AKA Reginald Carey Harrison

Born: 5-Mar-1908
Birthplace: Huyton, Lancashire, England
Died: 2-Jun-1990
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Cancer - Pancreatic
Remains: Cremated, (ashes scattered on Lake Portofino, Italy, and on Lili Palmer's grave)

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: My Fair Lady

Wife: Collette Thomas (m. 1934, div. 1942, one child)
Wife: Rachel Roberts (actress, m. 21-Mar-1962, div. 1971)
Wife: Lilli Palmer (actress, m. 25-Jan-1943, div. 6-Feb-1957, one child)
Wife: Kay Kendall (actress, m. 1957, d. 1959)
Wife: Elizabeth Harris (m. 1971, div. 1975)
Wife: Mercia Tinker (m. 1978)
Slept with: Carole Landis (he discovered the body after Carole's suicide)
Son: Noel Harrison (actor, with Marjorie Thomas)
Son: Carey Harrison (with Lilli Palmer)

    Oscar for Best Actor 1965 for My Fair Lady
    Golden Globe 1965 for My Fair Lady
    Tony
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6380 Hollywood Blvd. (television)
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6906 Hollywood Blvd. (motion pictures)
    Knight of the British Empire 1989
    Missing Eye (glass eye, childhood illness)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (7-Dec-1986)
    The Fifth Musketeer (6-Apr-1979)
    Ashanti (9-Mar-1979)
    Crossed Swords (17-Mar-1978)
    Staircase (20-Aug-1969)
    Doctor Dolittle (5-Dec-1967)
    The Honey Pot (21-Mar-1967)
    The Agony and the Ecstasy (24-Sep-1965)
    The Yellow Rolls-Royce (31-Dec-1964)
    My Fair Lady (21-Oct-1964)
    Cleopatra (12-Jun-1963)
    Midnight Lace (13-Oct-1960)
    The Reluctant Debutante (14-Aug-1958)
    The Constant Husband (16-May-1955)
    King Richard and the Crusaders (7-Aug-1954)
    The Four Poster (8-Oct-1952)
    Unfaithfully Yours (6-Dec-1948)
    The Foxes of Harrow (24-Sep-1947)
    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (26-Jun-1947)
    Anna and the King of Siam (20-Jun-1946)
    The Rake's Progress (29-Dec-1945)
    Blithe Spirit (14-May-1945)
    Major Barbara (14-May-1941)
    Night Train to Munich (31-Aug-1940)
    Over the Moon (19-Oct-1939)
    The Citadel (3-Nov-1938)
    Sidewalks of London (18-Oct-1938)
    Storm in a Teacup (25-Feb-1937)

Author of books:
A Damned Serious Business: My Life in Comedy (1991, memoir)

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