George Sanders Net Worth
George Sanders Net Worth is
$250,000
George Sanders Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a Russian-born English film and television actor, singer-songwriter, music composer, and author. His heavy English accent and bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is perhaps best known as Jack Favell in Rebecca (1940), Addison DeWitt in All About Eve (1950), King Richard the Lionheart in King Richard and the Crusaders (1954), the voice of the malevolent man-hating tiger Shere Khan in Disney's The Jungle Book (1967), and his five-film tenure playing crimefighter Simon Templar (a.k.a. The Saint) in the 1930s and '40s. His career spanned more than 40 years. | Full Name | George Sanders |
| Date Of Birth | July 3, 1906, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | April 25, 1972, Castelldefels, Spain |
| Place Of Birth | St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia] |
| Height | 6' 3½" (1.92 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Soundtrack, Writer |
| Education | Brighton College, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Syracuse University, Colorado School of Mines |
| Nationality | British, American |
| Spouse | Benita Hume (m. 1959–1967), Zsa Zsa Gábor (m. 1949–1954), Susan Larson (m. 1940–1949) |
| Children | Alena Saunders, Caitlin Saunders |
| Parents | Henry Sanders, Margaret Sanders |
| Siblings | Tom Conway, Margaret Sanders |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, MacArthur Fellowship, World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada, Lannan Literary Fellowship |
| Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, The Story Prize, National Book Award for Fiction, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Fiction |
| Movies | All About Eve, Rebecca, The Jungle Book, Village of the Damned, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Journey to Italy, Foreign Correspondent, The Saint Strikes Back, A Shot in the Dark, Hangover Square, The Strange Woman, Solomon and Sheba, Lured, Call Me Madam, Samson and Delilah, The Picture of Dorian Gray, M... |
| TV Shows | Batman, The George Sanders Mystery Theater |
| Star Sign | Cancer |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Deep smooth voice |
| 2 | Skill at delivering cutting lines |
| 3 | Often played purring, sinister villains |
| 4 | Often played the "cad" in his films, such as Jack Favell in Rebecca (1940) |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [to Rex Reed's observation, "I understand you were a great fan of Tyrone Power"] Who told you that? He died on the set of Solomon and Sheba (1959). But he was just someone I knew. One knew lots of people. Every film is like an ocean voyage, a transatlantic crossing. You swear you will meet each other again. But you never do. |
| 2 | [on being asked how he felt about his divorce from Zsa Zsa Gabor] Like a squeezed lemon. |
| 3 | Where on the screen I am invariably a son-of-a-bitch, in life I am a dear, dear boy. |
| 4 | The important thing for a star is to have an interesting face. He doesn't have to move it very much. Editing and camerawork can always produce the desired illusion that a performance is being given. |
| 5 | I never really thought I'd make the grade. And let's face it, I haven't. |
| 6 | I was beastly but never coarse. A high-class sort of heel. |
| 7 | I don't ask questions. I just take their money and use it for things that really interest me. |
| 8 | I am not one of those people who would rather act than eat. Quite the reverse. My own desire as a boy was to retire. That ambition has never changed. |
| 9 | Acting is like roller-skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting. |
| 10 | A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them, the better they be. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Both he and his elder brother Tom Conway worked with Thomas Heathcote: Conway in Three Stops to Murder (1953) and The Last Man to Hang? (1956) and Sanders in Village of the Damned (1960). |
