Anthony Dawson
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"Anthony Dawson" was a Scottish-born actor, best known for his supporting roles in British films.

Born in Edinburgh, he made his film debut in 1943's They Met in the Dark, going on to appear in such classic British films as The Way to the Stars (1945), The Queen of Spades (1949 film)/The Queen of Spades (1948), and The Wooden Horse (1950), before relocating to America in the early 1950s.

It was while there that he appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954), playing C. A. Swann/Captain Lesgate. In the film, he is blackmailed by Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) into murdering his wife Margot (Grace Kelly). In his unpublished memoirs, Rambling Recollections, Dawson reminisced about getting the part:

He had two other memorable roles on his return to England, including the evil Marques Siniestro in Hammer's The Curse of the Werewolf/Curse of the Werewolf (1961), and henchman Professor Dent in the first James Bond film, Dr. No (film)/Dr. No (1962).

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