Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave (1908-1985) was a British stage and film actor, considered one of the greatest actors of his generation. He excelled on stage, particularly in Shakespearean roles, before achieving international renown on the big screen with Alfred Hitchcock's *The Lady Vanishes* (1938). His performance in *Mourning Becomes Electra* (1947) earned him his only Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. His most acclaimed role remains that of the schoolmaster Andrew Crocker-Harris in *The Browning Version* (1951), for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and a BAFTA. His other notable films include *The Importance of Being Earnest* (1952) and *The Dam Busters* (1955). For his services to the arts, he was knighted in 1959. The patriarch of a celebrated acting dynasty, he was the father of Vanessa, Corin, and Lynn Redgrave.