Anthony Dawson (1916-1992) was a Scottish actor who was famous for playing a James Bond villain, Professor Dent in Dr. No.
He went on to play the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in From Russia with Love and Thunderball, where his face was unseen and his voice was dubbed by Eric Pohlmann.
Career[]
In the early 1960s, Dawson returned from the US to the UK and won a role in James Bond's first on-screen adventure, Dr. No. He played the suspicious Professor Dent, who was part of the titular antagonist's schemes before being coldly dispatched by Sean Connery's Bond after a final murder attempt ended in failure. The film was directed by Terence Young, with whom Dawson would collaborate a number of times throughout the rest of his career.
The following year - despite his first character's death - Dawson was welcomed back to the Bond productions to lend his figure (but not his face) to the still-unknown Number One of SPECTRE. He would play the character that would come to be known as Blofeld in both From Russia with Love and Thunderball.
Dawson also appeared in the James Bond parody, starring Connery's younger brother Neil, O.K. Connery in 1967.
Aside from Bond, Dawson had a prolific screen career, often appearing as antagonistic figures. He notably starred in the Alfred Hitchcock film Dial M for Murder, alongside fellow Bond alumni Guy Doleman.
He also worked with Bond director Terence Young again, on the infamous biopic Inchon. Additionally, he also worked with fellow Bond star Desmond Llewelyn on three films outside the franchise. Later in his career, he would play small roles in a variety of Italian films and other productions from around Europe.
Dawson passed away from cancer in 1992, at the age of 75.
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