Robert Stephens

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-07-14 (64 years old)

Deathday

1995-11-12

Place of Birth

Bristol, England, UK

Robert Stephens

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 ...

Acting

1982

Anyone for Denis

as Schubert

1981

1972

Travels with My Aunt

as Ercole Visconti

1968

Romeo and Juliet

as the Prince

1961

A Taste of Honey

as Peter Smith

1993

1992

Chaplin

as Ted the Drunk

1972

The Asphyx

as Sir Hugo Cunningham

1988

Ada in the Jungle

as Lord Gordon

1977

1977

The Duellists

as Brigadier-General Treillard

1974

Luther

as Johann von Eck

1989

Henry V

as Auncient Pistol

1963

1962

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

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

1988

1968

Horizontal Hold

as James Woodley

1984

Puccini

as Giacomo Puccini

1969

Julius Caesar

as Mark Antony

1990

The Children

as Azariah Dobree

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

1991

The Pope Must Die

as The Camarlengo

1987

Comrades

as James Frampton

1978

The Shout

as Chief Medical Officer

1980

2018

Nothing Like a Dame

as Self (archive footage)

1990

The Bonfire of the Vanities

as Sir Gerald Moore

1980

2024

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1967

Much Ado About Nothing

as Associate Producer

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