Robert Douglas

Robert Douglas

1909-11-09 – 1999-01-11 (age 89) Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. [now Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK]
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Biography

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Robert Douglas (9 November 1909 - 11 January 1999) was born as Robert Douglas Finlayson in Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire. He was a successful stage and film actor, a television director and producer.

He studied at RADA and made his screen debut at Bournemouth in 1927. A year later he made his first appearance on stage in Many Waters at the Ambassadors Theatre and went into films the following year. He was gently mannered with a well modulated speaking voice, who delivered his lines in clipped fashion. He could portray the sinister, conniving rogue as easily as the forthright military officer.

He was married twice, including the actress Dorothy Hyson (1914–1996) and Suzanne Weldon (1921–1995), fathering two children, Lucinda and Robert (Giles). He died from natural causes in Leucadia, Encinitas, California, aged 89. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

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Known For

Helen of Troy
Helen of Troy

1956

as Agamemnon

Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe

1952

as Sir Hugh De Bracy

Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan

1954

as Benton

King Richard and the Crusaders
King Richard and the Crusaders

1954

as Sir Giles Amaury

Adventures of Don Juan
Adventures of Don Juan

1948

as Duque de Lorca

The Young Philadelphians
The Young Philadelphians

1959

as Uncle Morton Stearnes

The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead

1949

as Elsworth Toohey

The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda

1952

as Michael, Duke of Strelsau

Secret Ceremony
Secret Ceremony

1968

as Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)

Buccaneer's Girl
Buccaneer's Girl

1950

as Alexander Narbonne

The Flame and the Arrow
The Flame and the Arrow

1950

as Marchese Alessandro de Granazia

Good Morning, Miss Dove
Good Morning, Miss Dove

1955

as John Porter

The Hasty Heart
The Hasty Heart

1949

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Desert Rats
The Desert Rats

1953

as General

The Lady Takes a Sailor
The Lady Takes a Sailor

1949

as John Tyson

Thunder on the Hill
Thunder on the Hill

1951

as Dr. Edward Jeffreys

Kim
Kim

1950

as Colonel Creighton

P.C. Josser
P.C. Josser

1931

as Dick Summers

The Virgin Queen
The Virgin Queen

1955

as Sir Christopher Hatton

Over the Moon
Over the Moon

1939

as John Flight