| 2 | He played the brother of his real-life elder brother Tom Conway in both The Falcon's Brother (1942) and Death of a Scoundrel (1956). |
| 3 | Is referenced in The Kinks' 1972 song "Celluloid Heroes", with the lines "If you covered him in garbage, George Sanders would still have style.". |
| 4 | Had one younger sister: Margaret Sanders (born 1912). |
| 5 | He was cremated after death and his ashes were scattered in the English Channel. |
| 6 | Had appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: Rebecca (1940) and All About Eve (1950). |
| 7 | He appeared with Wendy Barrie in five films: The Saint Strikes Back (1939), The Saint Takes Over (1940), The Gay Falcon (1941), The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) and A Date with the Falcon (1942). |
| 8 | He appeared with John Carradine in six films: Four Men and a Prayer (1938), International Settlement (1938), Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939), Man Hunt (1941), Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) and The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947). |
| 9 | He was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 1636 Vine Street; and for Television at 7007 Hollywood Boulevard. |
| 10 | Famously stated that he loathed giving interviews because he did not get paid for them; never gave autographs and rather enjoyed being perceived as "a rude and disagreeable person". |
| 11 | He committed suicide on April 25, 1972, less than three months from what would have been his 66th birthday on July 3. |
| 12 | His first steady employment was in the tobacco industry, traveling through Brazil and Argentina. He was sacked from jobs twice: the first time after turning up at his boss' wedding in a drunken stupor, the second time after having fought a pistol duel over a paramour. |
| 13 | His Hollywood career began at 20th Century-Fox (1936-38). From there he went to RKO Pictures (1939-41), back to 20th Century-Fox (1942-43 and 1947-50) and MGM (1954-55). He worked for most of the great directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang and Douglas Sirk. |
| 14 | During his college days, George enjoyed a reputation as a good swimmer and boxer, as well as beginning to cultivate his image as a bounder. |
| 15 | Prior to Sanders' casting in The Jungle Book (1967), animator Milt Kahl drew several drawings of Shere Khan looking quite haughty. One of the individuals who looked at the drawings immediately remarked on how similar they were to Sanders. |
| 16 | He and his ex-wife Zsa Zsa Gabor both played "Special Guest Villains" in Batman (1966). |
| 17 | His ex-wives Zsa Zsa Gabor and Magda Gabor were sisters. |
| 18 | His mother Margaret Sanders, his third wife Benita Hume, and his brother Tom Conway all passed away in 1967. |
| 19 | Was one of two stars of the Pink Panther series to commit suicide. Capucine, who played Inspector Clouseau's wife in The Pink Panther (1963), killed herself in 1990. |
| 20 | Credited as the author of the mystery novel "Stranger at Home". The novel was actually ghostwritten by Leigh Brackett. The novel's dedication reads "To Leigh Brackett, whom I have never met.". |
| 21 | Possessed of a fine baritone singing voice, often raised at parties, Sanders released an album entitled "The George Sanders Touch: Songs for the Lovely Lady" (ABC-Paramount: 1958), today a much sought-after collector's item. |
| 22 | Featured in a crime novel, "Crime On My Hands", in which he solved a murder on a film set. The novel was ghostwritten by Falcon screenwriter Craig Rice. The Author's Dedication reads "To Craig Rice, without whom it would not have been possible.". |
| 23 | Withdrew from the lead in the Broadway-bound musical version of "The Man Who Came to Dinner" called "Sherry!" (with Dolores Gray) during its Boston tryout in March 1967 when his wife Benita Hume was diagnosed with bone cancer. He was replaced by Clive Revill. The show was a quick failure on Broadway, and Hume passed away that November. |
| 24 | First got involved in acting when a secretary in the same advertising firm suggested it. That secretary was Greer Garson. |
