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Robert Urquhart Biography (1922-)

Born October 16, 1922, in Ullapool, Scotland. Addresses: Agent--NormanBoyack, 9 Cork St., London W1, England.

Nationality

Scottish

Gender

Male

Birth Details

October 16, 1922

Ullapool, Scotland

Famous Works

• Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
• (Film debut) Sheltie, You're Only Young Twice, Associated British Films,1952.
• Slater, Paul Temple Returns, Butchers Film Service, 1952.
• Clifford Brett, Tread Softly, Apex, 1952.
• Jim Frobisher, The House of the Arrow, Associated British Films/Pathe, 1953.
• Frank, Isn't Life Wonderful!, Pathe, 1953.
• Sir Gawaine, Knights of the Round Table, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1953.
• Dr. Michael Flynn, Tonight's the Night (also known as Happy Ever After and O'Leary Night), Pathe, 1954.
• Sir Philip, The Warriors (also known as The Dark Avenger), Allied Artists, 1955.
• Peter Darwin, You Can't Escape, Associated British Films/Pathe, 1955.
• Flight Lieutenant Fearnley, Battle Hell (also known as Yangtse Incidents), Herbert Wilcox, 1956.
• Paul Krempe, The Curse of Frankenstein, Warner Brothers, 1957.
• Jim Dobson, White Huntress (also known as Golden Ivory), American International, 1957.
• Mike, Dunkirk, MGM, 1958.
• Commander Clayton, The Bulldog Breed, Rank, 1960.
• Bob Murray, Danger Tomorrow, Allied Artists, 1960.
• Major Wilson, Foxhole in Cairo, British Lion, 1960.
• Pearson, The Break, Planet, 1962.
• George Crossfield, Murder at the Gallop, MGM, 1963.
• Captain Hanley, 55 Days at Peking, Allied Artists, 1963.
• Brian Maitland, In Trouble with Eve (also known as In Walked Eve and Trouble with Eve), Borde, 1964.
• George Brant, The Syndicate, Schoenfeld, 1968.
• Hardwick, The Limbo Line, London Independent Producers, 1969.
• Auctioneer, Brotherly Love (also known as Country Dance), MGM, 1970.
• Johnson, The Looking Glass War, Columbia, 1970.
• Major Kemble, Mosquito Squadron, United Artists, 1970.
• Captain Lockhart, The Dogs of War, United Artists, 1980.
• Headmaster, The Dollar Bottom (short film), CIC, 1981.
• Evan Gorley-Peters, Sharma and Beyond, Cinecom, 1983.
• Headmaster, Kipperbang (also known as P'Tang, Yang, Kipperbang), MGM/United Artists, 1984.
• Detective Inspector Baird, Restless Natives, Oxford/Thorn/EMI, 1985.
• Godfrey, Playing Away, Film Four International, 1986.
• Journalist, Testimony, Enterprise, 1987.
• D. C. McKinnon, The Kitchen Toto, Cannon, 1987.
• Also appeared in Walter Scott, 1970, and Murder in Mind.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• Attorney General, A Tale of Two Cities (movie), CBS, 1980.
• Quartering Commandant, Brideshead Revisited (mini-series), Granada, 1980-81, then Great Performances, PBS, 1982.
• Boythorn, Bleak House (mini-series), BBC, then Arts and Entertainment, later PBS, 1985.
• Albrecht Hoffman, Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (movie), NBC, 1985.
• Also appeared as Vic, The Reporters, 1972; The Pathfinders, 1972; The Inheritors, 1973; Mr. Goodall, 1974-76; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1978; Enemy of the People, 1978; Plane Makers; Tamer Tamed; Infinite Shoeblack; Morning Departure; The Human Touch; The Iron Harp; Sleeping Clergyman; The Naked Lady; For Services Rendered; The Bright One; Jango; Murder Swamp; She Died Young; The Nearly Man; The Button Man; Happy Returns; Endless-Aimless; The QueensArms; and Shostakovich.
• Credits; STAGE APPEARANCES
• Chitterlow, Half a Sixpence, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1966.
• Elector Friedrich Wilhelm, The Prince of Homburg, National Theatre Company, London, 1982.
• Father Dolan, The Shaughraun, National Theatre Company, 1988.
• Made stage debut at Park Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland.