George Sanders

George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth, baritone voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is remembered for his roles as wicked Jack Favell in ''Rebecca'' (1940), Scott ffolliott in ''Foreign Correspondent'' (1940, a rare heroic part), The Saran of Gaza in ''Samson and Delilah'' (1949, the most popular film of the year), theater critic Addison DeWitt in ''All About Eve'' (1950, for which he won an Oscar), Sir Brian De Bois-Guilbert in ''Ivanhoe'' (1952), King Richard the Lionheart in ''King Richard and the Crusaders'' (1954), Mr. Freeze in a two-part episode of ''Batman'' (1966), and the voice of Shere Khan in Disney's ''The Jungle Book'' (1967). He also starred as Simon Templar, in 5 of the 8 films in the The Saint (film series) (1939–41), and as a suave ''Saint''-like crimefighter in the first 4 of the 16 The Falcon films (1941–42). Provided by Wikipedia