| 25 | After being convinced by a woman he had taken up with, Sanders sold his beloved house in Majorca, Spain. Soon afterward he checked into a hotel in Barcelona, and two days later his body was discovered next to five empty tubes of Nembutal. |
| 26 | Sanders told David Niven in 1937 that he intended to commit suicide when he got older. In 1972 he fulfilled his promise, leaving this note: "Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.". |
| 27 | Brother of actor Tom Conway. The two appeared together in The Falcon's Brother (1942), in which they portrayed--appropriately enough--brothers, and which was Sanders' final appearance as "The Falcon", a role he had grown tired of. In this entry, Sanders hands off the role to Conway, who took it up for nine subsequent films through 1946. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Saint's Double Trouble | 1940 | Simon Templar aka The Saint / 'Boss' Duke Bates | |
| Allegheny Uprising | 1939 | Capt. Swanson | |
| Nurse Edith Cavell | 1939 | Capt. Heinrichs | |
| The Saint in London | 1939 | Simon Templar The Saint | |
| Confessions of a Nazi Spy | 1939 | Schlager | |
| The Saint Strikes Back | 1939 | The Saint | |
| So This Is London | 1939 | Dr. de Reseke | |
| The Outsider | 1939 | Anton Ragatzy | |
| Mr. Moto's Last Warning | 1939 | Eric Norvel | |
| Four Men and a Prayer | 1938 | Wyatt Leigh | |
| International Settlement | 1938 | Del Forbes | |
| Lancer Spy | 1937 | Baron Kurt von Rohback / Lt. Michael Bruce | |
| The Lady Escapes | 1937 | Rene Blanchard | |
| Slave Ship | 1937 | Lefty | |
| Love Is News | 1937 | Count Andre de Guyon | |
| Lloyd's of London | 1936 | Lord Everett Stacy | |
| Dishonour Bright | 1936 | Lisle | |
| The Man Who Could Work Miracles | 1936 | Indifference | |
| Find the Lady | 1936 | Curly Randall | |
| Strange Cargo | 1936 | Roddy Burch | |
| Things to Come | 1936 | Pilot (uncredited) | |
| Love, Life & Laughter | 1934 | Singer in Public Bar (uncredited) | |
| The Death Wheelers | 1973 | Shadwell | |
| Endless Night | 1972 | Andrew Lippincott | |
| Doomwatch | 1972 | The Admiral - Sir Geoffrey | |
| Mission: Impossible | 1971 | TV Series | Armand Anderssarian |
| Appuntamento col disonore | 1970 | General Downes | |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | 1970 | TV Series | James Fortune |
| The Kremlin Letter | 1970 | Warlock | |
| The Best House in London | 1969 | Sir Francis Leybourne | |
| Rio 70 | 1969 | Masius | |
| The Body Stealers | 1969 | General Armstrong | |
| The Candy Man | 1969 | Sidney Carter | |
| King of Africa | 1968 | Captain Walter Phillips | |
| Laura | 1968/I | TV Movie | Waldo Lydecker |
| The Jungle Book | 1967 | Shere Khan the Tiger (voice) | |
| Good Times | 1967 | Mordicus / Knife McBlade / White hunter / ... | |
| Warning Shot | 1967 | Calvin York | |
| The Quiller Memorandum | 1966 | Gibbs | |
| Batman | 1966 | TV Series | Mister Freeze |
| Daniel Boone | 1966 | TV Series | Col. Roger Barr |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1965 | TV Series | G. Emory Partridge |
| The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | 1965 | The Banker | |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | 1965 | TV Series | Fenton |
| The Rogues | 1965 | TV Series | Leonard Carvel |
| Einer spielt falsch | 1965 | Professor Schlieben | |
| The Golden Head | 1964 | Basil Palmer | |
| Last Plane to Baalbek | 1964 | Prince Makowski | |
| A Shot in the Dark | 1964 | Benjamin Ballon | |
| Dark Purpose | 1964 | Raymond Fontaine | |
| The Cracksman | 1963 | Guv'nor | |
| Cairo | 1963 | The Major | |
| In Search of the Castaways | 1962 | Thomas Ayerton | |
| Operation Snatch | 1962 | Maj. Hobson | |
| Checkmate | 1962 | TV Series | Richard Gilmore |
| Le rendez-vous | 1961 | J.K. / Kellermann | |
| General Electric Theater | 1956-1961 | TV Series | Major Watkins / William Clark / Dr. Grissom |
| Call Me Genius | 1961 | Sir Charles Brewer | |
| Five Golden Hours | 1961 | Mr. Bing | |
| Village of the Damned | 1960 | Gordon Zellaby | |
