen in pictures that are at least worth a bit." In September they arrested him again for rejecting the "unsympathetic role" in the Immortal Sergeant (he was replaced by Morton Lowry). In November, Fox and Sanders came to terms, with the studio offering a pay rise and cast in a movie, School for the Saboteurs They Came to Blow Up America .
Sanders was a pirate villain at The Black Swan (1943), again battling Tyrone Power, in Fox; The same studio used her at Quiet Please, Murder (1943).
The RKO calls it back to Land Is Is Mine this (1943). They bought a real story for him, Nine Lives but apparently not made.
He was loaned to Columbia for the Promise in Berlin (1943).
In February 1943, Fox announced that they developed three films for Sanders - The Porcelain Lady , a murder mystery, plus biopics from the Earl of Suffolk and Bethune.
Fox initially announced him to play the role of detective in Laura (1944) with Laird Cregar, but did not end in the last movie.
Fox completed his long-term contract with them at Paris After Dark (1943) and The Lodger (1944), playing a romantic role for Laird Cregar's criminal title.
RKO
Sanders signed a new three-movie contract with RKO, beginning with Action in Arabia (1944). After Summer Storm (1944), Fox called him back to Lodger following up with Cregar, Hangover Square (1945).
Sanders played Lord Henry Wotton in the film version of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) at MGM and took the lead in The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1946) at Universal. He did three for United Artists: Scandal in Paris (1946), The Strange Woman (1946), and The Private Affairs of Bel Ami 1947).
Sanders was the third leader in the phrase poem Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) in Fox supporting Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison.
After playing the lead at Lured (1947) Fox threw him as Charles II in their expensive blockbuster Forever Amber (1949). The same studio used him in The Fan (1949). He is a criminal in the epic of Cecil B. deMille Samson and Delilah (1949), the most popular movie of the year.
All About Eve
For his role as a cold-blooded and spicy theater critic, Addison DeWitt in All About Eve (1950), Sanders won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He was a prominent person in Black Jack (1950) but again supported the criminal role in I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951). He signed a three-picture deal with MGM for whom he did The Light Touch (1951) and Ivanhoe <1952), played Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert at , dying in a duel with Robert Taylor after declaring his love for Jewish girl Rebecca, played by Elizabeth Taylor. It was a great success.
He followed it with Assignment - Paris! (1952), a thriller film; Call Me Madam (1953), a rare music role for Sanders; Witness for Murder (1954). He starred as King Richard the Lionheart at King Richard and the Crusaders (1954).
Sanders went to Italy to appear in front of Ingrid Bergman at Journey to Italy (1954). Back in Hollywood he made some for MGM: Jupiter Darling (1955), Moonfleet (1955), The Scarlet Coat < Thief King (1955) (again as Charles II.)
In 1955 it was announced he would host and occasionally appeared on The Ringmaster a TV series about the circus. This series has never been created. Instead, Sanders was on "A Portrait of a Murderer" on The 20th Century-Fox Hour , a remake of Laura (1944), played Waldo Lydecker's role, Webb.
He is now basically a supporting actor: Never Say Goodbye (1956), While City Sleeps (1956), Certain Feelings (1956). On television, Sanders appeared with his wife Zsa Zsa Gabor at The Ford Television Theater ("Autumn Fever") and he has a role in the Screen Directors Playhouse.
Sanders memainkan peran utama dalam Death of a Scoundrel (1956) dan serial TV The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957).
Sanders was at The Seventh Sin (1957), The Whole Truth (1958), From Earth to the Moon (1958), and That Type of Woman (1959). He is seen on TV at Schlitz Playhouse , Studio 57 and Decisions .
He worked for the last time with Power on Solomon and Sheba (1959); Power died during the filming and was replaced by Yul Brynner.
Sanders is in A Touch of Larceny (1960) and The Last Voyage (1960). He had a rare lead in Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons (1960) and then after the Cone of Silence (1960) had a star part in the Village of the Damned (1960) ), a surprising surprise.
Then return to support the section: Five Gold Clock (1961), Erik the Conqueror (1961), < Snatch Operation (1962), In Search of the Castaways (1962). On TV, she starred in Goodyear Theater , Alcoa Theater , General Electric Theater , and Skrivity .
Sanders was the top billed in Cairo in 1963 and was in The Cracksman (1963), Dark Purpose (1964), and The Golden Head (1964). Peter Sellers and Sanders appeared together in the sequel to Pink Panther A Shot in the Dark (1964). Sanders previously inspired the character of the Grytpype-Thynne Hercules Seller in the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show (1951-60).
Guest Sanders at The Rogues , Underwater Sailing , and Daniel Boone . He plays the top-skinned English villain, G. Emory Partridge, in two episodes of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in 1965, "The Gazebo in the Maze Affair" and "The Yukon Affair". She also plays Mr. Freeze in two episodes of the live-action TV series Batman , both featured in February 1966.
Dalam film dia berada di Last Plane to Baalbek (1965), Trunk to Cairo (1965), The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) , The Quiller Memorandum (1966), Peringatan Ditembak (1967), dan Good Times (1967) dengan Sonny dan Cher.
Sanders' last recent performance was voicing the evil Shere Khan in Walt Disney's The Jungle Book (1967).
Sanders declared bankruptcy in 1966 due to some bad investments.
The final movie
After the top billed at The Body Stealers (1967), Sanders was at One Step to Hell (1968), another version of Laura < ) (more as Waldo), Girls from Rio (1968), The Candy Man (1969).
He has a supporting role in John Huston's The Kremlin Letter (1969), in which his first scene shows him dragging and playing piano at a gay bar in San Francisco. In 1969 he announced he was leaving the show business.
