Richard Fraser (actor)

Richard Fraser ( born March 15, 1913 in Edinburgh, † 1971 in London) was a British- American actor.

Life

Fraser was born as Richard Mackie Fraser in Scotland; the British Film Institute are Americans as a nationality. Fraser attended Cambridge University. He completed his training as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he had a brief career as a theater actor.

In the late 1930s he moved to Hollywood, where he received a contract with 20th Century Fox. In the 1940s he starred in several American films. The best known is probably The Picture of Dorian Gray by 1945 his portrayal of who are out for revenge brother a singer in the film. In 1949 he retired from acting. In 1961 he returned to England. Later worked for the BBC as a managing director in sales.

He was married to the actress Ann Gillis and had with her a child together. Relatively shortly after the divorce, he died of cancer. There are 1971 ( majority ) and 1972 expressed as year of death.

Filmography (selection)

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