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George Coulouris Biography (1903-1989)

Born October 1, 1903, in Manchester, England; died of a heart attack, April 25, 1989, in London, England; son of Nicholas (a merchant) and Abigail (Redfern) Coulouris; married Louise Franklin (died, 1976); married Elizabeth Clarke;children: George, Mary Louise (first marriage).

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

October 1, 1903

Manchester, England

Death Details

April 25, 1989

London, England

Famous Works

• Credits; STAGE APPEARANCES
• STAGE DEBUT--Reverend William Duke, Outward Bound, Rusholme Repertory Theatre, Manchester, U.K., 1926.
• LONDON DEBUT--Sir Thomas Grey, Henry V, Old Vic Theatre, 1926.
• BROADWAY DEBUT--Friar Peter, The Novice and the Duke, Assembly Theatre, 1929.
• Giuseppe, Sirocco, Daly's Theatre, London, 1927.
• Yank, The Hairy Ape, Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet, and Jacques, As You LikeIt, all Cambridge Festival Theatre, Cambridge, U.K., 1928.
• Petronius, The Theatre of Life, Arts Theatre, London, 1929.
• Jacques Bonalie, The Black Ace, Globe Theatre, London, 1929.
• Sempronius, The Apple Cart, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1930.
• Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet, Embassy Theatre, London, 1932.
• the Bank Manager, From Morn to Midnight, Gate Theatre, London, 1932.
• Tallant, The Late Christopher Bean, Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, 1932.
• Julian Mosca, Best Sellers, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1933.
• Lord Burleigh, Mary of Scotland, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1933.
• Lieutenant Cutting, Valley Forge, Guild Theatre, New York City, 1934.
• Dr. Shelby, Blind Alley, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1935.
• John de Stogumber, Saint Joan, Martin Beck Theatre, 1936.
• Zacharey, Ten Million Ghosts, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1936.
• Marc Antony, Julius Caesar, Mercury Theatre, New York City, 1937.
• the King, The Shoemaker's Holiday and Boss Mangan, Heartbreak House, bothMercury Theatre, 1938.
• Mirabeau, Madame Capet, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1938.
• Father Shaughnessy, The White Steed, Cort Theatre, 1939.
• John Elliott, Cue for Passion, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1940.
• Teck de Brancovis, Watch on the Rhine, Martin Beck Theatre, 1941.
• title role, Richard III, Forrest Theatre, New York City, 1943.
• Waldo Cruikshank, Bonanza Bound, Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 1947-48.
• Subtle, The Alchemist, the Donkey Man, The Moon of the Caribbees, and theVagrant, The Insect Comedy (or The World We Live In), all City Center Theatre, New York City, 1948.
• Jacques, As You Like It, title role, Tartuffe, Brutus, Julius Caesar, andSir John Brute, The Provok'd Wife, all Bristol Old Vic Company, Bristol, U.K., 1950.
• title role, Tartuffe, Bristol Old Vic Company, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre,London, 1950.
• Ulric Brendel, Rosmersholm, St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1950.
• title role, King Lear, Glasgow Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland, 1952.
• King James I, Fool's Mate, Under Thirty Group, Criterion Theatre, London,1953.
• Clumber Holmes, The Full Treatment, Q Theatre, London, 1953.
• Malvolio, Twelfth Night and Claudius, Hamlet, both Embassy Theatre, 1953.
• Smiley Coy, The Big Knife, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1954.
• Paul Finch, The Ghost Writers, Arts Theatre, London, 1955.
• Charles Touchdown, Moonshine, Q Theatre, 1955.
