Jack Gwillim Overview:

Character actor, Jack Gwillim, was born Jack William Frederick Gwillim on Dec 15, 1909 in Canterbury, Kent. Gwillim died at the age of 91 on Jul 2, 2001 in Los Angeles, CA .

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Commandant, Grizedale: Something's hatching. Prisoners always have complaints, as a matter of principle. When they haven't - then you watch.


Supt. Andrews: Williams, put the kettle on and bring in a file named Rossiter.


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When cast as dignified figures of authority, Gwillim seems to have merely played himself. Michael Powell described him as "six-feet-two, taciturn, polite, and every inch of him Royal Navy." Powell added that during the filming of Pursuit of the Graf Spee "the other actors had to mind their p's' and and q's'" whenever Gwillim was present. ..."a glance from those grey eyes stiffened their backbones.".

Friends with actors Harry Andrews and Anthony Quayle.

Served as a Commander in the Royal Navy for twenty years before he became an actor.

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