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    Sir Reginald Carey " Rex " Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play French Without Tears, in what was his breakthrough role.

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0001322Rex Harrison - IMDb

    Rex Harrison. Actor: My Fair Lady. Rex Harrison was born Reginald Carey Harrison in Huyton, Lancashire, England, to Edith Mary (Carey) and William Reginald Harrison, a cotton broker.

  3. Rex Harrison. Actor: My Fair Lady. Rex Harrison was born Reginald Carey Harrison in Huyton, Lancashire, England, to Edith Mary (Carey) and William Reginald Harrison, a cotton broker. He changed his name to Rex as a young boy, knowing it was the Latin word for "King".

  4. Sep 23, 2024 · Rex Harrison (born March 5, 1908, Huyton, Lancashire, England—died June 2, 1990, New York, New York, U.S.) was an English stage and film actor best known for his portrayals of urbane, eccentric English gentlemen in sophisticated comedies and social satires.

  5. A magnetic presence on stage and on screen, Sir Reginald "Rex" Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was one of the most notable actors of his generation. Harrison's contributions to the performing arts reverberate throughout British heritage, embodying the dynamism and passion of British theatre and cinema.

  6. Apr 19, 2020 · Rex Harrison: His greatest hits. Written by: Graham McCann. Published: Sunday 19th April 2020. If ever there needs to be a book about the off-screen life of Sir Rex Harrison, then arguably the most appropriate title for it should be: ...And Then I Hit Him.

  7. Jun 3, 1990 · Rex Harrison, the suave British actor who won a Tony in 1957 and an Academy Award in 1964 for his portrayals of Prof. Henry Higgins in ''My Fair Lady,'' died of...

  8. Jun 2, 1990 · Sir Rex Harrison • Reginald Carey Harrison: Born: March 5, 1908 • Huyton • England: Died: June 2, 1990 (aged 82) • New York City • New York: Awards And Honors

  9. No one could do better that particular thing Rex Harrison did: the quizzical, elegant, sexually predatory man-about-town. The film that enshrines the persona most vividly is The Rake's Progress (d. Sidney Gilliat, 1945), in which he plays the caddish philanderer who redeems himself in World War II (Harrison himself had served in the RAF ).

  10. My Fair Lady: Directed by George Cukor. With Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White. In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make a crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.