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Michael Rennie Net Worth



Eric Alexander Rennie net worth is
$1.2 Million

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The British actor Michael Rennie worked as a car salesman and factory manager before he turned to acting. A meeting with a Gaumont-British Studios casting director led to Rennie's first acting job - that of stand-in for Robert Young in Secret Agent (1936) directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He put his film career on hold for a few years to get some ... 
Full NameEric Alexander Rennie
Net Worth$1.2 Million
Date Of BirthAugust 25, 1909
Died1971-06-10
Place Of BirthBradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Height6' 3½" (1.92 m)
OccupationActor
ProfessionActor, Producer, Miscellaneous Crew
SpouseMaggie McGrath one child
NicknamesMichael Rennie, Rennie, Michael
Star SignVirgo
#Quote
1Some people making pictures in Hollywood are not outstanding for brains. How their minds work, I can't understand.
2I suppose women find me attractive because I am polite, charming, courteous... a gentleman. My romantic reputation is an exaggeration. The realities are a bit different.
#Fact
1He was cremated after death and his ashes were interred at Harlow Hill Cemetery in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England.
2Had a second son, John Marshall Rennie, with longtime companion Renee Gilbert Taylor. Professionally, his son went by John M. Taylor.
3His son, David Rennie, is now a United Kingdom High Court judge on the Lewes, Sussex circuit.
4Rennie was connected with the Titanic twice on screen. In 1953, he was the uncredited, off-screen narrator for Jean Negulesco's film Titanic (1953). Thirteen years later, in 1966, he played the role of Captain Edward J. Smith (misidentified in the credits as Malcolm Smith) in the pilot episode of the television series The Time Tunnel (1966). Ironically, this episode used tinted stock footage from the earlier film to tell the story of two time travelers who found themselves aboard the doomed ship.
5His early career was interrupted by war service. He was a flight instructor for over two of those years.
6Had appeared in The 13th Letter (1951) for director Otto Preminger, who later named Rennie as a third party to his counter-suit of adultery against his wife during divorce proceedings in 1958.
7In his best known film, the sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), a scene was cut that showed his even-tempered alien character Klaatu in an emotional state.
8A heavy smoker, Rennie had respiratory problems for many years. During the run of the Broadway comedy "Mary, Mary" in the early 1960s, Rennie had to visit the hospital several times; this did not prevent him from being hired to replay his role in the film version, Mary, Mary (1963). His voice was dubbed in the movie The Battle of El Alamein (1969) due to his chronic health problems. Similarly, his own voice is not heard on the English-language dialogue track of his final film, Assignment Terror (1970).
9Lived his final years in Geneva, Switzerland and died at his mother's home in England while visiting because of his brother's death.
10Son of James Rennie (not the actor), who operated a century-old wool mill, and Edith Dobby Rennie. His great-great grandfather, named John Rennie, designed and built New London Bridge.
11Attended and graduated from The Leys School in Cambridge, England. Despite his lean build, he excelled in sports (rowing, fencing, cricket, boxing, wrestling, swimming).
12Once married to British actress Maggie McGrath, who later went by the stage name Maggie Rennie. They had one son: David Rennie (born 1953).
13Close friends during his 20th Century-Fox years with Tyrone Power and appeared in a few of his pictures, including The Black Rose (1950) and I'll Never Forget You (1951).
14Did not begin to actively pursue acting until age 29. Living a rather wanderlust life prior to this, he was once a car salesman, but quit after a year when he couldn't sell even one car. Was also a manager of a rope factory for his uncle.
15Rennie joined the Royal Air Force in 1941, training as a fighter pilot in the United States under the Arnold Plan. While at Napier Field, Dothan, Alabama for his advanced flight training he was asked by fellow trainee, Scotsman Jack Morton, what he did in civilian life. Rennie told Morton and the other pilots gathered around that he was a movie actor. They stared at him in disbelief then broke out in a chorus of laughter. A couple of nights later Rennie and his classmates went into town to watch a movie, Ships with Wings (1942). Not long into the movie, and much to the surprise of those seated with him, Rennie appeared on the screen as Royal Navy Pilot Lieutenant Maxwell.

