Leo Genn
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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
Credits
The Longest Day (1962)
as Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr.
Quo Vadis (1951)
as Petronius
Moby Dick (1956)
as Starbuck
55 Days at Peking (1963)
as Gen. Jung-Lu
Henry V (1944)
as The Constable of France
Khartoum (1966)
as Narrator (voice)
The Snake Pit (1948)
as Mark Kik
The Bloody Judge (1970)
as Lord Wessex
The Magic Box (1952)
as Maida Vale Doctor
Endless Night (1972)
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
The MacKintosh Man (1973)
as Rollins (uncredited)
The Way Ahead (1944)
as Captain Edwards
Pygmalion (1938)
as Prince (uncredited)
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
as Bel Affris
The Red Beret (1953)
as Major J. Snow
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
as Edmond Brighton
Circus of Fear (1966)
as Elliott
Ten Little Indians (1965)
as General Mandrake
Beyond Mombasa (1956)
as Ralph Hoyt
I Accuse! (1958)
as Maj. Picquart
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1955)
as Sir Clifford Chatterley
Contraband (1940)
as First Brother Grimm
The Velvet Touch (1948)
as Michael Morrell
The Life of Adolf Hitler (1961)
as Narrator
The Silent One (1973)
as Chief of M.I.5
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)
as Dr. Lanyon
Tank Force! (1958)
as Sgt. Kendall
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
as William Bradford
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
as Danton (uncredited)
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
as Adam Brant
The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953)
as Roger Halyard
The Drum (1938)
as Abdul Fakir (uncredited)
Green for Danger (1946)
as Mr. Eden
The Wooden Horse (1950)
as Peter Howard
Mrs. Miniver (1960)
as Clem Miniver
Too Hot to Handle (1960)
as Johnny Solo
The Titanic Incident (1955)
as Paul Bernard
Ten Days in Paris (1940)
as Lanson
The Bells Go Down (1943)
as Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited)
Kate Plus Ten (1938)
as Dr. Gurdon
The Rat (1937)
as Defending Counsel
The Dream Doctor (1936)
as Husband
Jump for Glory (1937)
as Prosecuting Counsel
The Miniver Story (1950)
as Steve Brunswick
24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952)
as Robert Sterling
Girl in the News (1940)
as Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
Escape by Night (1960)
as Michael Pemberton
Die Screaming Marianne (1971)
as The Judge
Frightmare (1974)
as Dr. Lytell
Personal Affair (1953)
as Stephen Barlow
Connecting Rooms (1970)
as Dr. Norman
Tonight in Britain (1954)
as Self - Commentator
Tunisian Victory (1944)
as Narrator (voice)
You'll Never See Me Again (1959)
as Inspector Stillman
Law and Disorder (1940)
as Another Agent
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964)
as Adm. Quency
London Belongs to Me (1948)
as Narrator (uncredited)
Attack! The Battle for New Britain (1944)
as Narrator (voice)
No Place for Jennifer (1950)
as William Parry
The Return of the Vikings (1944)
as Narrator (voice)
The Immortal Land (1958)
Actor
Accused (1936)
as Man
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary (1970)
as Patrick Hastings, KC
The Steel Bayonet (1958)
as Maj. Gerrard
The Changing Face of Europe (1951)
as Self-Narrator
Theirs Is the Glory (1946)
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Undefeated (1950)
as Joe Anderson (voice)
The Delhi Way (1964)
as Narrator (voice)
Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2 (1945)
as Marcus Antonius
Blackmail (1955)
as Lionel Kendall
Dangerous Medicine (1938)
as Murdoch
The Green Scarf (1954)
as Rodelec
You Are Free, Dr. Korczak (1975)
as Dr. Janusz Korczak
French Communique (1940)
as Commentator
I Went Back (1950)
as Narrator
Power for All (1951)
as Narrator
Elizabeth Is Queen (1953)
as Narrator