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Robert Adolph Wilton Morley CBEwas an English actor who enjoyed a lengthy career in both Britain and the United States. He was frequently cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment, often in supporting roles.
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Robert Adolph Wilton Morley CBEwas an English actor who enjoyed a lengthy career in both Britain and the United States. He was frequently cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment, often in supporting roles. In 1939 he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of King Louis XVI in Marie Antoinette.
In Movie Encyclopedia, film critic Leonard Maltin describes Morley as “recognisable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips and double chin, … particularly effective when cast as a pompous windbag.” Ephraim Katz in his International Film Encyclopaedia describes Morley as “a rotund, triple-chinned, delightful character player of the British and American stage and screen.” In his autobiography, Responsible Gentleman, Morley said his stage career started with managements valuing his appearance for playing “substantial gentleman” roles – as a doctor, lawyer, accountant or other professional member of society.
4 Quotes by Robert Morley
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If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.
Robert MorleyBritish actor (1908-1992)
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Anyone who works is a fool. I don’t work – I merely inflict myself upon the public.
Robert MorleyBritish actor (1908-1992)
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The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.
Robert MorleyBritish actor (1908-1992)
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Names were not so much dropped as thrown in a perpetual game of catch.
Robert MorleyBritish actor (1908-1992)