Hurd Hatfield(1917-1998)

Actor

Hurd Hatfield in Le journal d'une femme de chambre (1946)

Western parody of the original Mark Twain story about Sherlock Holmes in the American West.

Play trailer2:58

The Double-Barrelled Detective Story (1965)

William Rukard Hurd Hatfield was an American leading man best known for his portrayal of the title character in the Oscar-winning movie Le Portrait de Dorian Gray (1945). A native of New York, Hatfield came to England to study acting at the Chekhov Theatre Studio in Devonshire. He had resided in Ireland since the early 1970s. Despite numerous roles in scores of other movies, television and stage productions, he was forever associated with his starring role in the movie version of Oscar Wilde's classic novel.

IMDbProStarmeter See rank

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

Photos56

+ 49

Known for

Le Portrait de Dorian Gray

7.5

Dorian Gray

1945

Le crime était presque parfait

7.2

Oliver Keane

1947

Le roi des rois

7.0

Pontius Pilate

1961

Le Gaucher

6.4

Moultrie

1958

Credits

Edit

IMDbPro

Actor

Trouble Jeu
5.2
TV Movie
- Gil Selwyn
- 1991
Arabesque
7.2
TV Series
- Jean-Pierre Dusant
- William Readford
- Leo Peterson
- 1984–1989
Son alibi
5.8
- Troppa
- 1989
Histoires fantastiques
7.4
TV Series
- Logan Webb
- 1987
Crimes du coeur
6.3
- Old Granddaddy
- 1986
L'homme qui tombe à pic
7.1
TV Series
- Grant Coleman
- 1986
K 2000
6.9
TV Series
- Ariel Marsden
- 1986
Blacke's Magic
7.2
TV Series
- Oliver Baron
- 1986
Waiting to Act
6.5
Short
- Morey Liebowitz
- 1985
Le gentleman mène l'enquète
6.1
TV Series
- Aaron De Messina
- 1985
Le roi David
5.3
- Ahimelech
- 1985
Adieu Irlande
7.2
TV Mini Series
- British Agent
- 1981
You Can't Go Home Again
6.4
TV Movie
- Foxhall Edwards
- 1979
The Word
6.1
TV Mini Series
- Cedric Plummer
- 1978
Kojak
7.1
TV Series
- Don Luiz Cabrillo
- 1976

Trivia
Became lifelong friends with Dame Angela Lansbury when they were making Le Portrait de Dorian Gray (1945) together; he appeared three times on her successful television series Arabesque (1984) and she convinced him to buy property close to hers in Ireland.