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    Sir Reginald Carey " Rex " Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play French Without Tears, in what was his breakthrough role. He won his first Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as ...

  2. Jun 2, 1990 · Oscar-winning actor Sir Rex Harrison, who taught the king's English in ``My Fair Lady' and talked to animals as the lovable Dr. Dolittle during a 66-year career, died in his sleep Saturday. He was 82.

  3. Jun 3, 1990 · Rex Harrison, the sophisticated veteran of Noel Coward’s drawing-room comedies of the 1930s, but known best to millions around the world as Prof. Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady,” died Saturday.

  4. By ERIC PACE. Rex Harrison, the suave British actor who won a Tony in 1957 and an Academy Award in 1964 for his portrayals of Prof. Henry Higgins in ''My Fair Lady,'' died of pancreatic cancer yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 82 years old. The actor, who was knighted in July 1989, played a wide variety of roles during his long career ...

  5. Jun 3, 1990 · Oscar-winning actor Sir Rex Harrison, who taught the king's English in ``My Fair Lady'' and talked to animals as the lovable Dr. Dolittle during a 66-year career, died in his sleep Saturday. He was 82. The actor, a stage and screen star in the United States and his native England, died of pancreatic cancer at his Manhattan home, said his attorney, Harold Schiff.

  6. Sep 23, 2024 · Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady (1964). Rex Harrison (born March 5, 1908, Huyton, Lancashire, England—died June 2, 1990, New York, New York, U.S.) was an English stage and film actor best known for his portrayals of urbane, eccentric English gentlemen in sophisticated comedies and social satires. After graduating from secondary school at age 16 ...

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  8. Jun 4, 1990 · died at his New York home at the weekend from cancer of the pancreas. He. was 82. The actor, who once said he went on the stage because he always got. rounds of applause in school plays and could ...