Robert Morley
(1908-1992), ActorSitter in 16 portraits
Actor, playwright and author, Morley was a master of light comedy. Trained at RADA, he made his London debut in Treasure Island (1929). Notable appearances on stage include his portrayal of Oscar Wilde (first in 1933), as Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941), in André Roussins' The Little Hut (1950) and with Joan Plowright in Hook Line and Sinker (1958). Films include Major Barbara (1940) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1956). Wrote eight plays, five books and articles for Punch magazine. Awarded a CBE in 1957.
by Michael Noakes
oil on board, 1964
NPG 6341
George Bernard Shaw discussing the production of 'Major Barbara'
by Unknown photographer
bromide press print, 1940
NPG x139868
Joan Morley (née Buckmaster); Sheridan Morley; Robert Morley
by Gilbert Adams
gelatin silver print, 1946
NPG x199884
Michael North (Charles Edward Fletcher Stokes); Robert Morley
by Gilbert Adams
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x88687
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 20 April 1969
NPG x165955
Robert Morley and an unknown girl
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 20 April 1969
NPG x165972
by Nicholas Sinclair
selenium-toned silver print, 1992
NPG x38831
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