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Commander Chambré George William Penn Curzon (18 October 1898 – 7 May 1976), known as George Curzon, was a Royal Navy Commander, actor, and father of the present Earl Howe.
Curzon, born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, was the only son of diplomat The Hon. Frederick Curzon-Howe (a son of The 3rd Earl Howe) and his wife, the actress Ellis Jeffreys. Curzon trained for the Navy at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, on the Isle of Wight, and first saw action in the First World War. He retired from the Navy as a Lieutenant-Commander, then served as a King's Messenger before turning to the West End stage in 1930.
Curzon then went to America and appeared on the New York stage in the play Parnell before entering films. He was given a minor role as a police constable in Basil Dean's Escape (1930). His first major role came in 1935 when he appeared as the title role in Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor. He reprised this role in Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935) and Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938). He appeared in several films directed by Alfred Hitchcock before he moved to the United States and Hollywood, most notably Young and Innocent, where he played a musician and murderer who was caught by his nervous eye-twitch, in a famous long crane shot devised by Hitchcock.
A brief interruption came to Curzon's acting career in 1939 when, after playing a minor role in Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn, he again enlisted in the navy during World War II. He later starred in various other films from 1947 until 1965.
Curzon had two children from his second marriage: Frederick Richard Penn (b. 1951) and Emma Charlotte (b. 1953). His son succeeded to his kinsman's title of Earl Howe in 1984 (long after the death of Curzon himself in 1976) and his daughter was granted the rank of an earl's daughter a year later (i.e. Lady Emma).
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Filmography (Movies)
The Canterville Ghost
Character:The Butler
Release Date:02/11/1966
Woman of Straw
Character:Second Executive (uncredited)
Release Date:28/04/1964
Oliver Twist
Character:Mr Brownlow
Release Date:07/01/1962
Harry Black and the Tiger
Character:Mr. Philip Tanner
Release Date:22/07/1958
The Cruel Sea
Character:Admiral at Party
Release Date:24/02/1953
Sing Along with Me
Character:Mr. Palmer
Release Date:19/02/1952
For Them That Trespass
Character:Clark Hall
Release Date:21/04/1949
The First Gentleman
Character:Duke of York
Release Date:15/03/1948
Uncle Silas
Character:Sleigh
Release Date:08/10/1947
Jassy
Character:Participant in Card Game
Release Date:13/08/1947
Jamaica Inn
Character:Captain Murray
Release Date:11/05/1939
The Mind of Mr. Reeder
Character:Welford
Release Date:04/03/1939
Q Planes
Character:Jenkins
Release Date:21/02/1939
A Royal Divorce
Character:Barras
Release Date:21/09/1938
Strange Boarders
Character:Sir Charles
Release Date:01/05/1938
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
Character:Sexton Blake
Release Date:01/02/1938
Young and Innocent
Character:Guy
Release Date:17/02/1937
The White Angel
Character:Sidney Herbert
Release Date:25/06/1936
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
Character:Lorenzo Da Ponte
Release Date:22/02/1936
Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle
Character:Sexton Blake
Release Date:01/10/1935
Widow's Might
Character:Champion
Release Date:17/06/1935
Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor
Character:Sexton Blake
Release Date:01/01/1935
Admirals All
Character:Ping Hi
Release Date:01/01/1935
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Character:Gibson
Release Date:09/12/1934
Lorna Doone
Character:King James II
Release Date:09/12/1934
Java Head
Character:Edward Dunsack
Release Date:31/07/1934
The Scotland Yard Mystery
Character:Dr. Charles Masters
Release Date:03/01/1934
Her First Affaire
Character:Carey Merton
Release Date:07/12/1932
After the Ball
Character:Peter Strange
Release Date:23/11/1932
The Impassive Footman
Character:Simpson
Release Date:28/06/1932
Murder at Covent Garden
Character:Belmont
Release Date:18/02/1932
Chin Chin Chinaman
Character:Colley
Release Date:01/09/1931
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