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Michael Rennie (born Eric Alexander Rennie; 25 August 1909 – 10 June 1971) was a British film, television and stage actor, who had leading roles in a number of Hollywood films, including his portrayal of the space visitor Klaatu in the science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).
Michael Rennie. Actor: The Day the Earth Stood Still. The British actor Michael Rennie worked as a car salesman and factory manager before he turned to acting. A meeting with a Gaumont-British Studios casting director led to Rennie's first acting job - that of stand-in for Robert Young in Secret Agent (1936) directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
- January 1, 1
- Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
Jun 11, 1971 · LONDON, June 10—Michael Rennie, the actor, Who played Harry Lime in the television series “The Third Man,” died today In Harrogate, Yorkshire. He was 62 years old.
Learn about the life and career of Michael Rennie, a British actor who starred in The Day the Earth Stood Still and The Third Man. Find out his birth and death dates, family, trivia, quotes and filmography.
- August 25, 1909
- June 10, 1971
Michael Rennie was a British actor who starred in films such as 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' and 'The Third Man.' He also served in the RAF during the Second World War and had a successful stage career.
A 1951 sci-fi film about an alien visitor, Klaatu, who comes to Earth with a powerful robot, Gort, to deliver a message of peace or destruction. Michael Rennie stars as Klaatu, along with Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe and Sam Jaffe.
The Day the Earth Stood Still: Directed by Robert Wise. With Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe. An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
