Robert Urquhart
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Urquhart (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 1994 · Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor as Dadda Whalby
- 1993 · The Long Roads as Peter McVurrich
- 1988 · Testimony as Journalist
- 1988 · The Kitchen Toto as D.C. McKinnon
- 1987 · The Shutter Falls as Minister
- 1987 · Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Paul Krempe (archive footage)
- 1987 · Playing Away as Godfrey
- 1985 · Restless Natives as Baird
- 1985 · Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil as Albrecht Hoffman
- 1984 · Sharma and Beyond as
- 1984 · Puccini as Doria's Father
- 1983 · The Old Men at the Zoo as Sir Robert Falcon
- 1982 · P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang as Headmaster
- 1981 · Brideshead Revisited as Quartering Commandant
- 1981 · The Dollar Bottom as Headmaster
- 1980 · A Tale of Two Cities as Attorney General
- 1980 · Children of the Full Moon as Harry
- 1980 · Hammer House of Horror as Harry
- 1980 · Fox as Jerry
- 1980 · A Gift from Nessus as Sid Morton
- 1980 · An Enemy of the People as Tom Stockman
- 1979 · Quest of Eagles as
- 1979 · Father's Day as Martin Rice-Davies
- 1978 · The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as
- 1977 · The Professionals as Thomas Darby
- 1976 · Gator as 3rd Agent
- 1976 · The Button Man as Emrys
- 1975 · England, Summer, Sunday as Morris
- 1975 · Just Another Saturday as
- 1974 · The Inheritors as
- 1974 · The Aweful Mr. Goodall as
- 1974 · Playhouse as
- 1973 · Helen: A Woman of Today as
- 1972 · The Reporters as Vic
- 1972 · Pathfinders as
- 1970 · Play for Today as Vic
- 1970 · Brotherly Love as Auctioneer
- 1970 · The Looking Glass War as Johnson
- 1969 · Department S as Anthony James Harvey / Andrew Heywood
- 1968 · The Champions as Hemmings
- 1968 · The Syndicate as George Brant
- 1967 · Man in a Suitcase as
- 1967 · Callan as
- 1966 · Mystery and Imagination as
- 1963 · The Break as Pearson
- 1963 · Murder at the Gallop as George Crossfield
- 1963 · 55 Days at Peking as Capt. Hanley
- 1962 · The Saint as Brian Quell
- 1962 · Dr. Finlay's Casebook as
- 1961 · Jango as
- 1961 · The Avengers as Maxwell
- 1960 · The Bulldog Breed as Cmdr. Clayton
- 1960 · Danger Tomorrow as Bob
- 1960 · Foxhole in Cairo as Major Wilson
- 1960 · Trouble with Eve as
- 1959 · International Detective as
- 1959 · No Hiding Place as
- 1958 · Dunkirk as Mike
- 1957 · The Curse of Frankenstein as Paul Krempe
- 1957 · Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst as Flight Lieutenant Fearnley
- 1956 · The Tamer Tamed as Petruchio
- 1956 · You Can't Escape as Peter Darwin
- 1955 · The Dark Avenger as Sir Philip
- 1954 · Isn't Life Wonderful! as Frank, Charles' brother
- 1954 · Golden Ivory as Jim Dobson
- 1954 · Happy Ever After as Dr. Michael Flynn
- 1953 · Knights of the Round Table as Gawaine
- 1953 · The House of the Arrow as Jim Frobisher
- 1952 · Tread Softly as Clifford Brett
- 1952 · Paul Temple Returns as Slater
- 1951 · You're Only Young Twice as Sheltie