Pleasure of His Company, The

In 1961 Seaton helmed The Pleasure of His Company, a deft comedy with Fred Astaire and Debbie Reynolds. He then shifted gears with The Counterfeit Traitor (1962), a classic espionage tale set during World War II, with fine performances by Holden and Lilli Palmer. The Hook (1963) was also…

…in On the Beach (1959); The Pleasure of His Company (1962); The Towering Inferno (1974), for which he received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor; and Ghost Story (1981), his final film. He was awarded an honorary Academy Award for his contributions to film in 1950, and he received…