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.
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Complete Filmography
Inside the Tower
2015
as John Gurney (archive footage)
A look back at a 70s cult classic, Tower of Evil.

The Sets of Marinus
2009
as Arbitan (archive footage)
The Sets of Marinus is a BBC documentary looking at set design for the Doctor Who story The Keys of Marinus. It was released on the DVD of the serial.

The Daedalus Equations
1976
as Hans Daedalus
Hans Daedalus has defected from East Germany to the West. Is it possible that his opacity equations live on after his death?

The Ritz
1976
as Old Man Vespucci
To escape from a mobster, businessman Gaetano Proclo orders a cab driver to take him to a place where he can't be found. Unfortunately for Gaetano, th...

Shout at the Devil
1976
as El Keb
During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battl...

Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Doctor
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

The Antichrist
1974
as Father Mittner
An Italian nobleman seeks help after his paralyzed daughter becomes possessed by the spirit of a malevolent ancestress.

Percy's Progress
1974
as Professor Godowski
Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the world's water that makes men impotent.

Mahler
1974
as Doctor Roth
Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while traveling by train.

Papillon
1973
as Dr. Chatal
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his esca...

The Final Programme
1973
as Dr Powys
After the death of his Nobel Prize-winning father, billionaire physicist Jerry Cornelius becomes embroiled in the search for the mysterious "Final Pro...

Coffee, Tea or Me?
1973
as Doctor
An airline stewardess juggles a life that includes a husband in Los Angeles and another one in London.

The Stranger
1973
as Max Greene
An astronaut enters a vortex and crash-lands on a parallel planet where he's not welcome.

The Suicide Club
1973
A young gambler seeking greater challenges joins a card club where the members literally gamble for their lives.

Tower of Evil
1972
as John Gurney
A group of experienced archeologists are searching for an old and mystic Phoenician treasure when they are surprised by a series of mysterious murders...

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
1971
as Professor Berrigan
Two Egyptologists, Professor Fuchs and Corbeck, are instrumental in unleashing unmitigated horror by bringing back to England the mummified body of Ta...
Unfair!
1970
as Judge
This incredibly strange short film was commissioned by the union ACTT (Association of Cinematograph, Television and allied Technicians, of which the f...

No Blade of Grass
1970
as Mr. Sturdevant
A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Arc...

Land Raiders
1969
as Cardenas
An outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches, bringing about an Indian war.

The Assassination Bureau
1969
as Swiss Peasant
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are c...

Koroshi
1968
as Controller
Secret agent John Drake (aka Danger Man) goes to Japan to infiltrate a secret society that specializes in murder. - This film was originally conceive...

Too Many Thieves
1966
as Andrew
When some priceless Macedonian treasures are swiped, lawyer Falk arrives to get to the bottom of things. Compiled from the series "Trials of O'Brien"...

Arabesque
1966
as Ragheeb
When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is r...

The Skull
1965
as Dr. Londe
An occult investigator buys the 150-year-old skull of the Marquis de Sade, which turns out to be possessed by evil spirits.

The Crooked Road
1965
as Carlo
An investigative reporter travels to a small European country with the hope of exposing its dictator's family secrets.
Scruggs
1965
Ben Scruggs is an intellectual gangster who lives his life like a poker game.

Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
1964
as Arbitan
The TARDIS arrives on the planet Marinus on an island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid. The travellers are forced by the elderly Arbitan to retrie...

The Russian Miracle
1963
as (English version narrator)
Das russische Wunder (The Russian Miracle) (1963) is a two-part East German documentary directed by Annelie and Andrew Thorndike. The documentary chro...

King of Kings
1961
as Camel Driver
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet th...

Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961
as François Lejeune
It is the end of the 18th century and smuggling is considered to be a legitimate spare-time occupation for most fishermen around the British shores. B...

Surprise Package
1960
as Dr. Panzer
Comic crime caper, set on a Greek island, starring Yul Brynner and Mitzi Gaynor.

The Boy Who Stole a Million
1960
as Bank Manager
A boy gets involved in a bank robbery

Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
1960
as Lacoste
A murderer enriches his finances by marrying and then killing off a series of wealthy women.

Son of Robin Hood
1958
as Alan A Dale
Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize t...

Spy in the Sky!
1958
as Col. Benedict
Women distract a U.S. agent fighting Soviet spies over a German scientist and his secret plans.

The Big Money
1958
as The Colonel
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number. But this is only...

Law and Disorder
1958
as Sergeant Bolton
When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out abo...

Law and Disorder
1958
as 'Bennie' Bensuson
When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out abo...

Tank Force!
1958
as Italian POW camp commandant
During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans.

Womaneater
1958
as Dr. James Moran
A mad scientist captures women and feeds them to a flesh-eating tree, which in turn gives him a serum that helps bring the dead back to life.

