Robert Flemyng
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Flemyng OBE, MC (3 January 1912 – 22 May 1995) was a British film and stage actor. Flemyng was born in Liverpool, the son of a doctor, and was educated at Haileybury. He began his career as a medical student before abandoning medicine to become an actor. Flemyng made his stage debut in the early 1930s, and worked steadily in both London and Broadway. His first film appearance was in 1937, but he didn't appear steadily in films until after he served in World War II. During the war he was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with great distinction, reaching the rank of full colonel at the age of 33. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1941, mentioned in despatches, and was appointed OBE in 1944. He played the idealistic schoolmaster in the 1948 Roy Boulting film, The Guinea Pig, starring Richard Attenborough, and the key role of Detective Sergeant Roberts in the 1950 film The Blue Lamp. One memorable role was as a necrophiliac in the film The Horrible Dr. Hichcock in 1962. He ably played a sardonic British Secret Intelligence Service chief (his boss being George Sanders) in the 1966 film The Quiller Memorandum. The character actor worked in films and television until his death in 1995. Some of his later films include Kafka (1991) and Shadowlands (1993). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Flemyng, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 1995 · The Vacillations of Poppy Carew as Patient 2
- 1993 · Shadowlands as Claude Bird
- 1992 · Memento Mori as Ronald Sidebottome
- 1991 · Kafka as The Keeper of the Files
- 1989 · Paris by Night as Jack Sidmouth
- 1982 · Spider's Web as Sir Rowland Delahaye
- 1982 · A Cotswold Death as Sir Charles
- 1980 · Lady Killers as Mr. Justice Havers
- 1978 · Edward and Mrs Simpson as Sir Donald Somervell
- 1978 · Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Sir Donald Somervell
- 1978 · The Thirty Nine Steps as Magistrate
- 1978 · The Medusa Touch as Judge McKinley
- 1978 · Enemy at the Door as Sir James Prideaux
- 1978 · The Four Feathers as The Old Colonel
- 1977 · The Professionals as Sir John Terringham
- 1977 · Golden Rendezvous as Capt. Bullen
- 1976 · The New Avengers as Minister Quaintance
- 1976 · Loyalties as Gen Canynge
- 1975 · The Venturers as
- 1974 · Miss Nightingale as W.E. Nightingale
- 1972 · Travels with My Aunt as Crowder
- 1972 · The Darwin Adventure as Prof. Henslow
- 1972 · Young Winston as Dr. Buzzard
- 1971 · The Persuaders! as Sir George
- 1971 · The Firechasers as Carlton
- 1970 · Play for Today as Sir Charles
- 1969 · Battle of Britain as Wing Cmdr. Willoughby
- 1969 · The Body Stealers as W.C. Baldwin
- 1969 · Oh! What a Lovely War as Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
- 1968 · The Blood Beast Terror as Dr. Carl Mallinger
- 1967 · The Deadly Affair as Samuel Fennan
- 1966 · The Spy with a Cold Nose as M.I.5 Director
- 1966 · The Quiller Memorandum as Rushington
- 1965 · Public Eye as Maj-Gen. Felcourt
- 1963 · The King's Breakfast as The Lord Chamberlain
- 1962 · Zero One as
- 1962 · The Horrible Dr. Hichcock as Prof. Bernard Hichcock
- 1962 · Compact as
- 1961 · The Avengers as Lord Maxted
- 1960 · A Touch of Larceny as Cmdr. John Larkin
- 1959 · Blind Date as Sir Brian Lewis
- 1958 · Wuthering Heights as Dr. Kenneth
- 1957 · Windom's Way as Col. George Hasbrook
- 1957 · Suspicion as Nigel Crossley
- 1957 · Let's Be Happy as Lord James MacNairn
- 1957 · Funny Face as Paul Duval
- 1956 · The Man Who Never Was as Lt. George Acres
- 1955 · Cast a Dark Shadow as Phillip Mortimer
- 1955 · The Sting of Death as
- 1952 · The Holly and the Ivy as Major
- 1952 · The Magic Box as Doctor
- 1951 · Blackmailed as Dr. Giles Freeman
- 1950 · The Blue Lamp as Police Sgt. Roberts
- 1949 · Conspirator as Captain Hugh Ladholme
- 1948 · The Guinea Pig as Nigel Lorraine
- 1948 · Bond Street as Frank Moody
- 1937 · Head Over Heels as Pierre