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George Zucco is a Actor British born on 10 january 1886 at Manchester (United-kingdom)
George Desylla Zucco (11 January 1886 – 27 May 1960) was an English character actor who appeared, almost always in supporting roles, in 96 films during a career spanning two decades, from 1931 to 1951. In his horror film role he often played a suave villain.
Au théâtre, il débute au Canada en 1908 et, après avoir servi dans l'armée britannique durant la Première Guerre mondiale, poursuit sa carrière sur les planches, jouant notamment en Angleterre. Il apparaît une seule fois à Broadway, en 1935-1936. En outre, il est occasionnellement metteur en scène.
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Birth name George De Sylla Zucco
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 10 january 1886 at Manchester (United-kingdom)
Death 27 may 1960 (at 74 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 10 january 1886 at Manchester (United-kingdom)
Death 27 may 1960 (at 74 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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Il débute au cinéma dans son pays natal, en 1931, avant de s'installer aux États-Unis en 1935. Il est surtout connu pour ses prestations dans bon nombre de films d'horreur hollywoodiens des années 1940. En 1951, après quasiment cent films, il se retire pour raison de santé.Au théâtre, il débute au Canada en 1908 et, après avoir servi dans l'armée britannique durant la Première Guerre mondiale, poursuit sa carrière sur les planches, jouant notamment en Angleterre. Il apparaît une seule fois à Broadway, en 1935-1936. En outre, il est occasionnellement metteur en scène.
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David and Bathsheba (1951)
, 1h56Directed by Henry King, Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Children's films
Actors Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey, Kieron Moore, James Robertson Justice, Francis X. Bushman
Roles Egyptian Ambassador (uncredited)
Rating60%
Un jeune berger de quinze ans tue le géant Goliath à coup de fronde. Plus tard, fort de sa célébrité, il devient le roi David et règne sur le peuple juif. Aujourd'hui, ses troupes assiègent la ville ammonite de Rabbath-Ammon. Marié à Mikhal, David s’éprend d’une femme d’une grande beauté aperçue prenant son bain, Bethsabée. Épouse délaissée d’un officier du roi, Urie le Hittite, Bethsabée devient la maîtresse de David. Lorsque celle-ci lui apprend qu’elle est enceinte et, son mari étant loin sur le champ de bataille, risque selon la loi d’être lapidée pour adultère, le roi décide pour la sauver d’envoyer Urie en première ligne au plus fort de la bataille. Urie meurt au combat et le roi épouse Bethsabée, après avoir répudié sa femme.
The First Legion (1951)
, 1h26Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Charles Boyer, William Demarest, Lyle Bettger, Walter Hampden, Barbara Rush, Wesley Addy
Roles Father Robert Stuart
Rating64%
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Let's Dance (1950)
, 1h47Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire, Roland Young, Ruth Warrick, Shepperd Strudwick, Lucile Watson
Roles Judge Mackenzie
Rating60%
A war widow returns to work with her former dancing partner, but her upper class mother-in-law is aghast that her grandson is being exposed to show business and takes legal steps to gain custody.
Madame Bovary (1949)
, 1h54Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Madame Bovary
Actors Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockhart
Roles Dubocage
Rating69%
The film opens with Gustave Flaubert (James Mason) in court to defend his novel, which has been accused of being a "disgrace to France and an insult to womanhood". In order to keep it from being banned, Flaubert tells the story of Madame Bovary from his perspective.
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
, 1h49Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Betty Blythe, Gale Robbins
Roles The Judge
Rating69%
Josh and Dinah Barkley (Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) are a husband-and-wife musical comedy team at the peak of their careers. After finishing a new show, Dinah meets serious French playwright Jacques Pierre Barredout (Jacques François), who suggests that Dinah should take up dramatic acting. Dinah tries to keep the suggestion a secret from Josh, but when he finally discovers Dinah hiding a script for Jacques' new show from him, the couple splits up.
The Secret Garden (1949)
, 1h32Directed by Fred M. Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Gladys Cooper, Dean Stockwell, Elsa Lanchester, Brian Roper
Roles Dr. Fortescue
Rating74%
When tempestuous Mary Lennox (Margaret O'Brien), born in India to wealthy parents, is orphaned by a cholera epidemic, she is sent to live with her reclusive and embittered Uncle Archibald Craven (Herbert Marshall) and her ill-behaved, bedridden cousin Colin (Dean Stockwell) at their desolate and decaying estate known as Misselthwaite Manor. Dickon (Brian Roper), the brother of one of the house maids, tells her of a garden secreted behind a hidden door in a vine-covered wall. When a raven unearths the key, the two enter and discover the garden is overgrown from neglect since Craven's wife died there in an accident. They decide to keep their discovery a secret, and begin to restore it to its original grandeur. Under the influence of the Secret Garden, Mary becomes less self-absorbed, Colin's health steadily improves, and Archibald's curmudgeonly personality fades away.
The Pirate (1948)
, 1h42Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Pirate films, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, George Zucco
Roles The Viceroy
Rating68%
Manuela Alva (Judy Garland), who lives in the small Caribbean village of Calvados, dreams of being swept away by the legendary Pirate, Mack "the Black" Macoco. However, her aunt and uncle (who have raised her) insist that she marry the town mayor, the rotund and bullying Don Pedro (Walter Slezak).
Dead Men Walk (1948)
, 1h4Directed by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Dwight Frye, George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young, Forrest Taylor, Fern Emmett
Roles Lloyd Clayton / Elwyn Clayton
Rating48%
The story involves a kindly small-town physician Doctor Lloyd Clayton (George Zucco), who attends the funeral of his twin brother, the evil magician Elwyn, whom he has secretly murdered because of the latter's deep involvement in the occult sciences. Evil Elwyn's hunchback assistant Zolarr (Dwight Frye) suspects the good doctor of doing away with his master and confronts him on this matter, but the doctor swears that he only acted in self-defense when his brother had become a danger to society. Unfortunately, the evil twin brother had gone too far meddling with the dark arts before his demise, and with the help of his assistant he returns to life as a vampire. The doctor and his beautiful young niece, Gayle Clayton (Mary Carlisle) soon discover that evil forces still are at work even after Elwyn's funeral and are horrified to learn that the resurrected Elwyn is set on a gruesome revenge against his brother and his niece.
Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
, 1h8Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, George Zucco, Andrea Palma, Linda Christian, Edward Ashley-Cooper
Roles Palanth, the High Priest
Rating56%
The setting is a coastal African village where swimming and diving are central to the culture, hence the term "the Mermaids." Tarzan and Jane (Brenda Joyce) help a native girl (Linda Christian) who has fled the village to avoid a forced marriage to a supposed local god. George Zucco portrays Palanth, the corrupt high priest attempting to force the girl into marriage, and Fernando Wagner plays a con man impersonating the god Balu.
Who Killed Doc Robbin? (1948)
, 55minutesOrigin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Virginia Grey, George Zucco, Whitford Kane, Paul Hurst, Wilton Graff, Claire Du Brey
Roles Doc Hugo Robbin
Rating46%
Joan of Arc (1948)
, 2h25Directed by Richard Rosson, Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Jeanne d'Arc, Political films, Films based on plays, Histoire de France
Actors Ingrid Bergman, José Ferrer, Francis L. Sullivan, J. Carrol Naish, George Coulouris, Gene Lockhart
Roles Constable of Clervaux
Rating63%
Unlike the play Joan of Lorraine, which is a drama that shows how the story of Joan affects a group of actors who are performing it, the film is a straightforward recounting of the life of the French heroine. It begins with an obviously painted shot of the inside of a basilica with a shaft of light, possibly descending from heaven, shining down from the ceiling, and a solemn off-screen voice pronouncing the canonization of the Maid of Orleans. Then, the opening page of what appears to be a church manuscript recounting Joan's life in Latin is shown on the screen, while some uncredited voiceover narration by actor Shepperd Strudwick sets up the tale. The actual story of Joan then begins, from the time she becomes convinced that she has been divinely called to save France to her being burnt at the stake at the hands of the English and the Burgundians.
Lured (1947)
, 1h42Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Joseph Calleia
Roles Officer H.R. Barrett
Rating69%
Sandra Carpenter (Lucille Ball) is an American who came to London to perform in a show, but now is working as a taxi dancer. She is upset to find out that friend and fellow dancer Lucy Barnard (Tanis Chandler) is missing and believed to be the latest victim of the notorious "Poet Killer," who lures victims with ads in the newspaper's personal columns and sends poems to taunt the police.
Desire Me (1947)
, 1h31Directed by Jack Conway, Mervyn LeRoy, George Cukor, Victor Saville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Actors Greer Garson, Robert Mitchum, Richard Hart, George Zucco, Morris Ankrum, Cecil Humphreys
Roles Father Donnard
Rating60%
Marise Aubert aime son mari, Paul (Robert Mitchum), mais souffre d'un sentiment de culpabilité qu’elle confie au Dr Leclair (Cecil Humphreys), psychiatre.
Scared to Death (1947)
, 1h7Directed by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror
Actors Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton, Molly Lamont, Joyce Compton, Roland Varno
Roles Dr. Josef Van Ee
Rating41%
The film opens with the disclosure by morgue examiners that a beautiful woman has literally died of fright. The plot reveals how she reached the fatal stage of terror.
Captain from Castile (1947)
, 2h20Directed by Henry King, Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Lee J. Cobb, Antonio Moreno, Thomas Gomez
Roles Marquis De Carvajal
Rating67%
In the spring of 1518, near Jaén, Spain, Pedro de Vargas (Tyrone Power), a Castilian caballero, helps a runaway Aztec slave, Coatl (Jay Silverheels), escape his cruel master, Diego de Silva (John Sutton). De Silva is el supremo of the Santa Hermandad, charged with enforcing the Inquisition, and Pedro's rival for the affections of the beautiful Lady Luisa de Carvajal (Barbara Lawrence). Later, Pedro rescues barmaid Catana Pérez (Jean Peters) from de Silva's men. At the inn where Catana works, Pedro becomes acquainted with Juan García (Lee J. Cobb), an adventurer just returned from the New World to see his mother.