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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 16, 1921
Place of Birth:
Ullapool, Scotland, UK
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Robert Urquhart
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Urquhart (16 October 1921 – 21 March 1995) was a Scottish character actor who mainly worked in British television during his career.
He was born in Ullapool, Scotland on 16 October 1921, educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and made his stage debut in 1947. He starred in many shows of the detective/special-agent type, such as Department S, Callan, The Professionals, Man in a Suitcase, The Avengers, and opposite Patrick McGoohan in the 1965 episode of Danger Man titled "English Lady Takes Lodgers". He also played the lead role in Jango, a short lived 1961 production by Associated Rediffusion
His first film role was in 1952 in You're Only Young Twice. He died in Edinburgh on 21 March 1995.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor | Dadda Whalby |
| 1993 | The Long Roads | Peter McVurrich |
| 1988 | Testimony | Journalist |
| 1988 | The Kitchen Toto | D.C. McKinnon |
| 1987 | Playing Away | Godfrey |
| 1987 | The Shutter Falls | Minister |
| 1987 | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | Paul Krempe (archive footage) |
| 1985 | Restless Natives | Baird |
| 1985 | Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil | Albrecht Hoffman |
| 1984 | Puccini | Doria's Father |
| 1984 | Sharma and Beyond | |
| 1982 | P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang | Headmaster |
| 1981 | The Dollar Bottom | Headmaster |
| 1980 | An Enemy of the People | Tom Stockman |
| 1980 | Fox | Jerry |
| 1980 | A Tale of Two Cities | Attorney General |
| 1980 | A Gift from Nessus | Sid Morton |
| 1980 | Children of the Full Moon | Harry |
| 1980 | The Dogs of War | Capt. Lockhart |
| 1979 | Father's Day | Martin Rice-Davies |
| 1976 | England, Summer, Sunday | Morris |
| 1976 | Gator | 3rd Agent |
| 1976 | The Button Man | Emrys |
| 1975 | Just Another Saturday | |
| 1972 | The Reporters | Vic |
| 1970 | The Looking Glass War | Johnson |
| 1970 | Brotherly Love | Auctioneer |
| 1968 | The Syndicate | George Brant |
| 1963 | Murder at the Gallop | George Crossfield |
| 1963 | The Break | Pearson |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking | Capt. Hanley |
| 1960 | The Bulldog Breed | Commander Clayton |
| 1960 | Foxhole in Cairo | Major Wilson |
| 1960 | Danger Tomorrow | Bob |
| 1960 | Trouble with Eve | |
| 1958 | Dunkirk | Mike |
| 1957 | The Curse of Frankenstein | Paul Krempe |
| 1957 | Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst | Flight Lieutenant Fearnley |
| 1956 | The Tamer Tamed | Petruchio |
| 1956 | You Can't Escape | Peter Darwin |
| 1955 | The Dark Avenger | Sir Philip |
| 1954 | Happy Ever After | Dr. Michael Flynn |
| 1954 | Golden Ivory | Jim Dobson |
| 1953 | Isn't Life Wonderful! | Frank, Charles' brother |
| 1953 | The House of the Arrow | Jim Frobisher |
| 1953 | Knights of the Round Table | Gawaine |
| 1952 | You're Only Young Twice! | Sheltie |
| 1952 | Paul Temple Returns | Slater |
| 1952 | Tread Softly | Clifford Brett |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Bleak House | Laurence Boythorn |
| 1983 | The Old Men at the Zoo | Sir Robert Falcon |
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited | Quartering Commandant |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror | Harry |
| 1979 | Quest of Eagles | |
| 1978 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Thomas Darby |
| 1974 | The Aweful Mr. Goodall | |
| 1974 | The Inheritors | Lord James Gethin |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Emrys |
| 1973 | Helen: A Woman of Today | |
| 1972 | Pathfinders | |
| 1972 | The Frighteners | Rutherford |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Vic |
| 1970 | Doomwatch | Jim Ainslie |
| 1969 | Department S | Anthony James Harvey / Andrew Heywood |
| 1968 | The Champions | Hemmings |
| 1967 | Callan | |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase | |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination | |
| 1962 | The Saint | Brian Quell |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Maxwell |
| 1961 | Jango | |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | |
| 1959 | International Detective |