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Robert Morley (May 26, 1908 - June 3, 1992) was a
British actor who, often in supporting roles, was
usually cast as a pompous English gentleman
representing the Establishment. In his Movie
Encyclopedia, film critic Leonard Maltin describes
Morley as "recognizable by his ungainly bulk,
bushy eyebrows, thick lips, and double chin,
… particularly effective when cast as a
pompous windbag".

Born  Robert Adolph Wilton Morley in Semley,
Wiltshire, England, he attended RADA and made his
West End stage debut in 1929 and his Broadway
debut in 1938 but was soon won over to the big
screen. A versatile actor who, especially in his
younger years, played roles as divergent as those
of Louis XVI (Marie Antoinette (movie)|Marie
Antoinette, 1938 in film|1938), Oscar Wilde (1960
in film|1960) and a missionary in The African
Queen (1951 in film|1951), Morley personified the
conservative Englishman in many comedy and caper
story|caper films. Renowned for excelling at
repartee and generally being an eloquent
conversationalist, Morley gained the epitheton of
being a "wit".

His son, Sheridan Morley, is a well-known writer
and critic.

=== Select filmography ===

*Little Dorrit (1988) (Lord Decimus Barnacle)
*Alice in Wonderland (1985 movie)|Alice in
Wonderland (1985) (TV) (King of Hearts)
*The Old Men at the Zoo (1982) (TV mini-series)
(Lord Godmanchester) 
*The Human Factor (1980) (Dr Percival) 
*Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (aka
Too Many Chefs) (1978) (Max)
*Great Expectations (1974) (TV) (Uncle
Pumblechook) 
*Theatre of Blood (1973) (Meredith Merridew)
*Cromwell (1970) (The Earl of Manchester)
*Hot Millions (1968) (Caesar Smith)
*The Alphabet Murders (aka The A.B.C. Murders|The
ABC Murders) (1965) (Arthur Hastings|Captain
Arthur Hastings)
*Life at the Top (1965) (Tiffield) 
*The Loved One (1965) (Sir Ambrose Ambercrombie)
*Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
(1965) (Lord Rawnsley)
*Topkapi (movie)|Topkapi (1964) (Cedric Page) 
*Of Human Bondage (1964) (Dr. Jacobs)
*Murder at the Gallop (1963) (Hector Enderby)
(opposite Margaret Rutherford)
*Oscar Wilde (1960) (Oscar Wilde)
*The Battle of the Sexes (1959) (Robert
MacPherson)
*The Doctor's Dilemma (1959) (Sir Ralph
Bloomfield-Bonington)
*Beau Brummell (1954) (George III of the United
Kingdom|King George III)
*Beat the Devil (1953 movie)|Beat the Devil (1953)
(Crook #1)
*The African Queen (1951) (Reverend Samuel Sayer)
*The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) (Charles James Fox)
*Major Barbara (1941 movie)|Major Barbara (1941)
(Andrew Undershaft)
*Marie Antoinette (movie)|Marie Antoinette (1938)
(Louis XVI|King Louis XVI)