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Anthony Dawson

1916 - 1992

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Anthony Douglas Gillon Dawson (18 October 1916 – 8 January 1992) was a Scottish actor, best known for his supporting roles as villains in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954) and Midnight Lace (1960), and playing Professor Dent in the James Bond film Dr. No (1962). He also appeared as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Dawson is the 3,288th most popular actor (down from 2,216th in 2019), the 3,002nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,087th in 2019) and the 411th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Anthony Dawson ranks 3,288 out of 13,578. Before him are Tim McInnerny, Maryam d'Abo, Luis Mariano, Lili Damita, Ellen Terry, and Michael Imperioli. After him are Gordon Liu, Janusz Gajos, Bonnie Aarons, Martin Ferrero, José Wilker, and Carol Burnett.

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Among people born in 1916, Anthony Dawson ranks 156. Before him are Werner Bischof, Penelope Fitzgerald, José López Rega, Giuseppe Taddei, Jack Arnold, and Tatevik Sazandaryan. After him are M. S. Subbulakshmi, Pruden, Carlo Rustichelli, Chiang Fang-liang, Chinmayananda Saraswati, and Torsten Hägerstrand. Among people deceased in 1992, Anthony Dawson ranks 152. Before him are Todd Armstrong, Kathleen McKane Godfree, Viktor Grishin, Sándor Veress, Hal Roach, and Jack Arnold. After him are Irakli Abashidze, Claude Aveline, Marsha P. Johnson, Wilfried Dietrich, David Miller, and Machiko Hasegawa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Dawson ranks 3,003 out of 8,785. Before him are Tim McInnerny (1956), Norman McLaren (1914), Eleanor of Scotland (1433), Maryam d'Abo (1960), Ellen Terry (1847), and Samuel Clarke (1675). After him are Peter Mayle (1939), John Richardson (1787), Naveen Andrews (1969), Shaun Murphy (1982), Minnie Driver (1970), and Philip Barker-Webb (1793).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Anthony Dawson ranks 411. Before him are Richard Armitage (1971), Felicity Jones (1983), Ruth Wilson (1982), Tim McInnerny (1956), Maryam d'Abo (1960), and Ellen Terry (1847). After him are Naveen Andrews (1969), Minnie Driver (1970), Leslie Phillips (1924), Amanda Tapping (1965), Ian Hart (1964), and Tom Ellis (1978).

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