Robert Lankesheer
Actor
- Born
- April 28, 1914 · Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
- Died
- December 29, 1993 (age 79)
Robert Lankesheer (1914–1993) was a British stage, radio and television actor, best known for playing the character Leamington Sparr in the radio soap The Dales between 1963 and 1966 and Chamberlain in the television series Doctor Who in 1965.
He was born on 28 April 1914 in Southampton, England. Whilst working for the local government in the land registry department he took evening classes and qualified in law. He served in the army during World War II as an officer in the Royal Artillery. After the war he decided to take up acting professionally.
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On stage, in addition to his repertory theatre work, Robert Lankesheer played Sir Henry Burke in Templeton at the Arts Theatre in 1958 and Mr Quelch between 1960 and 1963 in the Billy Bunter Christmas shows at the Victoria Palace Theatre and Queen's Theatre, London. He had a long association with The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, performing roles in Carmen (1973), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1974, 1976, 1984) and Die Zauberflöte (1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986,1987,1989, 1991).
In films, Robert Lankesheer appeared in David Copperfield (1970) and Young Winston (1972).
Robert Lankesheer died on 29 December 1993 in London, England of emphysema
Known for
Acting5
- 1975The Next Voice You See as Foster
- 1972Young Winston as Sympathetic MP (uncredited)
- 1965Doctor Who: The Crusade as Chamberlain
- 1963Position of Trust as Judge
- 1960An Arabian Night as Chamberlain