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Rex Harrison (1908-1990) was an Oscar® winning English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. By the 1930s he was appearing in movies. His movie career spanned over 6 different decades. His IMDb page shows 59 acting credits from 1930 to 1986. This page will rank 36 Rex Harrison Movies in 6 different statistical categories. Television shows, cameos and his movies not released in North America theaters are not included in the rankings.
Rex Harrison Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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Possibly Interesting Facts About Rex Harrison
1. Reginald Carey Harrison was born in Huyton, Lancashire (Liverpool) in 1908.
2. As a child, Rex Harrison lost most of the sight in his left eye after catching the measles.
3. As a child, Harrison changed his name to Rex, knowing it was the Latin word for “King”.
4. Rex Harrison served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
5. Rex Harrison was married six times. Three of his wives were his movie co-stars: Lilli Palmer, Kay Kendall and Rachel Roberts. He had two sons and three stepsons. Jared Harris was his stepson from 1971 to 1975.
6. Rex Harrison frequently wore a specific ring with a dark square-cut stone, on his little finger of his left hand. It appears in almost all of his films.
7. Chuck Jones has stated that Bugs Bunny’s character was based on an amalgam of Rex Harrison, Dorothy Parker and D’Artagnan.
8. Rex Harrison was in four Oscar® Best Picture nominees: The Citadel (1938) Cleopatra (1963), My Fair Lady (1964) and Doctor Dolittle (1967). My Fair Lady was the only winner.
9. Rex Harrison was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1989.
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HI O MAGNIFICENT PANJANDRUM! Further to my part 1 the icing on the cake for Banshees of Inisherin’s multiple wins at the Globes is that it got there on artistic merit having no great box office worth – a mere $22 million Cogerson gross worldwide so far.
Contrast its artistic content with that in the overblown Rocky films for example where the wooden somnambulist Stallone was hyped to Oscar nomination level by massive vested interests who were making a fortune from a rather ordinary film with sub-standard boxing scenes which were all too clearly faked by a miscast thespian.
In turn contrast that with the realistic vicious fight scenes in Robert Ryan’s 1949 The Setup and DeNiro’s 1980’s Raging Work Horse. The acting of those two veterans from different eras was powerhouse stuff in itself whereas Sly shouldn’t have been allowed into a boxing match as a spectator never mind a competitor.
Stallone thankfully didn’t make it through the winner’s post at the Oscars; and indeed a little bird told me that Tennessee Williams was on the judging panel at 1977’s Oscar ceremony whereas Joel Hirschhorn was not;
otherwise a guy who was one of those whom Humphrey Bogart opined “couldn’t act his way out of a wet paper bag” might tragically have been dragooned through to success with the aid of those whom George Peppard’s Jonas Cord in 1964’s The Carpetbaggers called “the money vultures” of the movie business.
[It was Laddie’s last film – now there was a guy who was not only a compelling actor but who would have acquitted himself well in the ring-especially if his opponent had been Soviet Union “Red” Ivan Drago! -“Reds look out: Ladd’s about!”]
Hey Bob….good breakdowns in your Harrison comments. Interesting that you brought up Bogart in the comment….one of his last leading ladies, Gina L…..passed away….I was thinking about their Beat the Devil just 5 minutes ago. Stallone, Williams, Peppard, Bogart, Ladd and Joel….always good to read about the legends of movies…lol.
HI BRUCE
Thanks for the response. Glad you liked my cast of heroes – and one villain!!!
I’ll be commenting separately about Gina.
Good Ole Sexy Rexy!!! Out of the 34 movies listed on this chart, I have seen ten of them. Deserved The Oscar for his performance in UNFAITHFULLY YOURS in my opinion. Just recently rewatched both THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR and MY FAIR LADY. I found THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR to be the better of the two movies. I thought MY FAIR LADY was a bit too long and that some of the musical numbers were a bit lackluster but Rex does give a good performance in the film. I also loved MIDNIGHT LACE which I considered to a rather underrated mystery movie. Other Rex Harrison movies I have seen include CLEOPATRA, DOCTOR DOOLITTLE, ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM, THE RELUCTANT DEBUNANTE, BLITHE SPIRIT , and THE CITADEL.
My mistake. There are actually 36 movies listed on the chart and not 34. My apologies for the error.
Hey Greg….I think the tables listed 34….but I had added two more movies to the page since first publishing the page back in January of 2019. The table has been fixed…as well as ending in a small worldwide box office table.
Hey Greg….thanks for the feedback and tally count on Rex Harrison movies. Tally count: Granted this goes back a few years. Flora 17, Phil 11, you at 10, Steve 9 and bob cox at 7. While I am at the bottom with 6…though has my tally count increased since writing this page….let me check. Nope still at 6.
As for Unfaithfully Yours….after your strong recommendation….I will have to check that one out. U agree with you on My Fair Lady….that is not a movie I have any interest in seeing again…and I am a big fan of Audrey Hepburn. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is an underrated movie. I want to see Midnight Lace….but so far I have not been able to track that one down. Good feedback. Hope to hear from you again.
