Robert Urquhart
Actor
- Born
- October 16, 1921 · Ullapool, Scotland, UK
- Died
- March 21, 1995 (age 73)
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
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His first film role was in 1952 in You're Only Young Twice. He died in Edinburgh on 21 March 1995.
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Known for
The Curse of Frankenstein
May 20, 1957
55 Days at Peking
May 6, 1963
Murder at the Gallop
May 9, 1963
The Dogs of War
December 17, 1980
Gator
August 25, 1976
Knights of the Round Table
December 22, 1953
Dunkirk
March 20, 1958
Restless Natives
June 1, 1985
The Looking Glass War
January 2, 1970
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
November 3, 1982
A Tale of Two Cities
December 2, 1980
The Bulldog Breed
December 13, 1960
Acting52
- 1994Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor as Dadda Whalby
- 1993The Long Roads as Peter McVurrich
- 1988Testimony as Journalist
- 1988The Kitchen Toto as D.C. McKinnon
- 1987The Shutter Falls as Minister
- 1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Paul Krempe (archive footage)
- 1987Playing Away as Godfrey
- 1985Restless Natives as Baird
- 1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil as Albrecht Hoffman
- 1984Sharma and Beyond