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Rex Harrison

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Biography

Rex Harrison, stage and screen actor, was born March 5, 1908 in Lancashire, England. Although born Reginald Carey Harrison, he changed his name to…more

Born

3/5/1908, Huyton-with-Roby, Lancashire, NW England, UK

Died

6/2/1990

Birth Name

Reginald Carey Harrison

Gender

Male

Credits

Recurring Role (3)

Role
- Toast of the Town
  scheduled guest
  - S 7: Ep 11 scheduled: Rex Harrison & Lilli Palmer; Charles Boyer
    11/22/53
  - S 6: Ep 31 Lilli Palmer & Rex Harrison; Charles Coburn; Sherry Jackson; Billy De Wolfe
    4/12/53
  - S 6: Ep 28 Debbie Reynolds; Burl Ives; Lilli Palmer & David Burns; Roberta Peters
    3/22/53
- Toast of the Town
  Guest
  - S 6: Ep 5 A Night At Sophie Tucker's House
    10/12/52
  - S 5: Ep 29 Rex Harrison & Lilli Palmer / Eddie Fisher / Virginia Gray & Lew Parker
    3/23/52
- Toast of the Town
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 38 Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison / Jack Smith / Elliot Reid / Blanche & Alan Lund
    5/25/52
Guest Star (23)

Role
- Omnibus (UK)
  Himself (on video)
  - S 35: Ep 6 My Fair Lady: Wouldn't It Be Loverly
    3/10/01
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 24: Ep 52 Show #3752
    10/29/85
- Sunday Sunday
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 Series 1 Show 7
    12/19/82
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 66 April 16, 1973
    4/16/73
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 95 February 8, 1973
    2/8/73
- Play of the Month
  Don Quixote
  - S 8: Ep 5 The Adventures of Don Quixote
    1/7/73
- Play of the Month
  Platonov
  - S 6: Ep 9 Platonov
    5/23/71
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 July 11, 1969
    7/11/69
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 38: Ep 1 The 38th Annual Academy Awards
    4/18/66
  - S 37: Ep 1 The 37th Annual Academy Awards
    4/5/65
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 6 Dave Clark Five / Rex Harrison / Alan King / Leon Bibb
    11/1/64
- The Dow Hour Of Great Mysteries
  Cyril Paxton
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Dachet Diamonds
    9/20/60
- Ford Startime
  Fred Cortin
  - S 1: Ep 25 Dear Arthur
    3/22/60
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 11: Ep 9 scheduled: Rex Harrison; Kay Kendall; Tony Martin; the Four Aces; Barbara McNair
    11/24/57
- The DuPont Show Of The Month
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Crescendo
    9/29/57
- Person to Person
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 23 March 5, 1954
    3/5/54
- The United States Steel Hour
  Raymond Dabney
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Man in Possession
    12/8/53
- Omnibus
  Henry VIII
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Trial of Anne Boleyn
    11/9/52
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 31 4/8/1951
    4/8/51
  - S 1: Ep 28 3/18/1951
    3/18/51
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 April 8, 1951
    4/8/51
- The Jack Carter Show
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 22 February 3, 1951
    2/3/51
- The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 27 The Walking Stick
    3/20/50
- Your Show of Shows
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 3 March 11, 1950
    3/11/50
- Suspense
  Guest Star

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Trivia
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- When Lili Palmer found out that Kay Kendall was diagnosed with leukemia, she divorced Rex so he could marry Kay and told him that after Kay died they could get remarried. (They remained friends but Lili decided not to remarry Rex.)
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- Rex and his second wife , German actress Lilli Palmer, appeared together in many plays and British films.
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- Rex's appearance in French Without Tears, a play by Terence Rattigan, proved to be his breakthrough role. Soon he was being called the "greatest actor of light comedy in the world."
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Quotes
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- Sir Rex Harrison: Tomorrow is a thief of pleasure.
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- Sir Rex Harrison: There is always a struggle, a striving for something bigger than yourself in all forms of art. And even if you don't achieve greatness, even if you fail, which we all must, everything you do in your work is somehow connected with your attitude toward life, your deepest secret feelings.
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- Sir Rex Harrison: Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.
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