I Accuse!
1958
as Colonel Sandherr
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an ac...

Seven Thunders
1957
as Paul Bourdin
Escaping British prisoners of war hide out in German occupied France.

Kill Me Tomorrow
1957
as Heinz Webber
A reporter who needs cash for his son's operation is paid by a smuggler to take a murder rap.

The Man Without a Body
1957
as Karl Brussard
A wealthy business man discovers he has a brain tumor and seeks medical help. The business man finds a scientist experimenting with transplanting monk...

Tarzan and the Lost Safari
1957
as Carl Kraski
Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief.

Doctor at Large
1957
as Pascoe
Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bog...

Private's Progress
1956
as Padre
Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be office...

Doctor at Sea
1955
as "Chippie" the Carpenter
The second of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. A bachelor doctor goes to sea to escape t...

Mask of Dust
1954
as 'Pic' Dallapiccola
An idol of auto-racing fans attempts a comeback after serving in the Air Force. When his former rival lies dying in the hospital he must decide whethe...

The Teckman Mystery
1954
as Andrew Garvin
A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a new plane and finds himself soon involved in a ser...

Duel in the Jungle
1954
as Capt. Malburn
An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diamond broker who drowned whilst diving off the coast...

Doctor in the House
1954
as Briggs
The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical ...

A Day to Remember
1953
as Foreign Legion Captain
A group of men from a London pub are going on a darts team outing to Boulogne. Various members of the party have different reasons for going and get i...

The Heart of the Matter
1953
as Portuguese Captain
Based on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience when he has an affair with a younger woman.

The Dog and the Diamonds
1953
as Forbes
A group of children establish their own zoo in the garden of a disused house, which proves to be the headquarters of a gang of crooks.

The Runaway Bus
1953
as Ernest Schroeder
When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb to drive to another airpo...

Venetian Bird
1952
as Chief of Police Spadoni
Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Shortly after arriving, he becomes the prime suspect ...

Outcast of the Islands
1951
as Babalatchi
After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal ch...

Appointment with Venus
1951
as Captain Weiss
At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on t...

Kill or Be Killed
1950
as Victor Sloma
An innocent man accused of a murder hides out aboard a steam ship in South American.

Joan of Arc
1948
as Sir Robert de Baudricourt, Governor of Vaucouleurs
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of A...

A Southern Yankee
1948
as Maj. Jack Drumman aka The Grey Spider
Red Skelton plays Aubrey Filmore, a feather-brained but lovable bellboy who dreams of becoming an agent for the Union's secret service during the Civi...

Beyond Glory
1948
as Lew Proctor
Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him, he falls f...

Sleep, My Love
1948
as Charles Vernay
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

Where There's Life
1947
as Prime Minister Krivoc
In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael...

California
1947
as Capt. Pharaoh Coffin
"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Jo...

Mr. District Attorney
1947
as James Randolph
An assistant district attorney gets mixed-up with a woman who is working for the group that he is investigating.

The Verdict
1946
as Supt. John R. Buckley
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key w...

Nobody Lives Forever
1946
as Doc Ganson
A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.

Confidential Agent
1945
as Captain Currie
During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.

Lady on a Train
1945
as Mr. Saunders, Circus Club Manager
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one t...

Hotel Berlin
1945
as Joachim Helm
An assortment of diverse characters gather at the Hotel Berlin in World War II Germany as the Third Reich falls.

A Song to Remember
1945
as Louis Pleyel
Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, wher...

None But the Lonely Heart
1944
as Jim Mordinoy
When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they're both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.

The Master Race
1944
as Von Beck
When allied troops liberate a small battle-scarred Belgium town in 1944 the American and British commanders do all they can to help the war-weary peop...

Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Dr. Byles
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.

Between Two Worlds
1944
as Mr. Lingley
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in commo...

Watch on the Rhine
1943
as Teck Brankovic
On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sar...

For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
as André Massart
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side t...

This Land Is Mine
1943
as Prosecutor
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and c...

Assignment in Brittany
1943
as Capt. Hans Holz
A French Resistance fighter discovers he's a dead ringer for a Nazi official.

Citizen Kane
1941
as Walter Parks Thatcher
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, ty...

The Lady in Question
1940
as Defense Attorney
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.

All This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Charpentier
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philip...

The Streets of New York
1939
as Gideon Bloodgood
The story revolves around the efforts of the middle-class family Fairweather, newly impoverished by the financial panic, to survive against the villai...

Christopher Bean
1933
as Tallent
When the painter Christopher Bean dies, some unscrupulous art dealers try to get several of his paintings cheaply from a family who have no idea of th...

The Impassive Footman
1932
as Daventry's Butler (uncredited)
A woman finds brief respite from the selfishness of her husband with a young doctor, and their mutual attraction is rekindled by a chance meeting at a...