Robert Urquhart

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-10-16 (74 years old)

Deathday

1995-03-21

Place of Birth

Ullapool, Scotland, UK

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 Redif...

Acting

1963

Murder at the Gallop

as George Crossfield

1957

1985

1960

The Bulldog Breed

as Cmdr. Clayton

1957

1963

The Break

as Pearson

1982

1970

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

1988

Testimony

as Journalist

1953

Isn't Life Wonderful!

as Frank, Charles' brother

1953

The House of the Arrow

as Jim Frobisher

1952

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

1960

Foxhole in Cairo

as Major Wilson

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

1979

Father's Day

as Martin Rice-Davies

1980

Fox

as Jerry

1985

1980

A Tale of Two Cities

as Attorney General

1981

The Dollar Bottom

as Headmaster

1972

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

1976

Gator

as 3rd Agent

1976

1980

The Dogs of War

as Capt. Lockhart

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