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Biography
Michael Rennie (August 25, 1909 - June 10, 1971) was a British actor.
Rennie was born Eric Alexander in Idle Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and had several other jobs before gaining employment as a stand-in in an Hitchcock film of 1936. Acting then became his profession, but it was some years before he found success as a leading man in the cinema, his exceptional height and chiselled features standing him in good stead. In 1945, he played a major role in the original version of The Wicked Lady, starring Margaret Lockwood and James Mason. From that point on, he was a star, and shortly afterwards he moved to the USA, where, in the early 1950s, he had significant roles in several major productions of the 20th Century Fox studio.
In 1959, Rennie became a familiar face on television, taking the role of Harry Lime in The Third Man, a spin-off TV series from the film starring Orson Welles. During the 1960s he continued his TV career with guest appearances on such series as Route 66, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason, Wagon Train, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, Batman, The Invaders, and The F.B.I. After returning to the UK, he died in 1971 at Harrogate in his home county of Yorkshire from emphysema.
Filmography (incomplete)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) – as Klaatu
5 Fingers (1952)
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
Les Misérables (1952) – as Jean Valjean
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
The Robe (1953) – as the Apostle Peter
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
Soldier of Fortune (1955)
Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
The Lost World (1960)
Cyborg 2087 (1966)
Hotel (1967)
The Power (1968) – as Arthur Nordlund
The Devil's Brigade (1968)
