Job Actor
Years active 1928-1989
Top Roles Leader of the 3rd Echelon, Henri Cotte, Sir Ralph Bloomfield, William S. Gilbert, Charles James Fox
Top GenresComedy, Drama, Adventure, Crime, Romance, Film Adaptation
Top TopicsBook-Based, Romance (Drama), Aviation
Top Collaborators (Producer), (Director), , (Director)
Shares birthday with John Wayne, Al Jolson, Norma Talmadge  see more..

Robert Morley Overview:

Actor, Robert Morley, was born Robert Adolph Wilton Morley on May 26, 1908 in Semley, Wiltshire. Morley died at the age of 84 on Jun 3, 1992 in Wargrave, Berkshire and was laid to rest in ashes interred at St Marys Churchyard Cemetery in Wargrave, Reading, Berkshire, England.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Morley was nominated for two Oscars, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1938Best Supporting ActorMarie Antoinette (1938)King Louis XVINominated
1977Best Music - ScoringThe Slipper and the Rose--The Story of CinderellaN/ANominated
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Robert Morley Quotes:

Andrew Underschaft: When you vote, you only change the names of the cabinet. When you shoot, you pull down governments, inaugurate new epochs, abolish old orders, and set up new.


Narrator: His worried friends noticed so thin and drawn he was, and tried their best to cheer him up. "She's not good enough for you." "She lacks depth." "They're all alike anyway. Why don't you find a nice, straight line and settle down?"


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Narrator: Once upon a time there was a sensible, straight line, who was hopelessly in love, with a dot.


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Stepbrother-in-law of Sally Pearson, Robert Hardy and John Merivale.

Was among those offered the cameo part of Cryus West (eventually played by Wilfrid Hyde-White) in The Cat and the Canary (1978).

He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1957 New Year's Honours List for his services to Drama.

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