But he continues to act. Her final role was "Fade Out" with Stanley Baker at ITV Sunday Night, The Night of the Assassin (1970), Mission: Impossible (" Merchants "), Rendezvous with Dishonor (1971); Doomwatch (1972), a film version of the contemporary BBC television series; Endless Night (1972) and Psychomania (1973).
Novel
Two criminal novels written with ghosts were published under his name to monetize his fame at the height of his wartime series movie. The first is Crime on My Hands (1944), written with the first person, and mentions his Saint and Falcon film. This was followed by Foreigners at Home in 1946. Both were written by female writers: the first was by Craig Rice, and the second by Leigh Brackett.
Sing
In 1958 Sanders recorded an album titled The George Sanders Touch: The Song for Beautiful Women . The album, released by ABC-Paramount Records, features a lush string arrangement of romantic ballads, punctuated by Sanders in baritone/bass that fits (from low to middle C), including "Such is My Love", a song that she own the vaults. After trying hard to get that role, he appeared on Broadway South Pacific player, but was overwhelmed with anxiety over the singing and quickly broke up. The sound of her song can be heard in Call Me Madam (1953). She also signed for Sheridan Whiteside's role on Sherry's musical stage! (1967), based on Kaufman and Hart The Man Who Came to Dinner, but he found stage production demanding and quit after his wife, Benita Hume, discovered that he had end-stage bone cancer.
During the production of The Jungle Book Sanders refused to cast a voice for his character Shere Khan during the final recording of the song, "That's For What Friends". According to Richard Sherman, Bill Lee, a member of The Mellomen, was called to replace Sanders.
Personal life
On October 27, 1940 Sanders married Susan Larson (real name Elsie Poole). The couple divorced in 1949. From the end of that year until 1954 Sanders married Zsa Zsa Gabor, with whom he starred in the movie Death of a Scoundrel (1956) after their divorce. On 10 February 1959 Sanders married Benita Hume, widow of Ronald Colman. He died in 1967, the same year Sanders brother Tom Conway died of liver failure; Sanders got away from his brother because of his drinking problem. Sanders suffered a further blow in the same year as the death of their mother, Margarethe.
Sanders Autobiography, Memoir of a Professional Cad , was published in 1960 and garnered critical acclaim for his intelligence. Sanders suggested the title of "Dreadful Man" for his biography, which was later written by his friend Brian Aherne and published in 1979. Sanders' last marriage, on December 4, 1970, was for Magda Gabor, the older brother of his second wife. This marriage lasted only 32 days, after which he started drinking a lot.
Years later and suicide
Sanders suffered from dementia, deteriorated due to fading health, and seemed to reel in his latest movie, losing his balance. According to Aherne's biography, she also suffered a mild stroke. Sanders can not bear the possibility of losing his health or needing help to perform daily chores and become very depressed. At around this time he finds that he can no longer play his big piano, so he drags it out and crushes it with an ax. Her latest girlfriend persuaded her to sell her beloved home in Majorca, Spain, which was later bitterly regretted. From that moment he was swept away.
On 23 April 1972, Sanders entered a hotel in Castelldefels, a coastal city near Barcelona. She was found dead two days later, after a heart attack after swallowing the contents of five bottles of Barbiturate Nembutal. He left three suicide notes, one of which reads:
Dear World, I will go because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I leave you with your worries in this sweet septic tank. Good luck.
The signature appears under the message.
Sanders' body was returned to England for funeral services, after which it was cremated and the ashes scattered across the English Channel.
David Niven writes in Bring on the Empty Horses (1975), the second volume of his memoirs, that in 1937 his friend George Sanders had predicted that he would commit suicide from a barbiturate overdose when he was 65 years old and that at the age of 50s he looked depressed since his marriage failed and some tragedy struck him.
Awards and references in popular culture
Sanders has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for the movie at 1636 Vine Street and television at 7007 Hollywood Boulevard.
She is mentioned in the song "Celluloid Heroes" by Kinks: "If you cover it with garbage/George Sanders will still have style."
Ghost Sanders' made an appearance in Clive Barker's novel Coldheart Canyon (2001), as well as in the animated feature film Dante's Inferno (2007). In 2005, Charles Dennis played Sanders in his own High Class Heel game at the National Arts Club in New York City.
In the episode of "Capture the House" from Sopranos, Tony told Dr. Melfi about his boredom and his country, "I'm ready for George Sanders to stroll here."
In the 2000 movie Wonder Boys, Sanders is one of Tobey Maguire's characters when he mentions high profile suicide that has occurred in the distant memory.
Movieography
Television
- Screen Director Playhouse (1956) as Charles Ferris/Baron
- Ford Star Jubilee "You're the Top" (1956)
- George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957)
- What is My Path? September 15, 1957 (Episode No. 380) (Season 9, Ep 3) Mystery Guest
- The Rogues (1965) as Leonard Carvel
- Sailing to the Seabed "The Traitor" (1965) as Fenton
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E. "The Gazebo in the Maze Affair" and "The Yukon Affair" (1965) as G. Emory Partridge
- Daniel Boone (1966) as Colonel Roger Barr
- Batman (1966) as the Frozen Master
- Mission: Impossible: The Merchant (1971) as Armand Anderssarian
Broadway
- Piece of Conversations , at Street Theater 44, 1934
Note
Nicholas II's sister, Olga Alexandrovna married Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, but she was born in 1868, and therefore could not have been Henry Sanders's father
References
Bibliography
External links
- George Sanders on IMDb
- George Sanders on Broadway Internet Database
- George Sanders in the TCM Movie Database
- George Sanders in Cari Grave
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