William Squire
William Squire (29 April 1917 – 3 May 1989) was a Welsh actor of stage, film and television. Squire was born in Neath, South Wales, the son of William Squire and his wife Martha (née Bridgeman). As a stage actor, Squire performed at Stratford-upon-Avon and at the Old Vic, and notably replaced his fellow-countryman Richard Burton as King Arthur in Camelot at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. One of his first film appearances was in the 1956 film Alexander the Great, which starred Burton in the title role. His varied screen roles included Thomas More in the 1969 film version of Maxwell Anderson's play Anne of the Thousand Days, Sir Daniel Brackley in the 1972 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow, the voice of Gandalf in the 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings and the Shadow in the 1979 Doctor Whoserial The Armageddon Factor. Perhaps his best-known role was as Hunter, the superior of secret agent David Callan in the spy series Callan in the early 1970s; Squire took over the role from Derek Bond. In a set of Encyclopædia Britannica-produced educational films about William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Squire played the role of Macbeth. This was in keeping with his long career as a Shakespearean actor, which included roles in the classic 1960s TV series, An Age of Kings.
Known For
Credits
- 2016 · Callan: This Man Alone as Himself (archive)
- 1988 · Testimony as Khatchaturyan
- 1988 · In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton as Self
- 1984 · Puccini as Giacchi, the Doctor
- 1982 · The Ghost Downstairs as Narrator
- 1982 · Marco Polo as Locandiere
- 1982 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Frankland
- 1981 · The Life and Times of David Lloyd George as Dr Clifford
- 1979 · Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor as The Shadow
- 1978 · Les Misérables as Magistrate
- 1978 · The Lord of the Rings as Gandalf (voice)
- 1978 · The Thirty Nine Steps as Harkness
- 1978 · All Creatures Great and Small as Roderick Perowne
- 1978 · Blake's 7 as Kommissar
- 1977 · The Portable Phonograph as The Actor
- 1976 · Buffet as Arnold
- 1976 · The XYY Man as
- 1975 · Rumpole of the Bailey as
- 1975 · Prometheus: The Life of Balzac as
- 1975 · Snooker as Humphrey
- 1975 · The Venturers as
- 1975 · The Venturers as Sir George Fielding
- 1972 · The Black Arrow as Sir Daniel Brackley
- 1972 · The Black Arrow as The Stranger
- 1971 · Jason King as
- 1969 · Anne of the Thousand Days as Thomas More
- 1968 · Where Eagles Dare as Thomas
- 1968 · The Champions as Duncan
- 1968 · The Jazz Age as
- 1967 · Callan as
- 1967 · Callan as Hunter
- 1967 · A Challenge for Robin Hood as Sir John
- 1965 · The Wars of the Roses as Duke of Suffolk
- 1963 · Doctor Who as The Shadow
- 1960 · An Age of Kings as
- 1958 · Innocent Sinners as Father Lambert
- 1958 · Dunkirk as Captain (uncredited)
- 1958 · Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Bingley
- 1957 · The Film That Never Was as
- 1956 · The Battle of the River Plate as Ray Martin
- 1956 · The Man Who Never Was as Lt. Jewell
- 1956 · Alexander the Great as Aeschenes
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Vef
- 1951 · The Long Dark Hall as Sergeant Cochcran