List of the best Henry Daniell movies: Under Cover of Night(1937), The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake(1959), The Body Snatcher(1945), Song of Love(1947), The Woman in Green(1945), The Exile(1948), Sherlock Holmes in Washington(1943), Siren of Atlantis(1948), The Great Dictator(1940), The Bandit of Sherwood Forest(1946), Castle in the Desert(1942), The Suspect(1944) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
83 Minutes
Marvin Griswald
Edmund Lowe Florence Rice Henry Daniell Nat Pendleton Sara Haden Dean Jagger Frank Reicher Zeffie Tilbury Henry Kolker Marla Shelton Theodore von Eltz
A crazed, philandering professor prevents his studious wife from leaving him by committing the perfect murder.
Horror
USA
1959
70 Minutes
Dr. Emil Zurich
Eduard Franz Valerie French Henry Daniell Grant Richards Paul Cavanagh Howard Wendell Paul Wexler Lumsden Hare Frank Gerstle
anthropologist scientist brother native tribesman chilling offbeat laboratory family home jungle curse voodoo anthropology siblings ritual murder mystery pursuit 1950s
Anthropologist Jonathan Drake believes that the men of his family have been cursed for generations by the native South American tribe he studies. Shortly after his brother, discovers one of the tribe's shrunken heads, he's found murdered.
Horror
1945
79 Minutes
Dr. Wolfe `'Toddy'` MacFarlane
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Henry Daniell Edith Atwater Russell Wade Paula Corday Sharyn Moffet Donna Lee
doctor assistant taxi driver woman young man grave robber brooding dark hedonistic tense laboratory cemetery house edinburgh, scotland corpse excavation medical experiments mysterious past murder blackmail rivalry
A carriage cabby (Boris Karloff) sells cadavers to a medical-school doctor (Henry Daniell) in 19th-century Edinburgh.
Drama, History
USA
1947
119 Minutes
Franz Liszt
Katharine Hepburn Paul Henreid Robert Walker Henry Daniell Leo G. Carroll Gigi Perreau Tala Birell Henry Stephenson Elsa Janssen Ann Carter Janine Perreau
composer pianist wife child love interest melodramatic somber moving germany asylum house clara wieck robert schumann johannes brahms music love debt love sacrifice temptation
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
68 Minutes
Professor James Moriarty
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Hillary Brooke Henry Daniell Paul Cavanagh Matthew Boulton Eve Amber Frederick Worlock Tom Bryson
sherlock holmes doctor watson professor moriarty beautiful woman police detective amateur sleuth suspenseful intricate london household scotland yard 221b baker street investigation murder mutilation deception hypnosis mystery rivalry discovery
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
Adventure
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Colonel Ingram
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Maria Montez Paula Corday Henry Daniell Nigel Bruce Robert Coote Otto Waldis Milton Owen Colin Keith-Johnston Ben Wright Colin Kenny
heir farm girl colonel countess soldier thrilling rousing spirited striking england netherlands countryside barn windmill king charles ii royalty exile unlikely romance conspiracy honor
Charles II, the King of England, finds himself in exile in Holland, where he falls in love with a beautiful farm-girl.
Mystery & Thriller
1943
71 Minutes
William Easter
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Marjorie Lord Henry Daniell George Zucco John Archer Gavin Muir
sherlock holmes doctor watson secret agent socialite spy fiancé engaging suspenseful london airplane washington, d.c. party antique shop office world war ii espionage secret documents investigation abduction attempted murder
Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Watson (Nigel Bruce) follow a popular matchbook full of microfilm sought by Nazi spies.
Adventure
1948
75 Minutes
Blades
Maria Montez Jean-Pierre Aumont Dennis O'Keefe Henry Daniell Morris Carnovsky Alexis Minotis Milada Mladova Alan Nixon Russ Conklin Herman Boden Margaret Martin
legionnaire queen nomad philosopher politician dancing girl gutsy thrilling mountain desert atlantis jungle search capture seduction legends conspiracy betrayal adventure escape
A sultry queen (Maria Montez) finds amusement when two legionnaires (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Dennis O'Keefe) battle for her affection.
