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George Henry Sanders Biography and Timeline

Follow George Henry Sanders through 7 dated historical records for Great Britain.

George Henry Sanders, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

7Distinct records
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1906–1972Years on this page

1906

Birth of George Henry Sanders

Arts / Cinema

Birth of George Henry Sanders

1949

Samson and Delilah

Arts / Cinema

Appears in Samson and Delilah

1950

All About Eve

Arts / Cinema

Stars as Addison DeWitt in All About Eve

1952

Ivanhoe

Arts / Cinema

Stars as Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert in the 1952 film Ivanhoe, dying in a duel with Robert Taylor while professing his love for Jewish maiden Rebecca, played by Elizabeth Taylor

1967

The Jungle Book

Arts / Cinema

Sanders voiced the malevolent Shere Khan in the Walt Disney production of The Jungle Book

1972

Death of George Henry Sanders

Arts / Cinema

Suicide note reads, "Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.". Death of George Henry Sanders

Suicide

Arts / Cinema

Suicide note reads, "Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck."

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.