Hurd Hatfield
Data de nascimento:
07/12/1917
Local de nascimento:
New York City, New York, USA
Data de falecimento:
26/12/1998
Biografia
William Rukard Hurd Hatfield was an American actor, best known for often playing characters of handsome, narcissistic young men, most notably Dorian Gray in the film The Picture of Dorian Gray. Hatfield was born in New York City to William Henry Hatfield, who died in 1954, an attorney who served as deputy attorney general for New York, and his wife, Adele (née McGuire). Hurd was educated at Columbia University, then moved to London, England where he studied drama and began acting in theatre. He returned to America for his film debut in Dragon Seed, in which he and his co-stars (Katharine Hepburn, Akim Tamiroff, Aline MacMahon, Turhan Bey) portrayed Chinese peasants, some more convincingly than others. Hatfield's second film, The Picture of Dorian Gray, made him a star. As Oscar Wilde's ageless anti-hero, Hatfield received widespread acclaim for his dark good looks as much as for his acting ability. However, the actor was ambivalent about the role and his performance. "The film didn't make me popular in Hollywood," he commented later. "It was too odd, too avant-garde, too ahead of its time. The decadence, the hints of bisexuality and so on, made me a leper! Nobody knew I had a sense of humor, and people wouldn't even have lunch with me." His follow-up films, The Diary of a Chambermaid, The Beginning or the End, and The Unsuspected), were successful, but Joan of Arc was a critical and financial failure. Hatfield's film career began to lose momentum very quickly in the 1950s, and he returned to the stage. Subsequent movies included supporting roles in The Left Handed Gun, King of Kings (as Pontius Pilate), El Cid, Harlow (as Paul Bern), and The Boston Strangler. He cut back on performing in the 1970s. His later movies included King David and Her Alibi. He appeared frequently on television and received an Emmy Award nomination for the Hallmark Hall of Fame videotaped play The Invincible Mr. Disraeli). In 1957, he appeared in Beyond This Place, directed by Sidney Lumet. Other television credits include three guest appearances on Murder She Wrote, opposite his Picture of Dorian Gray costar Angela Lansbury, who had become a lifelong friend. He also appeared as the villain in the second episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. He appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Presents in "None Are So Blind". In 1952, Hatfield appeared as Joseph in Westinghouse Studio One's The Nativity. This was a rare commercial network staging of a 14th-century mystery play, adapted from the York and Chester plays. According to the magazine Films in Review, Hatfield was ambivalent about having played Dorian Gray, feeling that it had typecast him. "You know, I was never a great beauty in Gray...and I never understood why I got the part and have spent my career regretting it", he is reported to have said. He died in his sleep of a heart attack at a friend's home, aged 81, after celebrating Christmas dinner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hurd Hatfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmes em que atuou
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Lies of the Twins (1991)- 4.30 ★Gil Selwyn
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Adorável Sedutora (1989)- 5.40 ★Troppa
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Crimes do Coração (1986)- 6.19 ★Old Granddaddy
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Rei David (1985)- 5.50 ★Ahimelech
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You Can't Go Home Again (1979)- 1.00 ★Foxhall Edwards
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The Norliss Tapes (1973)- 5.80 ★Charles Langdon
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The House and the Brain (1973)- 0.00 ★Warlock
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Thief (1971)- 0.00 ★Herman Gray
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Águias em Duelo (1971)- 6.29 ★Anthony Fokker
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O Homem Que Odiava as Mulheres (1968)- 6.77 ★Terence Huntley
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Mickey One (1965)- 5.70 ★Castle
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The Double-Barrelled Detective Story (1965)- 0.00 ★Father
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Harlow (1965)- 4.50 ★Paul Bern
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The Invincible Mr. Disraeli (1963)- 7.00 ★Lionel Rothschild
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A Cry of Angels (1963)- 0.00 ★
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Héroes de blanco (1962)- 0.00 ★
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O Rei dos Reis (1961)- 7.10 ★Pontius Pilate
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El Cid (1961)- 6.90 ★Arias
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Um de Nós Morrerá (1958)- 6.00 ★Moultrie
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The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus (1952)- 4.00 ★Narrator
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Destination Murder (1950)- 5.10 ★Stretch Norton
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Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)- 5.21 ★Prince of the Lionians
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Chinatown at Midnight (1949)- 5.33 ★Clifford Ward
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The Checkered Coat (1948)- 6.50 ★Stephen "Creepy" Bolan
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Joana D'Arc (1948)- 6.20 ★Father Pasquerel, Joan's Chaplain
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Sem Sombra de Suspeita (1947)- 6.60 ★Oliver Keane
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O Fim ou o Princípio (1947)- 6.50 ★Dr. John Wyatt
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Segredos de Alcova (1946)- 6.23 ★Georges Lanlaire
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O Retrato de Dorian Gray (1945)- 7.12 ★Dorian Gray
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A Estirpe do Dragão (1944)- 6.40 ★Lao San Tan - Youngest Son