Comedy
USA
1940
128 Minutes
Garbitsch
Charles Chaplin Paulette Goddard Jack Oakie Reginald Gardiner Henry Daniell Billy Gilbert Maurice Moscovich Emma Dunn Grace Hayle Carter DeHaven Bernard Gorcey
barber dictator girl adviser hilarious cheeky dark incredible europe airplane hospital barbershop government offices stadium anti-semitism fascism persecution propaganda world war i loyalty
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Adventure
USA
1946
86 Minutes
The Regent. William of Pembroke
Cornel Wilde Anita Louise Jill Esmond Edgar Buchanan Henry Daniell George Macready Russell Hicks John Abbott Lloyd Corrigan Eva Moore Ray Teal
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Watson King
Sidney Toler Arleen Whelan Douglas Dumbrille Richard Derr Henry Daniell Edmund MacDonald Lenita Lane Ethel Griffies
Charlie Chan investigates apparent poisonings at a mystery mansion in the Mojave Desert.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
85 Minutes
Mr. Simmons
Charles Laughton Ella Raines Dean Harens Stanley Ridges Henry Daniell Rosalind Ivan Molly Lamont Raymond Severn Eve Amber Maude Eburne Clifford Brooke
shopkeeper husband wife murderer detective blackmailer melodramatic suspenseful uneasy london shop murder blackmail paranoia forbidden love fall underdog mystery pursuit 1900s
Bachelor Harry Quincey, head designer in a small-town cloth factory, lives with his selfish sisters, glamorous hypochondriac Lettie and querulous widow Hester. His developing relationship ... See full summary »
Musical
1937
131 Minutes
General Savary
Jeanette MacDonald Allan Jones Warren William Douglas Dumbrille Henry Daniell Leonard Penn Tom Rutherford Belle Mitchell
singer spy marquis colonel king love interest emotional amusing madrid france inn tavern stagecoach espionage napoleonic wars journey battle betrayal reunion love
A Spanish cabaret singer (Jeanette MacDonald) spying for King Ferdinand meets a Spanish aristocrat (Allan Jones) spying for Napoleon.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Mr. Mayhew
Tyrone Power Marlene Dietrich Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester John Williams Henry Daniell Ian Wolfe Una O'Connor Torin Thatcher Francis Compton Norma Varden
lawyer wife defendant prosecutor nurse witness gripping crafty courtroom trial love triangle love-hate relationship betrayal murder investigation mystery rivalry love temptation 1950s
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
Romance
USA
1936
108 Minutes
Baron de Varville
Greta Garbo Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Elizabeth Allan Jessie Ralph Henry Daniell
courtesan young man love interest father baron maid melodramatic emotional passionate paris chateau apartment opera house countryside forbidden love scandal love triangle wealth father/son relationship tuberculosis
A Parisian courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the callous baron who wants her, even as her own health begins to fail.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
65 Minutes
Anthony Lloyd
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Evelyn Ankers Reginald Denny Thomas Gomez Henry Daniell Montagu Love
sherlock holmes doctor watson widow impostor spy british intelligence agent crafty intricate suspenseful engaging england estate briefing room coast church ghetto espionage terrorism radio nazis
When a Nazi saboteur jeeringly predicts to the nation new depredations via the radio 'Voice of Terror', the Homeland Security Inner Council summons Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to help ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
90 Minutes
Hugh Lewis
Franchot Tone Loretta Young Roland Young Lewis Stone Dudley Digges Henry Daniell Jessie Ralph Robert Greig E.E. Clive Wallis Clark John Buckler
An ambitious barrister and his wife are targeted by blackmailers. In trying to save her husband, the wife becomes involved in a murder case her husband is trying. For his part, the husband's actions make him a suspect in a related murder.
Drama
USA
1962
94 Minutes
Stipe
Dana Andrews Eleanor Parker Jeanne Crain Eddie Albert Howard St. John Henry Daniell Kathleen Freeman David White Betti Andrews Jack Orrison Yvonne Peattie
An adman and an ad woman put a dangerous milk tycoon in line for the White House.
Adventure
USA
1940
127 Minutes
Lord Wolfingham
Errol Flynn Brenda Marshall Flora Robson Claude Rains Donald Crisp Alan Hale Henry Daniell Una O'Connor Gilbert Roland
pirate ambassador pretty woman queen charming confident engaging england royal court spain expedition showdown armed conflict patriotism sailors romance adventure discovery quest rivalry
Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword.
