Robert Urquhart

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1921-10-16

Deathday 1995-03-21 (73 years old)

Place of Birth Ullapool, Scotland, UK

Also Known As Robert Urquhart Laing

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

Known For

Actor

1993
The Long Roads

as Peter McVurrich

1988
Testimony

as Journalist

1988
The Kitchen Toto

as D.C. McKinnon

1987
The Shutter Falls

as Minister

1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

as Paul Krempe (archive footage)

1987
Playing Away

as Godfrey

1985
1985
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

as Albrecht Hoffman

1984
Puccini

as Doria's Father

1983
The Old Men at the Zoo

as Sir Robert Falcon

1982
1981
The Dollar Bottom

as Headmaster

1981
Brideshead Revisited

as Quartering Commandant

1980
A Tale of Two Cities

as Attorney General

1980
Fox

as Jerry

1980
A Gift from Nessus

as Sid Morton

1980
An Enemy of the People

as Tom Stockman

1979
Father's Day

as Martin Rice-Davies

1977
The Professionals

as Thomas Darby

1976
Gator

as 3rd Agent

1976
1972
1972
The Frighteners

as Rutherford

1970
Brotherly Love

as Auctioneer

1970
1970
1969
Department S

as Anthony James Harvey / Andrew Heywood

1968
The Syndicate

as George Brant

1968
The Champions

as Hemmings

1967
1963
The Break

as Pearson

1963
Murder at the Gallop

as George Crossfield

1963
55 Days at Peking

as Capt. Hanley

1962
The Saint

as Brian Quell

1961
1961
The Avengers

as Maxwell

1960
The Bulldog Breed

as Cmdr. Clayton

1960
1960
Foxhole in Cairo

as Major Wilson

1958
Dunkirk

as Mike

1957
1957
1956
The Tamer Tamed

as Petruchio

1956
You Can't Escape

as Peter Darwin

1955
The Dark Avenger

as Sir Philip

1954
Isn't Life Wonderful!

as Frank, Charles' brother

1954
Golden Ivory

as Jim Dobson

1954
Happy Ever After

as Dr. Michael Flynn

1953
The House of the Arrow

as Jim Frobisher

1952
Tread Softly

as Clifford Brett

1952

Creator

1961
Jango

as Creator