Robert Morley

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Robert Adolph Wilton Morley, CBE (26 May 1908 – June 3, 1992) was an English actor who was often seen as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment, often in supporting roles.

Morley is "recognisable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips, and double chin," according to movie critic Leonard Maltin, "particularly effective when portrayed as a pompous windbag." Morley is described as "a rotund, triple-chinned, charming character actor of film and television" by Ephraim Katz in his International Film Encyclopaedia. Morley's autobiography, Responsible Gentleman, said his stage career began with managements valuing his performance as a doctor, advocate, accountant, or other service member of society.

Early life

Morley was born in Semley, Wiltshire, England, and the son of Gertrude Emily (née Fass) and Robert Wilton Morley, a major in the British Army. His mother came from a German family that had migrated to South Africa. Morley left Wellington College, Berkshire, which he looted, and RADA followed him. Hundreds of headmasters tried to reach him, with Morley's comment that "the only reason for me visiting Wellington would be to burn it down."

Personal life and honours

Robert Morley married Joan Buckmaster (1910–2005), a daughter of Dame Gladys Cooper. Sheridan Morley, the family's elder son, became a writer and critic. They had a daughter, Annabel, and another son, Wilton.

Morley was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1957 and was also granted a knighthood in 1975 but declined.

Morley lived in Wargrave, Berkshire, for decades.

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Career

Morley made his West End stage debut in 1929 in Treasure Island, as well as his Broadway debut in 1938 in the title role of Oscar Wilde at the Fulton Theatre. Morley, although soon to be a favorite West End actress and lucrative author, as well as appearing in touring shows, remained both a busy West End actor and lucrative author.

He was a versatile actor, especially in his younger years, in Marie Antoinette (1938), for which he received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor.

He co-wrote several plays for the stage. Return to Yesterday (1940), directed by Robert Stevenson, his 1937 play Goodness, How Sad Was Transformed into an Ealing Studios film. Edward, My Son, a riveting family story written in 1947 in collaboration with Noel Langley, had a stringent success in London and New York. Morley played Arnold Holt in the film version, but Spencer Tracy was inaccurate in turning Holt, an unscrupulous English businessman, into a blustering Canadian expatriate. MGM-British's Edward, My Son (1949) was directed by George Cukor. Morley's acting career continued with roles as a missionary in The African Queen (1951), as W. S. Gilbert (1953), and in Oscar Wilde (1960). He appeared in an Alfred Hitchcock Presents adaptation of a Stanley Ellin short story titled "Specialty of the House" in 1959.

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines by Ken Annakin was published on June 16, 1965. Morley appears in the British period comedy film "British One Actors", Sarah Miles, Terry-Thomas, James Fox, Red Skelton, Benny Hill, Gert Fröbe, and Alberto Sordi are among an international ensemble cast including Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Terry-Thomas, Terry-Thomas, James Fox, Smith, Jeff Elliott, Gert Fröbe, and Alberto Sordi. The film, which is revolving around early aviation's 1910-1920s, is about a pompous newspaper magnate (Morley) who is convinced, by her daughter (Miles) and her fiancé (Fox), to orchestrate an air race from London to Paris. A large sum of money is given to the winner, and as a result, a diverse number of characters participate. The film received rave reviews, including the fact that it was described as amusing, vibrant, innovative, and as having evoked early aviation enthusiasm. It was regarded as a major production in 1965, one of only three full-length Todd-AO Fox films with an intermission and musical interlude as part of the original screenings. The film was an exclusive roadshow feature first shown in upscale Cinerama theaters, where customers wanted reserved seats ahead of time because of the Todd-AO process. The film earned $31,111,111,111,111,111 theatrically and on home video $29,950,000. Audience reactions have been strong in both first and later on in describing the film as one of the "classic" aviation films.

In many comedies and caper films, Morley also portrayed the Britishman. With "We'll take good care of you" for British Airways, he was the face of BOAC (later British Airways). He received critical acclaim and numerous awards for his role in Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe later in his career. Morley hosted a celebrity cooking competition on Cable TV, Celebrity Chefs, during the 1980s. Morley hosted (providing explanatory introductions) the 14-episode Granada television anthology film Ladykillers in 1980.

In real life and in various aspects of film and television, he was known as a witty raconteur and for being an eloquent conversationalist as well as a well-known and passionate gourmand.

Morley was honoured by being the first King of Moomba chosen by the Melbourne Moomba festival committee, and he accepted the crown with bare feet. The Sound of Morley, Morley's one-man show, was touring Australia.

Terence Pettigrew's book "British Film Character Actors" ("Morley, who has more wobbly chins than a Shanghai drinking establishment, enjoys jouing at life's absurdities, among whom he generously includes himself."

When Eamonn Andrews surprised him in 1974, he was on this is Your Life.

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