Anthony Douglas Gillon Dawson (18 October 1916 – 8 January 1992) was a Scottish actor, best known for his supporting roles as villains in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954) and Midnight Lace (1960), as well as playing Professor Dent in the James Bond film Dr. No (1962). He also appeared as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965).

Filmography

• 1993Selling Hitler — Marquis of Bath
• 1988Run for Your Life — Colonnello Moorcroft
• 1987Ghoulies II — Priest
• 1984Where Is Parsifal? — Ripple
• 1983James Bond: The First 21 Years — Prof. R. J. Dent (archive footage)
• 1983The Jigsaw Man — Vicar
• 1981Inchon — General Collins
• 1978Closed Circuit — Samuel Pratt (archive footage)
• 1975The Count of Monte-Cristo — Noirtier De Villefort
• 1973Massacre in Rome — SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Harster, Lt. Col. Harster
• Cool Million — Prefect
• 1972The Valachi Papers — Federal Investigator
• 1971Red Sun — Hyatt
• 1970Deadlock — Anthony Sunshine, the Old Killer
• 1970Operation Snafu — Italian General
• 1969The Battle of Neretva — General Morelli
• 1968A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof — Samuel Pratt
• 1967Death Rides a Horse — Burt 'Four Aces' Cavanaugh
• 1967Dirty Heroes — American Colonel
• 1967Hell Is Empty — Paul Grant
• 1967Operation Kid Brother — Alpha
• 1967The Rover — Captain Vincent
• 1967Your Turn to Die — Dr. Evans
• 1966Triple Cross — Major Stillman
• 1965Change Partners — Ben Arkwright
• 1965The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders — Officer of Dragoons
• 1965Thunderball — Ernst Stavro Blofeld
• 1964The Yellow Rolls-Royce — Mickey (uncredited)
• Espionage — Colonel Nathan
• 1963From Russia with Love — Ernst Stavros Blofeld
• 1962Dr. No — Professor R. J. Dent
• 1962Seven Seas to Calais — Lord Burleigh
• The Saint — Floyd Vosper
• 1961Offbeat — James Dawson
• 1961The Curse of the Werewolf — The Marques Siniestro
• Danger Man — Security Officer, Martin
• 1960Midnight Lace — Roy Ash
• International Detective — Gilles Porret
• Interpol Calling — Clouston
• 1959Libel — Gerald Loddon
• 1959Tiger Bay — Barclay
• 1958Grip of the Strangler — Supt. Burk
• Ivanhoe — Sir Maurice
• Naked City — Mike Grundy
• 1958The Snorkel — Story
• 1957Action of the Tiger — Security Officer
• 1957Hour of Decision — Gary Bax
• The Buccaneers — Captain Flask
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Count Victor Mattoni
• 1955That Lady — Don Inigo
• The Adventures of Robin Hood — Lucas
• 1954Dial M for Murder — Charles Swann
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Lord Chamberlain, Captain Lesgate
• 1951The Long Dark Hall — The Man
• 1951Valley of the Eagles — Sven Nystrom
• Robert Montgomery Presents
• Sunday Night Theatre — Archduke Johann Salvator
• 1950The Woman in Question — Inspector Wilson
• 1950The Wooden Horse — Pomfret
• 1950They Were Not Divided — Michael
• 1949The Queen of Spades — Fyodor
• Studio One — Colonel Peter Redlands
• The Philco Television Playhouse
• 1946Beware of Pity — Lt. Blannik
• 1946School for Secrets — Flt. Lt. Norton
• 1945The Way to the Stars — Bertie Steen
• 1943They Met in the Dark — 2nd Code Expert
• 1940Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt — Student

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1989I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... — Self (archive footage)
• 1987Grace Kelly: The American Princess — Self (archive footage)