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Roland Culver

Acting

Born August 21, 1900 · Highgate, London, England, UK

Died March 1, 1984

Also known as Roland Joseph Culver · Роланд Калвер · Роданд Джозеф Калвер

Biography

Roland Culver was born on August 21, 1900 in London, England as Roland Joseph Culver. He was an actor, known for Thunderball (1965), Dead of Night (1945) and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). He was married to Nan Hopkins and Daphne Rye. He died on March 1, 1984 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.

Awards & recognition

  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 1966 · nominated

Filmography28 titles

The Avengers

1961as Col. Timothy

UFO

1970as Sir Esmond

The Persuaders!

1971as Duke of Caith

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943as Col. Betteridge

Night Train to Munich

1940as Roberts

Dead of Night

1945as Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975as Mr. Justice Twyburne

To Each His Own

1946as Lord Desham

Talk About Jacqueline

1942as Leslie Waddington

Tales of the Unexpected

1979as Sir Alex Bullen

The Legend of Hell House

1973as Mr. Rudolph Deutsch

Thunderball

1965as Foreign Secretary

Bonjour Tristesse

1958as Mr. Lombard

Spitfire

1942as Commander Bride

Vacation from Marriage

1945as Richard

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

1942as Naval Officer

The Holly and the Ivy

1952as Lord B.

Wanted for Murder

1946as Chief Inspector Conway

The MacKintosh Man

1973as Judge

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964as Norwood

Down to Earth

1947as Mr. Jordan

The Day Will Dawn

1942as Cmdr. Pittwaters

Rough Cut

1980as Mr. Lloyd Palmer

The Uncanny

1977as Wallace (segment "London 1912")

Betrayed

1954as Gen. Warsleigh

Hotel Sahara

1951as Maj. Bill Randall

Secret Mission

1942as Captain Red Gowan

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

1981as William Ewart Gladstone