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