George Sanders

1906-1972

Biography: life and films

George Sanders was an English actor. He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia on 3rd July 1906 and died in Castelldefels, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on 25th April 1972, aged 65.

His best films as an actor include Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Rebecca (1940), Albert Lewin's The Moon and Sixpence (1942), John Brahm's crime-thriller The Lodger (1944), Hangover Square (1945) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz's All About Eve (1950).

George Sanders appeared in 124 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Jack Hively (3 films), Irving Reis (3), Fritz Lang (3), Douglas Sirk (3), Albert Lewin (3), Wolf Rilla (2), W.S. Van Dyke (2), W. Lee Wilder (2), Tay Garnett (2), Robert Day (2), Richard Thorpe (2), Otto Preminger (2), Léonide Moguy (2), Julien Duvivier (2), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (2), John Brahm (2), Jesus Franco (2), Henry King (2), Eugene Forde (2) and Alfred Hitchcock (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (65 films), Thriller (24), comedy (20), romance (15), War (11), crime-thriller (9), Horror (8), comedy-romance (7), history (6), Fantasy (5), comedy-drama (4) and Documentary (2).

Our average rating for George Sanders over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer

Love, Life and Laughter (1934) [a]

Dishonour Bright (1936) [a]

Find the Lady (1936) [a]

Lloyd's of London (1936) [a]

Strange Cargo (1936) [a]

The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) [a]

Things to Come (1936) [a]

Lancer Spy (1937) [a]

Love Is News (1937) [a]

Slave Ship (1937) [a]

The Lady Escapes (1937) [a]

Four Men and a Prayer (1938) [a]

International Settlement (1938) [a]

Allegheny Uprising (1939) [a]

Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) [a]

Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) [a]

Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) [a]

The Outsider (1939) [a]

The Saint Strikes Back (1939) [a]

The Saint in London (1939) [a]

Bitter Sweet (1940) [a]

Foreign Correspondent (1940) [a]

Green Hell (1940) [a]

Rebecca (1940) [a]

So This Is London (1940) [a]

The House of the Seven Gables (1940) [a]

The Saint Takes Over (1940) [a]

The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) [a]

The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) [a]

Man Hunt (1941) [a]

Rage in Heaven (1941) [a]

Sundown (1941) [a]

The Gay Falcon (1941) [a]

The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) [a]

A Date with the Falcon (1942) [a]

Her Cardboard Lover (1942) [a]

Quiet Please: Murder (1942) [a]

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) [a]

Tales of Manhattan (1942) [a]

The Black Swan (1942) [a]

The Falcon Takes Over (1942) [a]

The Falcon's Brother (1942) [a]

The Moon and Sixpence (1942) [a]

Appointment in Berlin (1943) [a]

Paris After Dark (1943) [a]

They Came to Blow Up America (1943) [a]

This Land Is Mine (1943) [a]

Action in Arabia (1944) [a]

Summer Storm (1944) [a]

The Lodger (1944) [a]

Hangover Square (1945) [a]

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) [a]

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) [a]

A Scandal in Paris (1946) [a]

The Strange Woman (1946) [a]

Forever Amber (1947) [a]

Lured (1947) [a]

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) [a]

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) [a]

Samson and Delilah (1949) [a]

The Fan (1949) [a]

All About Eve (1950) [a]

Black Jack (1950) [a]

I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951) [a]

Kentucky Jubilee (1951) [a]

Assignment: Paris (1952) [a]

Ivanhoe (1952) [a]

The Light Touch (1952) [a]

Call Me Madam (1953) [a]

Run for the Hills (1953) [a]

King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) [a]

The Stranger Came Home (1954) [w]

Viaggio in Italia (1954) [a]

Witness to Murder (1954) [a]

Jupiter's Darling (1955) [a]

Moonfleet (1955) [a]

Night Freight (1955) [a]

The Big Tip Off (1955) [a]

The King's Thief (1955) [a]

The Scarlet Coat (1955) [a]

Death of a Scoundrel (1956) [a]

Never Say Goodbye (1956) [a]

That Certain Feeling (1956) [a]

While the City Sleeps (1956) [a]

The Seventh Sin (1957) [a]

From the Earth to the Moon (1958) [a]

Outcasts of the City (1958) [a]

The Whole Truth (1958) [a]

A Touch of Larceny (1959) [a]

Solomon and Sheba (1959) [a]

That Kind of Woman (1959) [a]

Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons (1960) [a]

Cone of Silence (1960) [a]

The Last Voyage (1960) [a]

Village of the Damned (1960) [a]

Five Golden Hours (1961) [a]

Il mondo di notte (1961) [a]

Le Rendez-vous (1961) [a]

The Rebel (1961) [a]

In Search of the Castaways (1962) [a]

Operation Snatch (1962) [a]

Cairo (1963) [a]

The Cracksman (1963) [a]

A Shot in the Dark (1964) [a]

F.B.I. operazione Baalbeck (1964) [a]

Il mondo di notte numero 3 (1964) [a]

L'Intrigo (1964) [a]

The Golden Head (1964) [a]

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) [a]

The Quiller Memorandum (1966) [a]

Trunk to Cairo (1966) [a]

Witchdoctor in Tails (1966) [a]

Good Times (1967) [a]

The Jungle Book (1967) [a]

Warning Shot (1967) [a]

Caccia ai violenti (1968) [a]

Die sieben Männer der Sumuru (1969) [a]

The Best House in London (1969) [a]

The Body Stealers (1969) [a]

The Candy Man (1969) [a]

Appuntamento col disonore (1970) [a]

The Kremlin Letter (1970) [a]

Doomwatch (1972) [a]

Endless Night (1972) [a]

Psychomania (1973) [a]



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