Lord Rawnsley — Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes Character Profile

About Lord Rawnsley

British peer and primary sponsor of the London-to-Paris aviation race, motivated by concerns over Britain's declining aviation preeminence and the rise of foreign competitors.

Character Facts

Played by

Robert Morley

Appears in

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Lord Rawnsley — Professional Sponsor/Contestant — Orvil Newton (Stuart Whitman)

  Financial backer and race organizer interacting with a key participant.

• Lord Rawnsley — Alliance — Richard Mays (James Fox)

  Strategic partnership to advance British aviation and newspaper publicity.

• Lord Rawnsley — Conflict Foe/Competitor — Colonel Manfred von Holstein (Gert Fröbe)

  Foreign competitor representing the challenge to British aviation dominance.

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• Count Emilio Ponticelli (Alberto Sordi)
• Mother Superior (Flora Robson)
• Trawler Skipper (Maurice Denham)
• Colonel Manfred von Holstein (Gert Fröbe)
• Captain Rumpelstoss (Karl Michael Vogler)
• Narrator (James Robertson Justice)
• French Painter (John Le Mesurier)
• George Gruber (Sam Wanamaker)
• French Official (Ferdy Mayne)