How tall is Rex Harrison?

Rex Harrison's listed height was 185 cm (6'1"). He was taller than about 99% of men in the United Kingdom.

Where 185 cm sits among men in the United Kingdom

Taller than about 99% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1908 (average 168.4 cm).

Harrison next to his co-stars

Richard Burton is 8 cm shorter than Rex Harrison (177 cm), Cleopatra co-star.

George Sanders is 4 cm taller than Rex Harrison (189 cm), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir co-star.

Charlton Heston is 4 cm taller than Rex Harrison (189 cm), The Agony and the Ecstasy co-star.

About Rex Harrison

Rex Harrison was an English actor, born Reginald Carey Harrison on 5 March 1908 in Huyton. He began his career on the stage at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 in the Terence Rattigan play French Without Tears, which was his breakthrough role.

Harrison won his first Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for playing Henry VIII in Anne of the Thousand Days in 1949. He returned to Broadway as Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady in 1956 and won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He later appeared in Cleopatra and Doctor Dolittle, and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film My Fair Lady in 1964. He was knighted in 1989.

Harrison stood a listed 185 cm (6'1"). He was 8 cm taller than Richard Burton, listed at 177 cm (5'10"), in Cleopatra. He was 4 cm shorter than George Sanders, listed at 189 cm (6'2"), in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, and 4 cm shorter than Charlton Heston, also listed at 189 cm (6'2"), in The Agony and the Ecstasy. Harrison died on 2 June 1990.

Frequently asked

How tall is Rex Harrison in feet and inches? Rex Harrison was 6'1" tall, which is 185 cm, 72.8 inches or 1.85 m.

How tall is Rex Harrison compared to Richard Burton? Richard Burton is 8 cm shorter than Rex Harrison: 177 cm (5'10") vs 185 cm (6'1").

How tall is Rex Harrison compared to George Sanders? George Sanders is 4 cm taller than Rex Harrison: 189 cm (6'2") vs 185 cm (6'1").

How tall is Rex Harrison compared to Charlton Heston? Charlton Heston is 4 cm taller than Rex Harrison: 189 cm (6'2") vs 185 cm (6'1").

Is Rex Harrison tall for men in the United Kingdom? At 185 cm he was taller than about 99% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1908, whose average height is 168.4 cm.

Sources

• Rex Harrison on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Rex Harrison on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 185 cm.
• Rex Harrison on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.