He first took the stage as just a young boy in London. He stared in “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning” that propelled him to stardom in the 1960’s. I always knew him for his very deep voice. Most of the movies I saw him in, he did a very good American accent but according to the New York Times, he had a very thick northern England accent. He is still considered by some to be the leading actor in his generation, and yet to others he failed to live up to his expectations at the time. When it came to his natural appearance, one woman actually commented, “His morose, craggy face looks as though it has been pummeled by experience.” Nevertheless, he went on to play a wide array of roles in movies. From detective roles to lawyers, CIA recruiter and then in-keeper in one of the latest installments to the James Bond legacy.
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