Drama
USA
1944
96 Minutes
Henry Brocklehurst
Joan Fontaine Orson Welles Margaret O'Brien Peggy Ann Garner John Sutton Sara Allgood Henry Daniell Agnes Moorehead Aubrey Mather Edith Barrett Barbara Everest
governess pretty woman aristocrat housekeeper maid young girl emotional melodramatic dark england countryside estate yorkshire moors forbidden love romance may-december romance poverty class distinctions forbidden love love
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
Drama
USA
1957
92 Minutes
Mr. Earnshaw
Tony Curtis Martha Hyer Charles Bickford Kathryn Grant William Reynolds Russ Morgan Henry Daniell Willis Bouchey Joan Banks Louise Lorimer Harry Landers
A street-smart young man from the Chicago slums dreams of cajoling with the rich and powerful, no matter the cost.
Musical
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Judge
Gene Kelly Mitzi Gaynor Kay Kendall Taina Elg Jacques Bergerac Leslie Phillips Henry Daniell Patrick Macnee Stephen Vercoe Philip Tonge Owen McGiveney
dancer pretty woman love interest amusing lighthearted london paris stage song and dance female bonding competition romance affair discovery rivalry love 1950s
The former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
68 Minutes
Bobo
Ray Bolger Desi Arnaz Dawn O'Day June Havoc Eddie Foy Jr. Jack Durant Henry Daniell Fritz Feld
singer immigrant bandleader mobster cab driver nightclub owner amusing charming new york city nightclub deception show business music industry organized crime transformation quest 1940s
Four struggling musicians lose their vocalist at the insistence of her gangster boyfriend. They find a replacement in an innocent young woman being courted by a cabbie pretending to be a king.
Sci-Fi
1958
100 Minutes
Morgana
Joseph Cotten George Sanders Debra Paget Don Dubbins Patric Knowles Carl Esmond Henry Daniell Melville Cooper Ludwig Stossel Morris Ankrum
tycoon inventor rival scientist assistant daughter thrilling gutsy wild spaceship office mountain washington, d.c. munitions space travel moon forbidden love technology exploration rivalry
Industrial rivals (Joseph Cotten, George Sanders), a crewman and a stowaway girl (Debra Paget) ride a rocket launched by cannon in 1868 Florida.
Biography
USA
1956
122 Minutes
Theodorus Van Gogh
Kirk Douglas Anthony Quinn Everett Sloane James Donald Pamela Brown Niall MacGinnis Noel Purcell Henry Daniell Lionel Jeffries Eric Pohlmann
paul gauguin painter brother intense creative emotional france countryside holland vincent van gogh ambition mental illness art quest discovery fall 19th century
The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
Drama
USA
1943
114 Minutes
Phili Von Ramme
Bette Davis Paul Lukas Geraldine Fitzgerald Lucile Watson Beulah Bondi George Coulouris Donald Woods Henry Daniell Donald Buka Eric Roberts Janis Wilson
engineer wife count son daughter mother tense melodramatic washington, d.c. family home blackmail rebellion nazism rivalry discovery sacrifice 1940s
A German-born engineer, his American wife and their children travel from Mexico to the United States to visit her family but their plans are complicated by a Romanian count.
Drama
USA
1945
98 Minutes
Baron Von Stetten
Helmut Dantine Andrea King Raymond Massey Faye Emerson Peter Lorre Alan Hale George Coulouris Henry Daniell Peter Whitney Helene Thimig Steven Geray
rebel actress general civilian informant hostess emotional gripping hotel berlin world war ii espionage emigration politics nazis escape underdog 1940s
In 1945, a strange mix of Germans, military personnel and civilians, pro-Nazi and anti-Nazi, celebrities and escaped prisoners, converges at a lavish hotel in heavily-bombed Berlin.
Action
USA
1948
106 Minutes
Jacques Desaix
John Wayne Gail Russell Gig Young Adele Mara Luther Adler Eduard Franz Grant Withers Henry Daniell Paul Fix Dennis Hoey Jeff Corey
ship captain first mate love interest shipping magnate crew member niece brooding confident dreamy ocean boat grudge sailing determination revenge love triangle rivalry sacrifice quest revenge
During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Ralls, skipper of the Red Witch, has a series of adventures involving sunken gold bullion, pearls, natives, an unscrupulous ship owner and a giant octopus.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
75 Minutes
Julian Davis
Lloyd Nolan Mary Beth Hughes Sheila Ryan William Demarest Ben Carter Virginia Brissac Erwin Kalser Henry Daniell Dick Rich Milton Parsons Charles Arnt
Detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend Joanne are on their way to be married when a scream from a nearby hotel room draws his attention to a pair of theatrical murders.
