Name
Robert Stephens
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1931-07-14
Deathday
1995-11-12 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Bristol, England, UK
Biography
Sir Robert Stephens (14 July 1931 – 12 November 1995) was a leading English actor in the early years of England's Royal National Theatre. He was one of the most respected actors of his generation and was at one time regarded as the natural successor to Laurence Olivier. While very acting on stage his whole life, he also participated in more than 100 theatrical films and TV series episodes.
He was married to actress Maggie Smith between 1967 and 1974. They had two children together, who both have become actors: Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin.
Following years of ill health, he died on 12 November 1995 at the age of 64 due to complications during surgery, eleven months after having been knighted.
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Known For
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- 1982 Anyone for Denis as Schubert
- 1969 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Teddy Lloyd
- 1972 Travels with My Aunt as Ercole Visconti
- 1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
- 1968 Romeo and Juliet as the Prince
- 1961 A Taste of Honey as Peter Smith
- 1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer as Poe's Teacher
- 1966 Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment as Charles Napier
- 1992 Chaplin as Ted the Drunk
- 1972 The Asphyx as Sir Hugo Cunningham
- 1988 Ada in the Jungle as Lord Gordon
- 1977 At Night All Cats Are Crazy as Charles Watson
- 1977 The Duellists as Brigadier-General Treillard
- 1974 Luther as Johann von Eck
- 1989 Henry V as Auncient Pistol
- 1963 The Small World of Sammy Lee as Gerry Sullivan
- 1962 Lunch Hour as Man
- 1961 Pirates of Tortuga as Henri Morgan
- 1991 30 Door Key as Prof. Pimco
- 1987 High Season as Konstantinis
- 1990 Lorna Doone as Sir Ensor Doone
- 1962 The Inspector as Dickens
- 1981 The Games of Countess Dolingen as Le professeur
- 1961 The Queen's Guards
- 1988 American Roulette
- 1979 One Fine Day as Welby
- 1993 The Secret Rapture as Max Lopert
- 1960 Circle of Deception as Capt. Stein
- 1987 Empire of the Sun as Mr. Lockwood
- 1983 Birth of a Nation as Vic Griffiths
- 1990 Wings of Fame as Merrick
- 1993 Century as Mr. Reisner
- 1992 Adam Bede as Reverend Irwine
- 1967 Much Ado About Nothing as Benedick
- 1988 The Fruit Machine as Vincent
- 1971 A Midsummer Night's Dream as Oberon
- 1967 Ten Days That Shook the World as Lenin
- 1968 Horizontal Hold as James Woodley
- 1984 Puccini as Giacomo Puccini
- 1969 Julius Caesar as Mark Antony
- 1991 Afraid of the Dark as Dan Burns
- 1995 England, My England as John Dryden
- 1981 The Winter's Tale as Polixenes
- 1963 Cleopatra as Germanicus
- 1983 Ill Fares the Land
- 1991 The Pope Must Die as Camarlengo
- 1987 Comrades as James Frampton
- 1978 The Shout as Chief Medical Officer
- 1980 The Executioner as Beust
- 2018 Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities as Sir Gerald Moore
- 1980 Hesther for Example as Warburton
- 2024 Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 Testimony as Vsevolod Meyerhold
- 1990 The Children as Azariah Dobree
- 1982 The Tractor Factor
- 1987 Inspector Morse ( 1 episode ) as Sir Wilfred Mulryne
- 1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as Max Carrados
- 1982 The Year of the French ( 6 episodes ) as George Moore
- 1963 Channing ( 1 episode ) as Paddy Riordan
- 1986 Hell's Bells ( 6 episodes ) as Bishop Godfrey Hethercote
- 1973 Vienna 1900 ( 1 episode )
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Mark Antony
- 1984 The Box of Delights ( 6 episodes ) as Abner Brown
- 1987 Lizzie's Pictures ( 4 episodes )
- 1982 Anyone for Denis? ( 1 episode )
- 1994 Dandelion Dead ( 4 episodes ) as Henry Vaughan
- 1974 QB VII ( 2 episodes ) as Robert Highsmith
- 1985 The Mysteries ( 3 episodes ) as Pontius Pilate / Herod
- 1979 Minder ( 1 episode ) as Percy
- 1978 Holocaust ( 4 episodes ) as Uncle Kurt Dorf
- 1980 Lady Killers ( 1 episode ) as Sir Edward Marshall Hall, K.C.
- 1991 The Storyteller: Greek Myths ( 1 episode ) as Hades
- 1974 Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Warburton
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Trigorin
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Oberon
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Grigory Rasputin
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Prince of Wales
- 1982 Anyone for Denis? ( 1 episode ) as Schubert
- 1987 Fortunes of War ( 3 episodes ) as Bill Castlebar
- 1983 Tales Out of School ( 1 episode ) as Vic Griffiths
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Stephen
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Boris Trigorin
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as The Duke of Bristol
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Bryan Baker
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as James Woodley
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1988 War and Remembrance ( 3 episodes ) as Karl Rahm
- 1986 Unnatural Causes ( 1 episode ) as Vince
- 1966 NET Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mark Anthony
- 1994 99-1 ( 7 episodes ) as Commander Oakwood
- 1981 Celebrity Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Charles Appleby
- 1980 A Question of Guilt ( 8 episodes ) as Edward Clarke QC
- 1981 The Search for Alexander the Great ( 4 episodes ) as Darius of Persia
- 1983 By the Sword Divided ( 4 episodes ) as Sir Ralph Winter
- 1991 In My Defence ( 1 episode ) as Sir Roger Casement