• Hawkshaw, The Ticket-of-Leave Man, Arts Theatre, Cambridge, U.K., 1956.
• John Pope, Sr., A Hatful of Rain, Princes' Theatre, London, 1957, then 1958.
• Dr. Stockmann, An Enemy of the People, Arts Theatre, Cambridge, 1959.
• Squeezum, Lock Up Your Daughters and Peter Flynn, The Plough and the Stars, both Mermaid Theatre, London, 1962.
• performed in scenes from Tartuffe and The Way of the World, Georgian Theatre, Richmond, U.K., 1963.
• Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, Flora Robson Theatre, Newcastle-on- Tyne, U.K., 1963.
• Sir Samuel Holt, Beekman Place, Morosco Theatre, 1964.
• Father, The Condemned of Altona, Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1966.
• Voltaire, The Sorrows of Frederick, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1967.
• Earl of Theign, The Outcry, Arts Theatre, London, 1968.
• Sikorski, Soldiers, New Theatre, London, 1968.
• Philip Bummidge, The Last Analysis, Theatre Royal, Derby, U.K., 1970.
• Big Daddy, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Richmond Theatre, London, 1970.
• Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, Gardner Arts Theatre, Brighton, U.K., 1973.
• title role, King Lear, Globe Playhouse, Los Angeles, 1977.
• Also appeared in The Admirable Crichton, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1950; The Man in the Overcoat, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1950; and instock companies, 1930-32.
• Credits; STAGE WORK
• Producer and director, Richard III, Forrest Theatre, New York City, 1943.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Teck de Brancovis, Watch on the Rhine, U.S. cities, 1941-42.
• Dr. Shelby, Blind Alley, U.S. cities, 1946-47.
• Smiley Coy, The Big Knife, U.K. cities, 1953.
• the General, The Soldier and the Lady, U.K. cities, 1954.
• Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
• FILM DEBUT--Tallant, Christopher Bean (also known as Her Sweetheart), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1933.
• Defense attorney, The Lady in Question (also known as It Happened in Paris), Columbia, 1940.
• Charpentier, All This and Heaven Too, Warner Brothers, 1940.
• Walter Parks Thatcher, Citizen Kane, RKO, 1941.
• Captain Holz, Assignment in Brittany, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1943.
• Andre, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Paramount, 1943.
• prosecuting attorney, This Land Is Mine, RKO, 1943.
• Teck de Brancovis, Watch on the Rhine, Warner Brothers, 1943.
• Lingley, Between Two Worlds, Warner Brothers, 1944.
• Von Beck, The Master Race, RKO, 1944.
• Dr. Byles, Mr. Skeffington, Warner Brothers, 1944.
• Jim Mordiney, None But the Lonely Heart, RKO, 1944.
• Captain Currie, Confidential Agent, Warner Brothers, 1945.
• Joachim Helm, Hotel Berlin, Warner Brothers, 1945.
• Mr. Saunders, Lady on a Train, Universal, 1945.
• Louis Pleyel, A Song to Remember, Columbia, 1945.
• Pharoah, California, Paramount, 1946.
• James Randolph, Mr. District Attorney, Columbia, 1946.
• Doc Ganson, Nobody Lives Forever, Warner Brothers, 1946.
• Superintendent Buckley, The Verdict, Warner Brothers, 1946.
• Krivoc, Where There's Life, Paramount, 1947.
• Lew Proctor, Beyond Glory, Paramount, 1948.
• Sir Robert D. Baudricort, Joan of Arc, RKO, 1948.
• Charles Vernay, Sleep, My Love, United Artists, 1948.
• Major Jack Drumman, A Southern Yankee (also known as My Hero), MGM, 1948.
• Victor Sloma, Kill or Be Killed, Eagle-Lion, 1950.
• Captain Weiss, Island Rescue (also known as Appointment with Venus), Universal, 1952.
• Babalatchi, An Outcast of the Islands, British Lion, 1952.
• Spadoni, The Assassin, United Artists, 1953.
• the Captain, A Day to Remember, General Film Distributors, 1953.
• Briggs, Doctor in the House, General Film Distributors, 1954.
• Captain Malburn, Duel in the Jungle, Warner Brothers, 1954.
• Portuguese captain, The Heart of the Matter, Associated Artists, 1954.
• Edward Schroeder, The Runaway Bus, Eros, 1954.
• Carpenter, Doctor at Sea, Rank, 1955.
• Dallapiccola, A Race for Life (also known as Handful of Dusk), Lippert, 1955.
• Garvin, The Teckman Mystery, Associated Artists, 1955.
• Padre, Private's Progress, British Lion, 1956.
• Pascoe, Doctor at Large, Rank, 1957.
• Karl Brussard, The Man Without a Body, Eros, 1957.
• Carl Kraski, Tarzan and the Lost Safari, MGM, 1957.
• Colonel Sandherr, I Accuse!, MGM, 1958.
• Heinz Webber, Kill Me Tomorrow, Ren-Tudor, 1958.
• Bennie, Law and Disorder, RKO, 1958.
• Colonel Benedict, Spy in the Sky, Allied Artists, 1958.
• Commandant, Tank Force (also known as No Time to Die), Columbia, 1958.
• Bourdin, The Beasts of Marseilles (also known as Seven Thunders), R.F.D.Productions, 1959.
• Alan A. Dale, Son of Robin Hood, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959.
• Dr. James Moran, The Woman Eater, Columbia, 1959.
• Lacoste, Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons, Allied Artists, 1960.
• bank manager, The Boy Who Stole a Million, British Lion, 1960.
• Petrelli, Conspiracy of Hearts, R.F.D. Productions, 1960.
• Dr. Hugo Panzer, Surprise Package, Columbia, 1960.
• camel driver, King of Kings, MGM, 1961.
• the colonel, The Big Money, Lopert, 1962.
• Forbes, The Dog and the Diamonds, Associated British, 1962.
• Francois Lejeune, Fury at Smugglers Bay, Embassy, 1963.
• Carlos, The Crooked Road, Seven Arts, 1965.
• Dr. Londe, The Skull, Paramount, 1965.
• Ragheeb, Arabesque, Universal, 1966.
• Cardenas, Land Raiders (also known as Day of the Landgrabbers), Columbia,1969.
• Swiss peasant, The Assassination Bureau, Paramount, 1969.
• Mr. Sturdevant, No Blade of Grass, MGM, 1970.
• Berigan, Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, Hammer, 1972.
• Dr. Chatal, Papillon, Allied Artists, 1973.
• Dr. Roth, Mahler (also known as Mahler Lives), Visual Programme System, 1974.
• Dr. Constantine, Murder on the Orient Express, Paramount, 1974.
• Dr. Powys, The Last Days of Man on Earth (also known as The Final Programme), New World, 1975.
• Old Man Vespucci, The Ritz, Warner Brothers, 1976.
• El Keb, Shout at the Devil, American International, 1976.
• Father Mittner, The Tempter (also known as L'Anti Cristo and Anticristo),AVCO-Embassy, 1978.
• professor, It's Not the Size That Counts (also known as Percy's Progress), Joseph Brenner, 1979.
• John Gurney, Beyond the Fog (also known as Tower of Evil and Horror on Snape Island), Independent-International, 1981.
• Lablache, Vivement Dimanche (also known as Let It Be Sunday and Confidentially Yours), Spectrafilm, 1982.
• Gus, The Long Good Friday, Embassy, 1982.
• Also appeared in In the Cool of the Day, MGM, 1963; Too Many Thieves, MGM, 1968; and in I Love You, I Hate You.
• TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MINI-SERIES DeBono, Mussolini: The Untold Story,NBC, 1985.
• Also Clouds of Witness, BBC, then Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1973.
• Credits; EPISODIC
• Trials of O'Brien, CBS, 1966.
• Dundee and the Culhane, CBS, 1967.
• Search, NBC, 1972 and 1973.
• Also Hart to Hart, ABC.
• Credits; MOVIES
• Max Greene, The Stranger, NBC, 1973.
• doctor, Coffee, Tea, or Me?, CBS, 1973.
• Credits; SPECIALS
• The Suicide Club, ABC, 1973.
• Credits; RADIO APPEARANCES; SERIES
• To Hollywood and Back, BBC.

Further Reference

OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES:

• New York Times, April 27, 1989.
• Variety, May 3-9, 1989.