Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 9, 1909
Place of Birth:
Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. [now Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK]
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Robert Douglas (9 November 1909 - 11 January 1999) was born as Robert Douglas Finlayson in Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire. He was a successful stage and film actor, a television director and producer.
He studied at RADA and made his screen debut at Bournemouth in 1927. A year later he made his first appearance on stage in Many Waters at the Ambassadors Theatre and went into films the following year. He was gently mannered with a well modulated speaking voice, who delivered his lines in clipped fashion. He could portray the sinister, conniving rogue as easily as the forthright military officer.
He was married twice, including the actress Dorothy Hyson (1914–1996) and Suzanne Weldon (1921–1995), fathering two children, Lucinda and Robert (Giles). He died from natural causes in Leucadia, Encinitas, California, aged 89. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
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Year | Movie | Role |
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1983 | Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler | Self |
1974 | The Questor Tapes | Dr. Michaels |
1972 | The Woman I Love | Stanley Baldwin |
1968 | Secret Ceremony | Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited) |
1961 | The Lawbreakers | Allen Bardeman |
1959 | The Young Philadelphians | Uncle Morton Stearnes |
1959 | Tarzan, the Ape Man | Col. James Parker |
1956 | Helen of Troy | Agamemnon |
1955 | Good Morning, Miss Dove | John Porter |
1955 | The Virgin Queen | Sir Christopher Hatton |
1955 | The Scarlet Coat | Gen. Benedict Arnold |
1954 | King Richard and the Crusaders | Sir Giles Amaury |
1954 | Saskatchewan | Benton |
1953 | The Desert Rats | General |
1953 | Fair Wind to Java | Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar |
1953 | Flight to Tangier | Danzer |
1952 | Ivanhoe | Sir Hugh De Bracy |
1952 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Michael, Duke of Strelsau |
1951 | Thunder on the Hill | Dr. Edward Jeffreys |
1951 | Target Unknown | Col. von Broeck |
1950 | The Flame and the Arrow | Marchese Alessandro de Granazia |
1950 | This Side of the Law | Philip Cagle |
1950 | Buccaneer's Girl | Alexander Narbonne |
1950 | Mystery Submarine | Commander von Molter |
1950 | Kim | Colonel Creighton |
1950 | Barricade | Aubrey Milburn |
1950 | Spy Hunt | Stephen Paradou |
1949 | The Fountainhead | Elsworth Toohey |
1949 | Homicide | Lt. Michael Landers |
1949 | The Lady Takes a Sailor | John Tyson |
1949 | The Hasty Heart | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
1948 | Adventures of Don Juan | Duque de Lorca |
1948 | The Decision of Christopher Blake | Ken Blake |
1947 | The End of the River | Jones |
1940 | The Chinese Bungalow | Richard Marquess |
1939 | The Lion Has Wings | Briefing Officer |
1939 | Over the Moon | John Flight |
1938 | The Challenge | Edward Whymper |
1937 | London Melody | Nigel Taplow |
1937 | Our Fighting Navy | Capt. Markham |
1935 | Death Drives Through | Kit Woods |
1933 | The Blarney Stone | Lord Breethorpe |
1931 | Many Waters | Godfrey Marvin |
1931 | P.C. Josser | Dick Summers |
And One Was Loyal | roger howard |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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1975 | The Invisible Man | Dr. Theophilus |
1971 | Columbo | Frank Pierce |
1969 | Medical Center | |
1961 | The Asphalt Jungle | |
1960 | Thriller | Antony Hugh Swinburne |
1959 | One Step Beyond | Harrison Ackroyd |
1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Albert Othery |
1959 | One Step Beyond | Gen. George Washington |
1959 | One Step Beyond | Paul McCord |
1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | |
1957 | Panic! | |
1957 | Maverick | |
1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Inspector Charles Tarrant |
1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Inspector Ben Liebenberg |
1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Gen. Cornwallis |
1953 | General Electric Theater | Roger Howard |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Frank Hunter |