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