HI BRUCE
I enjoyed and admired the Sexy One’s performances but he was never foremost among my faves so for once it gave me pleasure to quote The Master as he is having a go at a performer other than my top idols like the Duke and Ole Mumbles.
However in my ongoing reading of Joel’s 1983 book I see that he completely ignores my Deanna and If regulars of this site ever back his taste over that of Sir Winston Churchill, whose favourite movie star Miss Durbin was, I would be the least of their worries because they would have STEVE to contend with as Sir Winston has arguably been England’s greatest ever war leader.
Anyway my daughter should soon have a hard copy of YOUR book for me so that Joel’s book will have kindred company on my bookshelves!
Hey Bob….better late than never? So this is a response to your comment only 48 months ago. Wow….4 years flew by. As for Deanna being ignored by Joel….you can always relax knowing that UMR has given Deanna some time in the spot light. I realize that it has been ages since reading Joel’s book….I will have to open that one up again. Good feedback.
HI BRUCE – So busy that he like the character in the famous novel The Hired Hand is often “A day late and a dollar short”!
Gosh – a reply to a post that I wrote 4 years ago! It does show though that my written gems for this site have staying power! Joel would be jealous – HIS stuff rarely gets quoted these days.
A lot of water under the bridge since that post was submitted. For example we have had the Coronovirus; Britain has left the European Union much to Steve’s delight; The Donald has left the White House upon which he would have had more toime for numerous readings of his Cogerson page; and to top all that there has been a New Cogerson Kid on the Block!
Unfortunately I was in my sick bed when that happened or I would have raised a glass of champagne to notionally “wet the baby’s head” as the saying goes. However I was able to at least read about it which was one consolation.
Hey Bob….your thoughts on spread out through this entire website….gotta keep the good stuff. Greg’s recent comments got me updating some of these older pages. I think the June Haver page had not been updated in SIX YEARS! Well….it has a fresh coat of paint now. You are 100%….lots of water under the bridge since the original comment. Good stuff.
HI BRUCE: Thanks for your reply.
You may recall that I told you recently that the only movie that I had seen for some time in the cinemas was The Bahshees of Inisherin. Well I see that it won Golden Globes for Best Film, Best Actor [Colin Farrell] and best screenplay in the musical/comedy section.
I mentioned to you before that whilst I don’t haunt the movie houses these days like you and Steve for example I alwas manage to see anything that’s WORTH seeing. Mind you with Irishmen Farrell and Brendan Gleeson in it and the voice of Ireland’s John McCormack playing on the soundtrack it could hardly fail to impress CULTURED people!
Actually I was surprised that you didn’t highlight the Golden Globe results this year as those sorts of things are usually your bag!- sulking in your tent because the Irish are winning everything eh?
I saw 7 including 6 of top 10. a favourite: my fair lady(a seven my lowest rated favorite). a ten: Cleopatra not a favourite. 2 9s not favorites: the agony and the ecstacy, the ghost and mrs muir both could have benefitted from stronger male leads. I thought anna and the king of siam , a 7 ,was ruined by Harrison’s attempt to portay an ignorant king as boyish . thanks to Flora and The Bob for increasing my watchlist
Hey bob cox. Thanks for checking out our latest page. Your total of 7 keeps me in the cellar…thanks for that…..lol. Thanks for the mini-reviews and breakdown of his movies. As for Cleopatra, it is a awesome looking movie…. but I find it drags at times. I have not seen Anna and the King…..but it does not have the legacy of the King and I….same story…so maybe Rex’s performance pales to Yul’s performance. Good stuff.
I remember first seeing Rex Harrison as a kid in Doctor Doolittle. At the time I did not know (and probably would not have cared) that he was such an acclaimed and respected British stage and film actor. Bob may be right that he never became a top legend, but in mind, Harrison is one of those handful British leading men from the classic era who made it big in the US – others from the same period who come to mind include Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Alec Guinness, James Mason and Charles Laughton, and it’s true that Harrison may not have achieved quite their level of fame, but for a while in the 1950s and 1960s, he was certainly a major star.
With his mocking grin and beady eyes, Harrison was well suited to play comedy and malicious characters. I’ve only seen 11 of the films listed, as most of his early British films are a bit hard to come by in North America, but I always found him delightful to watch. I particularly liked him in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, My Fair Lady and, one of his lesser know efforts, The Honey Pot. Seeing this page makes me feel like searching out some of his earlier films.
Hey PhilHoF2017…..tally count: Flora 17, you 11, Steve 9 and me at the bottom with 6. I remember him in Doctor Dolittle as a kid too. I remember when reading the Golden Turkey books, how shocked I was about how that movie was received.
Good point about how he succeeded in reaching American audiences. The Honey Pot is one that I have not seen. I liked in Ghost and Mrs.Muir too. Good feedback on Rex Harrison.