Books
Kim Philby--spy, traitor, philanderer, drunk--died in 1988 at an exclusive clinic in Moscow, his home for a quarter century.
Dec. 18, 1994
Awards
Pearce portrays the lethally charming Kim Philby in the 1960s-set story based on true events. Lewis plays the friend who is crushed to learn of the betrayal.
June 16, 2023
World & Nation
Harold (Kim) Philby, the last surviving member of the triumvirate of spies who shook the British espionage system to its marrow 30 years ago, died Wednesday in Moscow.
May 12, 1988
Harold (Kim) Philby, longtime Soviet spy and central figure in espionage scandals that rocked Britain two decades ago, died in Moscow, the domestic Press Assn. news agency reported today.
May 11, 1988
Former double agent Kim Philby appeared on national Soviet television Thursday for the first time since his defection to the Soviet Union in 1963.
Feb. 20, 1988
British-born “Third Man” spy Kim Philby was buried in a Moscow cemetery today with full military honors, including a brass band and three volleys fired over his grave by a Soviet KGB honor guard.
May 13, 1988
Nicholas Elliott, 77, the British agent who confronted his colleague Kim Philby with evidence that he was a Soviet spy in 1963.
April 16, 1994
British double agent Harold (Kim) Philby dismissed as “complete rubbish” suggestions he had been miserable since fleeing to Moscow 24 years ago but said he would like to return to England for a visit.
Nov. 22, 1987
British master spy Kim Philby, who delivered sensitive British and U.S. secrets to the Soviets during the Cold War, has broken years of silence on his life in the Soviet Union, a Latvian state television spokesman said Friday.
Oct. 31, 1987
“I decided on this course when I was 14 years old. I’d read Philby’s book. Now that is insane, eh!”
Feb. 22, 2001