Felix Aylmer

Biography

Sir Felix Aylmer OBE (21 February 1889 – 2 September 1979) was a distinguished English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television. He was born in Corsham, Wiltshire, England[1] as Felix Edward Aylmer Jones. He often worked with Sir Laurence Olivier in Shakepearean films, such as Polonius in Hamlet (1948), and often played old wise men, such as Merlin in Knights of the Round Table (1953). He also memorably played the Archbishop of Canterbury in the film adaptation of Becket (1964), with Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole. Aylmer was President of Equity from 1950 to 1969. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)[2] in the 1950 Queen's Birthday Honours and knighted[3][4] in the 1965 Queen's Birthday Honours. His last major screen role was as the Abbot in the 1960s sitcom Oh, Brother!, opposite Derek Nimmo. He died in a nursing home in Pyrford, Surrey in 1979.

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Birth Name

Felix Edward Aylmer Jones

Birth Place

Corsham, Wiltshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Birth Date

2/21/1889

Death Date

9/2/1979
Known For
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The Mummy

Stephen Banning

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Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Clarence Olderberry Sr.

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From the Terrace

James Duncan MacHardie

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As You Like it

Duke Frederick

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Christopher Columbus

Father Perez

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The Running Man

Parson

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The Hands of Orlac

Dr. Francis Cochrane

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The Ghost of St. Michael's

Dr. Winter

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Your Witness

The British Judge

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The Lady with a Lamp

Lord Palmerston

Starring In
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The Thief and the Cobbler

Narrator (voice)

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Masquerade

Henrickson

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Mujer sin Pasado

Judge McWhirrey

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Becket

Archbishop of Canterbury

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Hallmark Hall of Fame: Macbeth

Doctor

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The Running Man

Parson

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The Boys

The Judge / Judge

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The Road to Hong Kong

Grand Lama

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Exodus

Dr. Lieberman

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From the Terrace

James Duncan MacHardie

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The Hands of Orlac

Dr. Francis Cochrane

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Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Clarence Olderberry Sr.

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The Mummy

Stephen Banning

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The Doctor's Dilemma

Sir Patrick Cullen

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Separate Tables

Mr. Fowler

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The Two-Headed Spy

Cornaz

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I Accuse!

Edgar Demange

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Saint Joan

Inquisitor

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Anastasia

Chamberlain

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Heirate nie in Monte Carlo

The Other

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The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp

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The Love Lottery

Winant

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Knights of the Round Table

Merlin

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The Master of Ballantrae

Lord Durrisdeer

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The man who Watched Trains go by

Mr. Merkemans

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Ivanhoe

Isaac

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I'll Never Forget You

Sir William, the Physician (uncredited)

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The Lady with a Lamp

Lord Palmerston

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No Highway in the Sky

Sir Philip (uncredited)

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Quo Vadis

Plautius

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So Long at the Fair

British Consul

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Your Witness

The British Judge

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Prince of Foxes

Count Marc Antonio Verano

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Christopher Columbus

Father Perez

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Alice in Wonderland

Dr. Liddel / The Cheshire Cat (voice)

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Edward, My Son

Mr. Hanray

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Quartet

Martin (segment 'The Colonel's Lady')

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Hamlet

Polonius, Lord Chamberlain

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The Ghosts of Berkeley Square

Col. H. 'Bulldog' Kelsoe

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A Man About the House

Ronald Sanctuary

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The October man

Dr. Martin

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The Years Between

Sir Ernest Foster

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Caesar and Cleopatra

First Nobleman

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The Wicked Lady

Hogarth

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The Way to the Stars

Rev. Charles Moss

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Henry V

Archbishop of Canterbury

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Time Flies

The Professor

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The Demi-Paradise

Mr. Runalow, a noted expert in naval engineering, head of the firm Kouznetsoff deals with, and Ann's grandfather

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Bishop

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Thursday's Child

Mr. Keith

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The Young Mr. Pitt

Lord North

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Crabtree

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Hi Gang!

Lord Amersham

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I Thank You

Henry Potter

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The Remarkable Mr. Kipps

Architect (uncredited)

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Major Barbara

James

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Passing Clouds

Mr. Morton

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The Saint's Vacation

Charles Leighton

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The Ghost of St. Michael's

Dr. Winter

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Mayor

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Case Of The Frightened Lady

Dr. Lester Charles Amersham

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The Proctor

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Night Train To Munich

Dr. Fredericks

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British Cinema Classic B Film Collection, Vol. 1 (Tread Softly Stranger / The Siege of Sidney Str...

Prosecuting Counsel

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Spies of the Air

Col. Cairns

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Sixty Glorious Years

Lord Palmerston

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Citadel

Mr. Boon

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South Riding

Chairman of Council

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Bank Holiday

Surgeon

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The Case of the Frightened Lady

Dr. Amersham

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The Rat

Prosecuting Counsel

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Victoria the Great

Lord Palmerston

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Action for Slander

Sir Eustace Cunninghame

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The Mill on the Floss

Mr. Wakem

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Sensation

Lord Bouverie

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The Man in the Mirror

The Earl of Wigan

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Dusty Ermine

Asst. Commissioner

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As You Like it

Duke Frederick

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Nine Days a Queen

Edward Seymour

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Rhodes

Johannesburg Diplomat (uncredited)

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Doomed Cargo

Sir Charles Webber

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Her Last Affaire

Lord Carnforth

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The Clairvoyant

Prosecutor (uncredited)

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She Shall Have Music

Black

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The Ace of Spades

Lord Yardleigh

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The Iron Duke

Lord Uxbridge

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The Shadow

Sir Richard Bryant

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The Ghost Camera

Coroner

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