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Acting

George Sanders

Career: Active from 1936 to 2013, with a break from 1974 to 2012, busiest in 1939 and 1940 with 8 main titles each.

Leading roles: 91
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: All About Eve
92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 89 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

George Sanders Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.4, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.6, average 3.0
Pop Culture
1.1, average 2.2
Family Dynamics
3.8, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 11
Political Intrigue 10
Psychological Thriller 9
Social Commentary 7
Classic Hollywood 5
Intrigue 5
Moral Ambiguity 4
Social Climbing 4
Period Piece 4
Character-Driven 4
Classic Cinema 4
Historical Romance 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

134

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

Footsteps on the Ceiling

as Addison DeWitt (archive footage)

1970s

7 titles · average score 57

Disney's Greatest Villains

as Shere Khan (voice) (archive footage)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as (archive footage)

Psychomania

70

as Shadwell

Endless Night

53

as Andrew Lippincott

Doomwatch

46

as The Admiral

The Night of the Assassin

as General Downes

The Kremlin Letter

60

as Warlock

1960s

35 titles · average score 60

The Girl from Rio

47

as Sir Masius

The Best House in London

42

as Sir Francis Leybourne

The Body Stealers

36

as Gen. Armstrong

The Jungle Book

76

as Shere Khan the Tiger (voice)

Trunk to Cairo

56

as Professor Schlieben

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

52

as The Banker

A Shot in the Dark

79

as Benjamin Ballon

In Search of the Castaways

64

as Thomas Ayerton

The Rebel

76

as Sir Charles Broward

Village of the Damned

79

as Gordon Zellaby

A Touch of Larceny

49

as Sir Charles Holland

The Last Voyage

60

as Capitaine Robert Adams

1950s

32 titles · average score 61

Solomon and Sheba

39

as Adonijah

From the Earth to the Moon

45

as Stuyvesant Nicholl

While the City Sleeps

79

as Mark Loving

Death of a Scoundrel

63

as Clementi Sabourin

Never Say Goodbye

61

as Victor

That Certain Feeling

59

as Larry Larkin

Moonfleet

65

as Lord James Ashwood

Journey to Italy

83

as Alex Joyce

King Richard and the Crusaders

45

as King Richard I

The Unholy Four

43

Novel

Witness to Murder

60

as Albert Richter

All About Eve

92

as Addison DeWitt

1940s

40 titles · average score 63

Samson and Delilah

62

as The Saran of Gaza

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

90

as Miles Fairley

Lured

84

as Robert Fleming

A Scandal in Paris

71

as Eugéne François Vidocq

The Picture of Dorian Gray

75

as Lord Henry Wotton

The Lodger

67

as Inspector John Warwick

This Land Is Mine

80

as George Lambert

The Falcon's Brother

63

as Gaylord "Gay" Lawrence

The Gay Falcon

58

as Gay Laurence / The Falcon

Rage in Heaven

60

as Ward Andrews

Man Hunt

79

as Major Quive-Smith

Rebecca

83

as Jack Favell

1930s

19 titles · average score 62

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

77

as Franz Schlager

Allegheny Uprising

52

as Captain Swanson

Nurse Edith Cavell

63

as Capt. Heinrichs

The Saint Strikes Back

61

as Simon Templar

The Saint in London

54

as Simon Templar

So This Is London

as Dr. de Reseke

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

53

as Eric Norvel

The Outsider

as Anton Ragatzy

Four Men and a Prayer

51

as Wyatt Leigh

International Settlement

as Del Forbes

Lancer Spy

67

as Baron Kurt von Rohback / Lt. Michael Bruce

The Lady Escapes

as Rene Blanchard