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My Take
Douglas Seale is the kind of actor I admire precisely because he never needed to be the star. A London-born Englishman who spent eighty-five years inside the theatre, he moved fluently between stage, screen, directing, and voice work, the mark of a genuine craftsman. Performers like him hold the scaffolding of a story together while the leads take the bows. That his voice was prized tells you everything about his classical training and the warmth in his delivery. Numbers and dates flatten a life like his; what lingers is the quiet authority of someone who served the play above himself for decades.
Overview
Douglas Seale (28 October 1913 – 13 June 1999) was an English film and stage actor.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Douglas Seale
- Name (Japanese)
- ダグラス・シール
- Reading
- だぐらす・しーる
- Born
- October 28, 1913 – June 13, 1999
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Ox
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- voice actor / stage actor / film producer / film director / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.