George Sanders

George Sanders
Portrait of Sanders by Allan Warren, 1972
Born	(1906-07-03)3 July 1906 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	25 April 1972(1972-04-25) (aged 65) Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
Alma mater	Manchester Technical College
Occupations	Actor singer
Years active	1929–1972
Spouses	Susan Larson ​ ​ (m. 1940; div. 1949)​ Zsa Zsa Gabor ​ ​ (m. 1949; div. 1954)​ Benita Hume ​ ​ (m. 1959; died 1967)​ Magda Gabor ​ ​ (m. 1970; ann. 1971)​
Partner	Lorraine Chanel (1968–1972)
Relatives	Tom Conway (brother)
Awards	Hollywood Walk of Fame

George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth, baritone voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is remembered for his roles as wicked Jack Favell in Rebecca (1940), Scott ffolliott in Foreign Correspondent (1940, a rare heroic part), The Saran of Gaza in Samson and Delilah (1949, the most popular film of the year), theater critic Addison DeWitt in All About Eve (1950, for which he won an Oscar), Sir Brian De Bois-Guilbert in Ivanhoe (1952), King Richard the Lionheart in King Richard and the Crusaders (1954), Mr. Freeze in a two-part episode of Batman (1966), and the voice of Shere Khan in Disney's The Jungle Book (1967). He also starred as Simon Templar, in 5 of the 8 films in The Saint series (1939–41),^[1] and as a suave Saint-like crimefighter in the first 4 of the 16 The Falcon films (1941–42).