Biography
Sir Reginald Carey Harrison was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play French Without Tears, in what was his breakthrough role. He won his first Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as Henry VIII in the Broadway play Anne of the Thousand Days in 1949. He returned to Broadway portraying Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (1956) where he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1965
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical · 1957
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1949
- David di Donatello — Best Foreign Actor
- Knight Bachelor
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- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1984 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1965 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1964 · nominated
Filmography31 titles
My Fair Lady
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Storm in a Teacup
Night Train to Munich
St. Martin's Lane
Unfaithfully Yours
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Cleopatra
Blithe Spirit
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Major Barbara
The Ed Sullivan Show
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
The Reluctant Debutante
Midnight Lace
Journey Together
The Citadel
The Honey Pot
King Richard and the Crusaders
Doctor Dolittle
Anna and the King of Siam
Shalimar
Great Performances
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
The Happy Thieves
Ashanti
Over the Moon
Men Are Not Gods
The Fifth Musketeer
Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen
A Time to Die