Name
Robert Urquhart
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1921-10-16
Deathday
1995-03-21 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Ullapool, Scotland, UK
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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- 1963 Murder at the Gallop as George Crossfield
- 1957 The Curse of Frankenstein as Paul Krempe
- 1985 Restless Natives as Baird
- 1960 The Bulldog Breed as Commander Clayton
- 1957 Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst as Flight Lieutenant Fearnley
- 1963 The Break as Pearson
- 1982 P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang as Headmaster
- 1970 The Looking Glass War as Johnson
- 1958 Dunkirk as Mike
- 1984 Puccini as Doria's Father
- 1980 An Enemy of the People as Tom Stockman
- 1970 Brotherly Love as Auctioneer
- 1955 The Dark Avenger as Sir Philip
- 1952 You're Only Young Twice! as Sheltie
- 1988 Testimony as Journalist
- 1953 Isn't Life Wonderful! as Frank, Charles' brother
- 1953 The House of the Arrow as Jim Frobisher
- 1952 Paul Temple Returns as Slater
- 1993 The Long Roads as Peter McVurrich
- 1988 The Kitchen Toto as D.C. McKinnon
- 1963 55 Days at Peking as Capt. Hanley
- 1954 Happy Ever After as Dr. Michael Flynn
- 1987 Playing Away as Godfrey
- 1987 The Shutter Falls as Minister
- 1960 Foxhole in Cairo as Major Wilson
- 1976 England, Summer, Sunday as Morris
- 1956 The Tamer Tamed as Petruchio
- 1956 You Can't Escape as Peter Darwin
- 1954 Golden Ivory as Jim Dobson
- 1968 The Syndicate as George Brant
- 1960 Danger Tomorrow as Bob
- 1960 Trouble with Eve as Bryan Maitland
- 1979 Father's Day as Martin Rice-Davies
- 1980 Fox as Jerry
- 1953 Knights of the Round Table as Gawaine
- 1985 Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil as Albrecht Hoffman
- 1980 A Tale of Two Cities as Attorney General
- 1981 The Dollar Bottom as Headmaster
- 1972 The Reporters as Vic
- 1975 Just Another Saturday
- 1984 Sharma and Beyond as Evan Gorley-Peters
- 1987 Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Paul Krempe (archive footage)
- 1952 Tread Softly as Clifford Brett
- 1980 A Gift from Nessus as Sid Morton
- 1994 Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor as Dadda Whalby
- 1980 Children of the Full Moon as Harry
- 1976 Gator as 3rd Agent
- 1976 The Button Man as Emrys
- 1980 The Dogs of War as Capt. Lockhart
- Soon The Simple Life as Barty Bartholomew
- 1973 The Highlands and Islands - a Royal Tour
- 1984 Gone For A Soldier as Self - Narrator(voice)
- 1969 Department S ( 1 episode ) as Anthony James Harvey / Andrew Heywood
- 1961 The Avengers ( 2 episodes ) as Maxwell
- 1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Brian Quell
- 1967 Callan ( 1 episode )
- 1968 The Champions ( 1 episode ) as Hemmings
- 1962 Dr. Finlay's Casebook ( 1 episode )
- 1959 No Hiding Place ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Man in a Suitcase ( 1 episode )
- 1972 Pathfinders ( 13 episodes )
- 1973 Helen: A Woman of Today ( 3 episodes )
- 1961 Jango ( 8 episodes ) as Jango Smith
- 1959 International Detective ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Quest of Eagles ( 5 episodes )
- 1974 The Aweful Mr Goodall ( 6 episodes ) as Jack Goodall
- 1978 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ( 7 episodes )
- 1974 The Inheritors ( 6 episodes ) as Lord James Gethin
- 1974 Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Emrys
- 1980 Hammer House of Horror ( 1 episode ) as Harry
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Vic
- 1977 The Professionals ( 1 episode ) as Thomas Darby
- 1985 Bleak House ( 1 episode ) as Laurence Boythorn
- 1970 Doomwatch ( 1 episode ) as Jim Ainslie
- 1983 The Old Men at the Zoo ( 4 episodes ) as Sir Robert Falcon
- 1994 The World of Hammer ( 2 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1966 Mystery and Imagination ( 1 episode ) as Mr McLeod
- 1962 Suspense ( 1 episode ) as Sam Blair
- 1973 Centre Play ( 1 episode ) as Morris
- 1980 Yes Minister ( 1 episode )
- 1972 Country Matters ( 1 episode ) as Barty Bartholomew
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Anthony Coldstream
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Capes
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Duncan Doubleday
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Robert MacLaine
- 1977 The Sunday Drama ( 1 episode ) as Peter Hurley
- 1977 The Sunday Drama ( 1 episode ) as Lionel
- 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Julian Gort
- 1972 The Frighteners ( 1 episode ) as Rutherford
- 1965 The Vital Spark ( 1 episode ) as Dougie
- 1970 Menace ( 1 episode ) as Frank Smith
- 1986 ScreenPlay ( 1 episode ) as Minister
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Peter McVurrich
- 1983 Number 10 ( 1 episode ) as Alexander Grant
- 1972 Late Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Tommy Hope
- 1972 Late Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as James
- 1974 Happy Ever After ( 1 episode ) as Sir Andrew McPherson
