British actor Jack Gwillim is known to US audiences for appearing in Ray Harryhausen's JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS as King Aeetes, who used the Hydra's teeth to unleash skeleton warriors against Jason and the Argonauts. In PATTON, Gwillim played Gen. Harold Alexander. Gwillim also played a Royal Navy warship commander in two movies based on the true World War II stories of Royal Navy warships battling German battleships.
Gwillim's first movie role was in PURSUIT OF THE GRAF SPEE (UK title: BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE) in which he played Capt. Edward Parry, commander of the light cruiser HMS Achilles as it helped battle the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of South America.
Gwillim also appeared in the movie SINK THE BISMARCK! in which he played Capt. Wilfrid Patterson, commander of the battleship HMS King George V which led the battle group that sank the German super battleship Bismarck.
British actor Jack Gwillim is known to US audiences for appearing in Ray Harryhausen's JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS as King Aeetes, who used the Hydra's teeth to unleash skeleton warriors against Jason and the Argonauts.
In PATTON, Gwillim played Gen. Harold Alexander.
Gwillim's first movie role was in PURSUIT OF THE GRAF SPEE (UK title: BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE) in which he played Capt. Edward Parry, commander of the light cruiser HMS Achilles as it helped battle the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of South America.
Gwillim appeared in the movie SINK THE BISMARCK! in which he played commander Capt. Wilfrid Patterson, commander of the battleship HMS King George V which led the battle group that sank the German super battleship Bismarck.
