Anthony Higgins

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Anthony Higgins (born 9 May 1947) is a British actor.

Career

Anthony started to play in school theatre and to 1967 became a professional actor. His first successes in cinema were: A Walk with Love and Death (1969), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) and a cult movie Vampire Circus (1972). In all movies and TV films of his early carrier Anthony Higgins was credited as Anthony Corlan.

Higgins showed himself to be a serious actor in Flavia, la monaca musulmana (1974) and other works. After a long period of TV work and many theatrical works for the Royal Shakespeare Company and other theatre companies, he was invited to Hollywood for the small part of Gobler in Raiders of the Lost Ark. In 1982 the British director Peter Greenaway chose Higgins for the leading role in his film The Draughtsman's Contract, and appeared as the cuckolded husband in Max, Mon Amour with Charlotte Rampling. Since this time he has performed in numerous roles in films and TV series (like Lace, for example).

Anthony Higgins played both Sherlock Holmes and Holmes's enemy Professor Moriarty, in two different decades of his career. He was the villain in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) and the consulting detective himself in 1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993).

In 1990's Higgins appeared in some good films in Hollywood and in UK, but he may be considered more of a TV series actor. In 2000, he wrote and directed his own film, Blood Count. It was shown at some film festivals.

Higgins is also a musician; he plays the flugelhorn.

Films

• Malice in Wonderland (2009) .... Rex
• Chromophobia (2005) .... Geoffrey Wharton
• The Last Minute (2001) .... Walsh
• Deeply (2000) .... Adm. Griggs
• Bandyta (1997)
• The Fifth Province (1997) .... Marcel
• Indian Summer (1996) .... Ramon
• Nostradamus (1994/I) .... King Henry II
• For Love or Money (1993) .... Christian Hanover
• Sweet Killing (1993) .... Adam Crosse
• La règle du je (1992) .... Alexander
• The Bridge (1992) .... Reginald Hetherington
• Max, Mon Amour (1986) .... Peter Jones
• Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) .... Professor Rathe (also known as Eh Tar)
• The Bride (1985/I) .... Clerval
• She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas (1984) .... Tom
• The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) .... Mr. Neville
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) .... Gobler
• Quartet (1981) .... Stephan Zelli
• Voyage of the Damned (1976) .... Seaman Berg
• Flavia, la monaca musulmana (1974) (as Anthony Corlan) .... Ahmed
• Vampire Circus (1972) (as Anthony Corlan) .... Emil
• Something for Everyone (1970) (as Anthony Corlan) .... Helmuth Von Ornstein
• Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) (as Anthony Corlan) .... Paul Paxton
• A Walk with Love and Death (1969) (as Anthony Corlan) .... Robert of Loris

Television

• Marple: The Secret of Chimneys (2010) (TV) .... Count Ludwig
• Law and Order: UK (2009) (TV) .... Ed Connor
• Lewis (2009) (TV) .... Franco
• Heroes and Villains: Napoleon (2007) (TV) .... General Dugommier
• The Commander: Blackdog (2005) (TV) .... David Sperry
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: A Traitor to Memory (2004) (TV) .... James Pitchley
• Trial & Retribution III (1999) (TV) .... Karl Wilding
• Close Relations (1998) (mini) TV Series .... Robert
• Supply & Demand (1997) (TV) .... Lloyd St John
• Moses (1996) (TV) .... Korah
• The Governor (1995) TV Series .... Norman Jones
• 1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993) (TV) .... Sherlock Holmes
• One Against the Wind (1991) (TV) .... SS Capt. Herman Gruber
• The Strauss Dynasty (1991) (mini) TV Series .... Johann Strauss
• Darlings of the Gods (1989) (TV) .... Laurence Olivier
• Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987) (mini) TV Series .... Joseph
• The Last Seance (1986) (TV) .... Raoul
• The Shutter Falls (1986) (TV) .... Photographer
• Lace II (1985) (TV) .... King Abdullah of Sydon
• The Cold Room (1984) (TV) .... Erich
• Lace (1984) (TV) .... Prince Abdullah
• Reilly: The Ace of Spies (1983) (mini) TV Series .... Trilisser
• Love in a Cold Climate (1980) (mini) TV Series
• The Eagle of the Ninth (1977) (mini) TV Series .... Marcus Flavius Aquila
• Hadleigh (1976) TV Series .... Gregory Baker (1976)
• Blood of the Lamb (1969) (TV) (as Anthony Corlan) .... Alec

External links

• Anthony Higgins at the Internet Movie Database
• Anthony Higgins' Gallery - unofficial site