Drama
USA
1957
129 Minutes
Doctor
Tyrone Power Ava Gardner Errol Flynn Mel Ferrer Eddie Albert Gregory Ratoff Marcel Dalio Henry Daniell
reporter author seducer prostitute friend bullfighter somber passionate paris spain café disillusionment alcoholism existential crisis adventure forbidden love 1920s
A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920s France and Spain.
Romance
USA
1940
112 Minutes
Sidney Kidd
Cary Grant Katharine Hepburn James Stewart Ruth Hussey John Howard Roland Young John Halliday Virginia Weidler Mary Nash Henry Daniell Hillary Brooke
ex-wife ex-husband reporter wealthy man sister father amusing charming engaging philadelphia family home marriage love triangle wedding romance love discovery temptation 1940s
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
War
USA
1942
104 Minutes
Emile Fleuron
Joan Crawford John Wayne Philip Dorn Reginald Owen Albert Basserman John Carradine Ann Ayars J. Edward Bromberg Moroni Olsen Henry Daniell Arthur Space
socialite fiancé munitions maker pilot resistance fighter tense patriotic melodramatic paris family home factory countryside nazi collaboration nazi occupation love triangle deception world war ii undercover operations discovery escape
In German-occupied Paris, a Frenchwoman tries to help smuggle a downed RAF pilot into Portugal despite strict surveillance by suspicious Gestapo officers.
Sci-Fi
USA
1961
105 Minutes
Walter Pidgeon Joan Fontaine Barbara Eden Peter Lorre Robert Sterling Michael Ansara Frankie Avalon Regis Toomey John Litel Howard McNear Henry Daniell
admiral psychiatrist lieutenant captain scientist congressman thrilling tense creative submarine deep sea arctic ocean pacific ocean mariana islands fire nuclear weapons race against time sabotage showdown global disaster
When the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen Radiation Belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to shoot a nuclear missile at the Belt, using his experimental atomic submarine, the Seaview.
Drama, History
USA
1943
123 Minutes
Walter Huston Ann Harding Oscar Homolka George Tobias Gene Lockhart Frieda Inescort Eleanor Parker Richard Travis Helmut Dantine Victor Francen Henry Daniell
ambassador joseph e. davies joseph stalin franklin delano roosevelt communist patriotic spirited dense soviet union united states propaganda soviet union communism foreign relations quest 1930s
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
Drama
USA
1956
153 Minutes
Gregory Peck Jennifer Jones Fredric March Marisa Pavan Ann Harding Lee J. Cobb Keenan Wynn Gene Lockhart Gigi Perreau Portland Mason Arthur O'Connell
pr person executive wife ex-lover friend boss dark emotional new york city suburbia office family home battlefield italy ambition family business post-traumatic stress disorder secret world war ii
An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.
Western
USA
1961
107 Minutes
John Wayne Stuart Whitman Lee Marvin Ina Balin Nehemiah Persoff Michael Ansara Patrick Wayne Bruce Cabot Joan O'Brien Jack Elam Edgar Buchanan
texas ranger native american outlaw gun runner gambler prisoner gritty rousing melodramatic texas mexico desert valley american west unlikely allies cowboys frontier justice violence romance adventure
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves dealing with the Comanches known as Comancheros.
Drama
USA
1940
143 Minutes
Bette Davis Charles Boyer Barbara O'Neil Jeffrey Lynn Virginia Weidler Walter Hampden Harry Davenport Fritz Leiber Montagu Love George Coulouris Ann E. Todd
duchess duke governess child melodramatic touching france school family home royalty love triangle jealousy marital problems forbidden love sacrifice 1840s
A duchess' irrational behavior toward the governess of her children triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.
Drama
USA
1962
125 Minutes
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Jane Fonda Claire Bloom Shelley Winters Glynis Johns Ray Danton Ty Hardin Andrew Duggan John Dehner Harold J. Stone Corey Allen
Based on the best-selling novel by Irving Wallace that was inspired by the Kinsey Report on the sexual mores of suburban women, the film follows the personal (read sexual) lives of four ... See full summary »
Biography
1938
149 Minutes
Norma Shearer Tyrone Power John Barrymore Gladys George Robert Morley Anita Louise Joseph Schildkraut Henry Stephenson Reginald Gardiner Peter Bull Albert Van Dekker
marie antoinette louis xvi count louis xv duke engaging melodramatic spectacular france palace versailles, france royal life revolution affair execution love growing up wretched excess fall 1790s
The 18th-century Austrian princess (Norma Shearer) has an affair with a Swedish count (Tyrone Power) and becomes queen of France.