| Trouble in the Sky | 1960 | Sir Arnold Hobbes | |
| Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons | 1960 | Henri Landru | |
| The Last Voyage | 1960 | Captain Robert Adams | |
| Alcoa Theatre | 1960 | TV Series | |
| A Touch of Larceny | 1960 | Sir Charles Holland | |
| Solomon and Sheba | 1959 | Adonijah | |
| That Kind of Woman | 1959 | A.L. | |
| From the Earth to the Moon | 1958 | Stuyvesant Nicholl | |
| Decision | 1958 | TV Series | |
| The Whole Truth | 1958 | Carliss | |
| Rock-a-Bye Baby | 1958 | Danny Poole (scenes deleted) | |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1958 | TV Series | John York |
| The Seventh Sin | 1957 | Tim Waddington | |
| The George Sanders Mystery Theater | 1957 | TV Series | |
| Death of a Scoundrel | 1956 | Clementi Sabourin | |
| Man Against Crime | 1956 | TV Series | |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | 1956 | TV Series | Charles Ferris / Baron |
| That Certain Feeling | 1956 | Larry Larkin | |
| While the City Sleeps | 1956 | Mark Loving | |
| The Ford Television Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Jay Rossiter |
| Never Say Goodbye | 1956 | Victor | |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | 1955 | TV Series | Waldo Lydecker |
| The King's Thief | 1955 | Charles II | |
| The Scarlet Coat | 1955 | Dr. Jonathan Odell | |
| Moonfleet | 1955 | Lord Ashwood | |
| Jupiter's Darling | 1955 | Fabius Maximus | |
| Journey to Italy | 1954 | Alexander 'Alex' Joyce (as Georges Sanders) | |
| King Richard and the Crusaders | 1954 | King Richard I | |
| Witness to Murder | 1954 | Albert Richter | |
| Call Me Madam | 1953 | General Cosmo Constantine | |
| Assignment: Paris | 1952 | Nicholas Strang | |
| Ivanhoe | 1952 | De Bois-Guilbert | |
| The Light Touch | 1951 | Felix Guignol | |
| I Can Get It for You Wholesale | 1951 | J.F. Noble | |
| Captain Blackjack | 1950 | Mike Alexander | |
| All About Eve | 1950 | Addison DeWitt | |
| Samson and Delilah | 1949 | The Saran of Gaza | |
| The Fan | 1949 | Lord Robert Darlington | |
| Forever Amber | 1947 | King Charles II | |
| Lured | 1947 | Robert Fleming | |
| The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | 1947 | Miles Fairley | |
| The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | 1947 | Georges Duroy | |
| The Strange Woman | 1946 | John Evered | |
| A Scandal in Paris | 1946 | Eugéne François Vidocq | |
| The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry | 1945 | Harry Melville Quincey | |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1945 | Lord Henry Wotton | |
| Hangover Square | 1945 | Dr. Allan Middleton | |
| Summer Storm | 1944 | Fedor Mikhailovich Petroff | |
| Action in Arabia | 1944 | Michael Gordon | |
| The Lodger | 1944 | Inspector John Warwick | |
| Paris After Dark | 1943 | Dr. Andre Marbel | |
| Appointment in Berlin | 1943 | Wing Cmdr. Keith Wilson | |
| They Came to Blow Up America | 1943 | Carl Steelman / Ernst Reiter | |
| This Land Is Mine | 1943 | George Lambert | |
| Quiet Please: Murder | 1942 | Jim Fleg | |
| The Black Swan | 1942 | Capt. Billy Leech | |
| The Moon and Sixpence | 1942 | Charles Strickland | |
| The Falcon's Brother | 1942 | Gay Lawrence | |
| Tales of Manhattan | 1942 | Williams | |
| Her Cardboard Lover | 1942 | Tony Barling | |
| The Falcon Takes Over | 1942 | Gay Lawrence | |
| Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | 1942 | Sir Arthur Blake | |
| A Date with the Falcon | 1942 | Gay Lawrence The Falcon | |
| The Gay Falcon | 1941 | Gay Laurence The Falcon | |
| Sundown | 1941 | Coombes | |
| Man Hunt | 1941 | Major Quive-Smith | |
| Rage in Heaven | 1941 | Ward Andrews | |
| The Saint in Palm Springs | 1941 | Simon Templar The Saint | |
| The Son of Monte Cristo | 1940 | Gen. Gurko Lanen | |
| Bitter Sweet | 1940 | Baron von Tranisch | |
| Foreign Correspondent | 1940 | ffolliott | |
| The Saint Takes Over | 1940 | Simon Templar The Saint | |
| Rebecca | 1940 | Jack Favell | |
| The House of the Seven Gables | 1940 | Jaffrey Pyncheon | |
