Anthony Steel

British actor (1918–2001) | Albert, RN (1953), The Wooden Horse (1950), Emergency Call (1952)

Athletic leading man of the 1950s

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Born in London, Anthony Steel had a distinguished army career before being signed by J. Arthur Rank. He became a local star in the prisoner-of-war film, The Wooden Horse, which suited his conventional, square-jawed good looks and military manner, as did his later successes, Albert RN and Storm Over the Nile.

But Steel's career faltered after he married (1956–1959) the second of his three wives, the actress Anita Ekberg, and moved to Hollywood.

He returned to England, but was unable to regain his former popularity; he settled for a time in Rome to appear in forgettable European movies. His later English appearances were in sex films of minimal interest, and he was occasionally seen in TV dramas.

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Anthony Steel – The Wooden Dish. Front cover of Michael Hodgson’s biography of the British actor, released in 2016 — Anthony Steel – The Wooden Dish – Michael Hodgson biography | 2016

Anthony Steel (as Captain Harry Wilding) in a photograph from Something Money Can’t Buy (1952) (5) — Something Money Can’t Buy (1952) photograph (5) | Anthony Steel

Screenshot from Something Money Can’t Buy (1952) (1) — Something Money Can’t Buy (1952) screenshot (1)

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Born

Anthony Steel was born (as Anthony Maitland Steel) in London on 21^st May, 1918.
Died

Anthony Steel died in London on 21^st March, 2001, aged 82.

Watch Anthony Steel on British television

- The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
- Thursday at 11.45am on Paramount Network HD
- Thursday at 12.50pm on Paramount Network HD
- Survivors of an seaplane crash await rescue in a dinghy.
- Albert, RN (1953)
- 19^th August at 2pm on Paramount Network HD
- 19^th August at 3.05pm on Paramount Network HD
- Prisoners of war construct a lifelike dummy to cover the absence of escaping prisoners.
- The Professionals (1977–83)
- The Female Factor (1978, S1, Ep 2)
- 20^th August at 4.50pm on ITV4 HD
- 20^th August at 5.50pm on ITV4 Plus 1
- Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes.