康纳利1930年8月25日出生于苏格兰首府爱丁堡的一个工人家庭，小时家庭生活十分贫困，全家靠着父亲每周两英镑的收入和母亲给人家当女佣的微薄补贴度日。清贫的家境使得他13岁就辍学开始谋生，16岁进入皇家海军服役，但严重的胃溃疡却使他从军不到三年就被迫退伍，返回了故乡爱丁堡。...
奥斯卡金像奖 Academy Awards 提名 第37届(1965) 奥斯卡奖-最佳男配角 窈窕淑女 My Fair Lady(1964)
British character actor of wry charm, equally at home in amused or strait-laced characters. A native of Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire, he attended Marlborough College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. His stage debut came in 1922, and by 1925 he was a busy London actor. He married actress Blanche Glynne (real name: Blanche Hope Aitken) and in 1932 toured South Africa in plays. Alleged to have been spotted by George Cukor during a performance in Aldritch, Hyde-White (with or without Cukor's help) made his film debut in 1934.
