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Robert Urquhart

Robert Urquhart

Birthday: 1921-10-16 | Place of Birth: Ullapool, Scotland

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Urquhart (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1986
Restless Natives

as    Baird

1985
Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil

as    Albrecht Hoffman

1970
Brotherly Love

as    Auctioneer

1970
The Looking Glass War

as    Johnson

1968
The Syndicate

as    George Brant

1963
The Break

as    Pearson

1960
Foxhole in Cairo

as    Major Wilson

1958
Dunkirk

as    Mike

1957
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

as    Flight Lieutenant Fearnley

1957
The Curse of Frankenstein

as    Paul Krempe

1954
Happy Ever After

as    Dr. Michael Flynn

1954
Golden Ivory

as    Jim Dobson

1954
The House of the Arrow

as    Jim Frobisher

1953
Knights of the Round Table

as    Gawaine

1952
Paul Temple Returns

as    Slater