| Green Hell | 1940 | Forrester |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jungle Book | 1967 | performer: "That's What Friends Are For The Vulture Song" 1967 - uncredited | |
| Call Me Madam | 1953 | performer: "Marrying for Love", "The Best Thing For You Would be Me", "Finale: You're Just In Love/Something to Dance About" | |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1945 | performer: "La Ci Darem La Mano" excerpt - uncredited | |
| The Falcon Takes Over | 1942 | performer: "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" - uncredited |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Unholy Four | 1954 | novel |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hollywood Squares | 1970 | TV Series | Guest Appearance |
| The David Frost Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1967 | TV Series | Himself - Sketch Actor |
| Witchdoctor in Tails | 1966 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Today | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| Il mondo di notte numero 3 | 1964 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | 1957-1961 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself / Guest |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1960 | TV Series | Himself |
| World by Night | 1960 | Documentary | Narrator (English version, voice) |
| Frances Langford Presents | 1959 | TV Series | Himself |
| Women in Love | 1958 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| What's My Line? | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Patrice Munsel Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
| Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
| The George Sanders Mystery Theater | 1957 | TV Series | Himself - Host / Narrator |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ford Star Jubilee | 1956 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Bob Hope Show | 1956 | TV Series | Himself / Herself |
| The Jimmy Durante Show | 1956 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| The 25th Annual Academy Awards | 1953 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member (New York) |
| Kort möte med familjen Rossellini | 1953 | Short | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars of the Silver Screen | 2011 | TV Series | Addison DeWitt |
| Diálogos de cine | 2008 | TV Movie | Addison DeWitt |
| The Bare Necessities: The Making of 'The Jungle Book' | 2007 | Video documentary short | Himself - Voice of Shere Khan |
| Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen | 2004 | Documentary | |
| Living Famously | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Benjamin Ballon |
| Roberto Rossellini: Frammenti e battute | 2000 | Documentary | Alexander Joyce |
| Ex-S | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Film Breaks | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Eric Norvel |
| 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Actor 'All About Eve' (uncredited) |
| Arena | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Disney Sing-Along-Songs: You Can Fly | 1988 | Video short | Shere Khan |
| Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | 1987 | Documentary | Addison DeWitt |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1977-1978 | TV Series | Thomas Ayerton Shere Khan |
| Bob Hope's World of Comedy | 1976 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1971 | TV Series | Benjamin Ballon from film A SHOT IN THE DARK |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 1636 Vine Street |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Television | On 8 February 1960. At 7007 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1951 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | All About Eve (1950) |
| 1942 | Sour Apple | Golden Apple Awards | Least Cooperative Actor |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Supporting Actor | All About Eve (1950) |
Known for movies
All About Eve (1950)
as Addison DeWitt
The Jungle Book (1967)
as Shere Khan the Tiger
Rebecca (1940)
as Jack Favell
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
as Lord Henry Wotton