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Robert Douglas

Robert Douglas

Acting1909Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. [now Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK]

Biography

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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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Acting History

1982
Fame
TVDirector
1979
1977
Hunter
TVDirector
1976
Quincy, M.E.
TVDirector
1975
The Invisible Man
TVas Dr. Theophilus
Baretta
TVDirector
1974
The Questor Tapes
as Dr. Michaels
1973
Barnaby Jones
TVDirector
1971
Columbo
TVas Frank Pierce
Cannon
TVDirector
Columbo
TVDirector
1970
The Immortal
TVDirector
Dan August
TVDirector
1968
Secret Ceremony
as Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)
Adam-12
TVDirector
1967
The Invaders
TVDirector
1966
The Monroes
TVDirector
1965
The F.B.I.
TVDirector
Lost in Space
TVDirector
1964
1962
Thriller
TVas Antony Hugh Swinburne1 eps
The Virginian
TVDirector
1961
The Lawbreakers
as Allen Bardeman
1960
Surfside 6
TVDirector
1959
The Young Philadelphians
as Uncle Morton Stearnes
Tarzan, the Ape Man
as Col. James Parker
One Step Beyond
TVas Harrison Ackroyd / Paul McCord / Gen. George Washington
Adventures in Paradise
TVas Albert Othery
Hawaiian Eye
TVDirector
1958
77 Sunset Strip
TVas Dr. Emory Williams
77 Sunset Strip
TVDirector
1956
Helen of Troy
as Agamemnon
1955
The Scarlet Coat
as Gen. Benedict Arnold
The Virgin Queen
as Sir Christopher Hatton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Inspector Charles Tarrant / Inspector Ben Liebenberg
1954
Saskatchewan
as Benton
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Gen. Cornwallis
1953
The Desert Rats
as General
Fair Wind to Java
as Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar
General Electric Theater
TVas Roger Howard
1952
Ivanhoe
as Sir Hugh De Bracy
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Michael, Duke of Strelsau
1951
Thunder on the Hill
as Dr. Edward Jeffreys
Target Unknown
as Col. von Broeck
1950
Mystery Submarine
as Commander Von Molter
Spy Hunt
as Stephen Paradou
Kim
as Colonel Creighton
The Flame and the Arrow
as Marchese Alessandro de Granazia
Buccaneer's Girl
as Alexander Narbonne
This Side of the Law
as Philip Cagle
Barricade
as Aubrey Milburn
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Frank Hunter
1949
Homicide
as Lt. Michael Landers
The Fountainhead
as Elsworth Toohey
The Hasty Heart
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1940
The Chinese Bungalow
as Richard Marquess
1939
The Lion Has Wings
as Briefing Officer
Over the Moon
as John Flight
1938
The Challenge
as Edward Whymper
1937
London Melody
as Nigel Taplow
Our Fighting Navy
as Capt. Markham
1935
1933
The Blarney Stone
as Lord Breethorpe

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/9/1909
Day of Death
1/11/1999
Place of Birth
Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. [now Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK]