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3 | ->''"If you covered him with garbage\ |
4 | George Sanders would still have style."'' |
5 | -->-- '''Music/TheKinks''', "Celluloid Heroes" |
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7 | George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a Russian-born British actor who portrayed the archetypal dastardly cad throughout the 1940s and '50s, winning an Oscar for his portrayal of the CausticCritic Addison De Witt in ''Film/AllAboutEve''. He is probably most familiar to younger audiences as the voice of Shere Khan in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967''. He also has the honor of playing the first live-action incarnation of Mr. Freeze in the Creator/AdamWest's take on ''Series/Batman1966'', and is arguably the most memorable of the three actors to take the role in the show - no small feat when your competition is Creator/OttoPreminger and Creator/EliWallach. |
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9 | In his personal life, Sanders was an insecure, artistic man who disguised his true self through a cynically witty persona that he often performed in his films. He was married several times, notably to Creator/ZsaZsaGabor. He committed suicide at the age of 65, supposedly due to boredom. |
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11 | He was the younger brother of actor Creator/TomConway, best-known for his appearances in ''Film/CatPeople'' and other Val Lewton movies. Their voices were extraordinarily similar. The brothers [[RealLifeRelative appeared in two films together]], ''Death of a Scoundrel'' and ''The Falcon's Brother''. |
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13 | Sanders wrote a rare but hilariously witty book, ''Memoirs of a Professional Cad''. |
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16 | !!George Sanders films with pages on TV Tropes: |
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18 | * ''Film/LoveIsNews'' (1937) |
19 | * ''Film/TheManWhoCouldWorkMiracles'' (1937) |
20 | * ''Film/{{Rebecca|1940}}'' (1940) |
21 | * ''Film/ForeignCorrespondent'' (1940) |
22 | * ''Film/RageInHeaven'' (1941) |
23 | * ''Film/{{The Black Swan|1942}}'' (1942) |
24 | * ''Film/ThisLandIsMine'' (1943) |
25 | * ''Film/{{The Picture of Dorian Gray|1945}}'' (1945) |
26 | * ''Film/TheGhostAndMrsMuir'' (1947) |
27 | * ''Film/ForeverAmber'' (1947) |
28 | * ''Film/{{Samson and Delilah|1949}}'' (1949) |
29 | * ''Film/AllAboutEve'' (1950) |
30 | * ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' (1952) |
31 | * ''Film/JourneyToItaly'' (1954) |
32 | * ''Film/TheScarletCoat'' (1955) |
33 | * ''Film/WhileTheCitySleeps'' (1956) |
34 | * ''Film/TheLastVoyage'' (1960) |
35 | * ''Film/{{Village of the Damned|1960}}'' (1960) |
36 | * ''Film/TheRebel'' (1961) |
37 | * ''Film/AShotInTheDark'' (1964) |
38 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'' (1967) |
39 | * ''Film/TheBestHouseInLondon'' (1969) |
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42 | !! George Sanders and his works provide examples of: |
43 | * ColdHam: One of the masters of this trope, using vocal inflections and facial expressions to dominate his scenes without ever raising his voice. |
44 | * TheComicallySerious: In most of his roles in comic films. |
45 | * MoneyDearBoy: [[invoked]] Supposedly the only reason he acted. |
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