Robert Urquhart
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1921-10-16
Day of Death
1995-03-21 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Ullapool, Scotland, UK
Robert Urquhart
Biography
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.
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Known For
Acting
(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)
Playing Away
as Godfrey
(1987)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Paul Krempe (archive footage)
(1987)
The Shutter Falls
as Minister
(1985)
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Albrecht Hoffman
(1985)
Restless Natives
as Baird
(1984)
Puccini
as Doria's Father
(1984)
(1982)
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
as Headmaster
(1981)
The Dollar Bottom
as Headmaster
(1980)
A Tale of Two Cities
as Attorney General
(1980)
Fox
as Jerry
(1980)
A Gift from Nessus
as Sid Morton
(1980)
Children of the Full Moon
as Harry
(1980)
An Enemy of the People
as Tom Stockman
(1979)
Father's Day
as Martin Rice-Davies
(1976)
Gator
as 3rd Agent
(1976)
The Button Man
as Emrys
(1976)
England, Summer, Sunday
as Morris
(1975)
(1972)
The Reporters
as Vic
(1970)
The Looking Glass War
as Johnson
(1970)
Brotherly Love
as Auctioneer
(1968)
The Syndicate
as George Brant
(1963)
55 Days at Peking
as Capt. Hanley
(1963)
Murder at the Gallop
as George Crossfield
(1963)
The Break
as Pearson
(1960)
Foxhole in Cairo
as Major Wilson
(1960)
The Bulldog Breed
as Cmdr. Clayton
(1960)
Danger Tomorrow
as Bob
(1960)
(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)
You Can't Escape
as Peter Darwin
(1956)
The Tamer Tamed
as Petruchio
(1955)
The Dark Avenger
as Sir Philip
(1954)
Happy Ever After
as Dr. Michael Flynn
(1954)
Isn't Life Wonderful!
as Frank, Charles' brother
(1954)
Golden Ivory
as Jim Dobson
(1953)
Knights of the Round Table
as Gawaine
(1953)
The House of the Arrow
as Jim Frobisher
(1952)
Paul Temple Returns
as Slater
(1952)
Tread Softly
as Clifford Brett
(1951)
You're Only Young Twice
as Sheltie