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Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Assignment Terror1970Dr. Odo Warnoff
Stoney1969Harvey Ward
The F.B.I.1967-1969TV SeriesEric Reverson / Albert Robinson / Major John Anka / ...
The Battle of El Alamein1969Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery
Subterfuge1968Goldsmith
Giugno '44 - Sbarcheremo in Normandia1968Blynn
European Eye1968TV MovieMartin Purcell
Premiere1968TV Series
The Last Chance1968George McConnell
The Devil's Brigade1968Lt. Gen. Mark Clark
The Power1968Arthur Nordlund
The Young, the Evil and the Savage1968Inspector Durand
The Invaders1967TV SeriesVice Chancellor Pierre Alquist / Magnus
The Danny Thomas Hour1967TV SeriesPaul Heaton
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1967TV SeriesBarnaby Partridge
Death on the Run1967Major Worthington Clark
I Spy1967TV SeriesHamilton
Hondo1967TV SeriesTribolet
Iron Horse1967TV SeriesJohnny Hobart
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1966-1967TV SeriesInspector Kauslake / Edward Parker Greene
Hotel1967Geoffrey - Duke of Lanbourne
Batman1966TV SeriesSandman
Jericho1966TV SeriesMajor George Quincy
ABC Stage 671966TV Series
Daniel Boone1964-1966TV SeriesEdgar Newton / Maj. Peter Wellington
Cyborg 20871966Garth A7
The Time Tunnel1966TV SeriesCapt. Malcolm Smith
Lost in Space1966TV SeriesThe Keeper
12 O'Clock High1966TV SeriesGen. St. John Keighley
Mr. Paracelaus, Who Are You?1966TV Movie
Ride Beyond Vengeance1966Brooks Durham
Branded1965TV SeriesCharles Briswell
Kraft Suspense Theatre1965TV SeriesRobert Thurston
Bonanza1965TV SeriesProf. Poppy / Dr. P.A.Mundy
Mark Dolphin1965TV Movie
The Third Man1959-1965TV SeriesHarry Lime
The Great Adventure1963TV SeriesPresident Jefferson Davis
Mary, Mary1963Dirk Winsten
Wagon Train1957-1963TV SeriesRobert Harrison Clarke / John Cameron
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1963TV SeriesRalph Manson
The Virginian1963TV SeriesMichael O'Rourke
Perry Mason1963TV SeriesProf. Edward Lindley
The Dick Powell Theatre1961-1963TV SeriesGeneral Conrad Munday / Inspector Marshall
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1958-1962TV SeriesSir Humphrey J. Orford / Allen Bliss
Route 661961TV SeriesSummers
The Barbara Stanwyck Show1961TV SeriesJulius Ulrich
The Americans1961TV SeriesCapt. James Duquesne
The DuPont Show of the Month1960TV SeriesSir Percy Blakeney
Shirley Temple's Storybook1960TV SeriesCapt. Creighton
The Lost World1960Lord John Roxton
Zane Grey Theater1958-1960TV SeriesMarshal Locke Gardner Grant Coburn Matthew Birch
Third Man on the Mountain1959Captain John Winter
Pursuit1958TV Series
Lux Playhouse1958TV SeriesWalter Brand
Decision1958TV SeriesColonel T.J. Allan
Missiles from Hell1958Stefan
Suspicion1958TV SeriesAngus Martin
Climax!1955-1958TV SeriesLieutenant Barton / Lorenzo / Dr. Fitzroy / ...
The Frank Sinatra Show1958TV Series
Omar Khayyam1957Hasani Sabah
Island in the Sun1957Hilary Carson
Playhouse 901957TV SeriesEric Millet
Teenage Rebel1956Jay Fallon
Producers' Showcase1956TV SeriesHoward Joyce
The Rains of Ranchipur1955Lord Albert Esketh
Seven Cities of Gold1955Father Junipero Serra
Soldier of Fortune1955Inspector Merryweather
Désirée1954Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Mambo1954Enrico Marisoni
Demetrius and the Gladiators1954Peter
Princess of the Nile1954Rama Khan
Prince Valiant1954Narrator (voice, uncredited)
King of the Khyber Rifles1953Brig. Gen. J. R. Maitland
The Robe1953Peter
Dangerous Crossing1953Dr. Paul Manning
Sailor of the King1953Lt. Richard Saville
The Desert Rats1953Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Titanic1953End Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Pony Soldier1952Ending Narrator (uncredited)
Les Miserables1952Jean Valjean
5 Fingers1952Colin Travers
Phone Call from a Stranger1952Dr. Robert Fortness
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel1951Narrator (voice, uncredited)
I'll Never Forget You1951Roger Forsyth
The Day the Earth Stood Still1951Klaatu
The 13th Letter1951Dr. Pearson
The Black Rose1950King Edward
Trio1950Major Templeton (in segment Sanatorium)
Miss Pilgrim's Progress1949Bob Thane
The Golden Madonna1949Mike Christie
Uneasy Terms1948Slim Callaghan
Idol of Paris1948Hertz
Morning Departure1948TV MovieLt-Cmdr. Stanford
High Fury1947Rudolph
The Root of All Evil1947Charles Mortimer
Caesar and Cleopatra19451st. Centurion
The Wicked Lady1945Kit Locksby
I'll Be Your Sweetheart1945Bob Fielding
The Sky's the Limit1943/IIShortGeorge
The Big Blockade1942Royal Air Force: George
Ships with Wings1942Lieut. Maxwell
Tower of Terror1941Anthony Hale
'Pimpernel' Smith1941Prison Camp Officer (uncredited)
Suicide Squadron1941Kapulski
Turned Out Nice Again1941Diner (uncredited)
The Patient Vanishes1941Inspector
The Briggs Family1940Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Shadows of the Underworld1939Bit Part (uncredited)
Three on a Weekend1938Guardsman (uncredited)
The Divorce of Lady X1938Minor Role (uncredited)
Murder on Diamond Row1937Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Gangway1937Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Gypsy1937Bit Part (uncredited)
The Conquest of the Air1936Minor Role (uncredited)
The Man Who Could Work Miracles1936San Francisco Cop (uncredited)
Secret Agent1936Army Captain (uncredited)

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Third Man1963-1965TV Series associate producer - 4 episodes

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Secret Agent1936stand-in - uncredited

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The New Steve Allen Show1964TV SeriesHimself
I've Got a Secret1962TV SeriesHimself
The Body Said No!1950Himself

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