George Coulouris

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Biography

George Coulouris was a British stage, film and television actor. George Alexander Coulouris was an English film and stage actor. He was perhaps best known for his collaborations with Orson Welles, most notably Citizen Kane.

Known For

Citizen Kane

Walter Parks Thatcher

Papillon

Dr. Chatal

Murder on the Orient Express

Doctor

Doctor Who

Arbitan

King of Kings

Camel Driver

The Prisoner

Man with the Stick

For Whom the Bell Tolls

André Massart

Arabesque

Ragheeb

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2015	Inside the Tower MOVIE	John Gurney (archive footage)
2009	The Sets of Marinus MOVIE	Arbitan (archive footage)
1985	Mussolini: The Untold Story TV	DeBono
1979	Hart to Hart TV	Self
1978	Jemima Shore Investigates TV	Self
1978	The Doombolt Chase TV	Self
1976	The Daedalus Equations MOVIE	Hans Daedalus
1976	The Ritz MOVIE	Old Man Vespucci
1976	Shout at the Devil MOVIE	El Keb
1974	Murder on the Orient Express MOVIE	Doctor
1974	The Antichrist MOVIE	Father Mittner
1974	Percy's Progress MOVIE	Professor Godowski
1974	Mahler MOVIE	Doctor Roth
1974	Playhouse TV	Hans Daedalus
1973	Papillon MOVIE	Dr. Chatal
1973	The Final Programme MOVIE	Dr Powys
1973	Coffee, Tea or Me? MOVIE	Doctor
1973	The Stranger MOVIE	Max Greene
1973	The Suicide Club MOVIE	Self
1972	Crown Court TV	Self
1972	Search TV	Self
1972	Tower of Evil MOVIE	John Gurney
1972	Lord Peter Wimsey TV	Mr. Grimthorpe
1971	Blood from the Mummy's Tomb MOVIE	Professor Berrigan
1970	Unfair! MOVIE	Judge
1970	No Blade of Grass MOVIE	Mr. Sturdevant
1969	Land Raiders MOVIE	Cardenas
1969	The Assassination Bureau MOVIE	Swiss Peasant
1968	Koroshi MOVIE	Controller
1967	The Prisoner TV	Man with the Stick
1967	Dundee and the Culhane TV	Self
1967	Haunted TV	Self
1966	Too Many Thieves MOVIE	Andrew
1966	Arabesque MOVIE	Ragheeb
1965	BBC Play of the Month TV	Shepherd
1965	The Trials of O'Brien TV	Self
1965	The Skull MOVIE	Dr. Londe
1965	The Crooked Road MOVIE	Carlo
1965	Scruggs MOVIE	Self
1964	R3 TV	Self
1964	The Wednesday Play TV	Self
1964	Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus MOVIE	Arbitan
1963	Doctor Who TV	Arbitan
1963	The Russian Miracle MOVIE	(English version narrator)
1963	Crane TV	Self
1963	Crane TV	Dr. Jackson
1962	Zero One TV	Self
1962	Man of the World TV	Gomez
1962	Z-Cars TV	Self
1961	King of Kings MOVIE	Camel Driver
1961	Ghost Squad TV	Self
1961	Pathfinders to Venus TV	Harcourt Brown
1961	Fury at Smugglers' Bay MOVIE	François Lejeune
1960	Pathfinders to Mars TV	The Imposter / Harcourt Brown
1960	Maigret TV	Self
1960	Surprise Package MOVIE	Dr. Panzer
1960	Danger Man TV	Self
1960	The Boy Who Stole a Million MOVIE	Bank Manager
1960	Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons MOVIE	Lacoste
1958	Son of Robin Hood MOVIE	Alan A Dale
1958	Spy in the Sky! MOVIE	Col. Benedict
1958	The Big Money MOVIE	The Colonel
1958	Law and Disorder MOVIE	Sergeant Bolton
1958	Law and Disorder MOVIE	'Bennie' Bensuson
1958	Tank Force! MOVIE	Italian POW camp commandant
1958	Womaneater MOVIE	Dr. James Moran
1958	I Accuse! MOVIE	Colonel Sandherr
1957	Seven Thunders MOVIE	Paul Bourdin
1957	Kill Me Tomorrow MOVIE	Heinz Webber
1957	The Man Without a Body MOVIE	Karl Brussard
1957	Tarzan and the Lost Safari MOVIE	Carl Kraski
1957	Doctor at Large MOVIE	Pascoe
1956	Hancock's Half Hour TV	Self
1956	Colonel March of Scotland Yard TV	Harwood
1956	Private's Progress MOVIE	Padre
1955	Doctor at Sea MOVIE	Chippie
1954	Mask of Dust MOVIE	'Pic' Dallapiccola
1954	The Teckman Mystery MOVIE	Andrew Garvin
1954	Mark Saber TV	Self
1954	Duel in the Jungle MOVIE	Capt. Malburn
1954	Doctor in the House MOVIE	Briggs
1953	A Day to Remember MOVIE	Foreign Legion Captain
1953	The Heart of the Matter MOVIE	Portuguese Captain
1953	The Dog and the Diamonds MOVIE	Forbes
1953	The Runaway Bus MOVIE	Ernest Schroeder
1953	Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents TV	Self
1952	Venetian Bird MOVIE	Chief of Police Spadoni
1951	Outcast of the Islands MOVIE	Babalatchi
1951	Appointment with Venus MOVIE	Captain Weiss
1950	Kill or Be Killed MOVIE	Victor Sloma
1950	Sunday Night Theatre TV	Poppa Brodsky
1948	Joan of Arc MOVIE	Sir Robert de Baudricourt, Governor of Vaucouleurs
1948	The Philco Television Playhouse TV	Self
1948	A Southern Yankee MOVIE	Maj. Jack Drumman aka The Grey Spider
1948	Beyond Glory MOVIE	Lew Proctor
1948	Sleep, My Love MOVIE	Charles Vernay
1947	Where There's Life MOVIE	Prime Minister Krivoc
1947	California MOVIE	Capt. Pharaoh Coffin
1947	Mr. District Attorney MOVIE	James Randolph
1946	The Verdict MOVIE	Supt. John R. Buckley
1946	Nobody Lives Forever MOVIE	Doc Ganson
1945	Confidential Agent MOVIE	Captain Currie
1945	Lady on a Train MOVIE	Mr. Saunders, Circus Club Manager
1945	Hotel Berlin MOVIE	Joachim Helm
1945	A Song to Remember MOVIE	Louis Pleyel
1944	None But the Lonely Heart MOVIE	Jim Mordinoy
1944	The Master Race MOVIE	Von Beck
1944	Mr. Skeffington MOVIE	Dr. Byles
1944	Between Two Worlds MOVIE	Mr. Lingley
1943	Watch on the Rhine MOVIE	Teck Brankovic
1943	For Whom the Bell Tolls MOVIE	André Massart
1943	This Land Is Mine MOVIE	Prosecutor
1943	Assignment in Brittany MOVIE	Capt. Hans Holz
1941	Citizen Kane MOVIE	Walter Parks Thatcher
1940	The Lady in Question MOVIE	Defense Attorney
1940	All This, and Heaven Too MOVIE	Charpentier
1940	Citizen Kane Trailer MOVIE	himself/Walter Parks Thatcher
1939	The Streets of New York MOVIE	Gideon Bloodgood
1933	Christopher Bean MOVIE	Tallent
1932	The Impassive Footman MOVIE	Daventry's Butler (uncredited)

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