Robert Helpmann

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-04-09 (77 years old)

Deathday

1986-09-28

Place of Birth

Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia

Robert Helpmann

Biography

Sir Robert Helpmann CBE (9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian dancer, film actor, theatre director and choreographer. A protege of Pavlova and Fonteyn’s first partner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Helpmann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1968

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

as Child Catcher

1944

Henry V

as Bishop of Ely

1963

55 Days at Peking

as Prince Tuan

1951

The Tales of Hoffmann

as Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle

1978

Patrick

as Dr. Roget

1948

The Red Shoes

as Ivan Boleslawsky

1984

Second Time Lucky

as The Devil

1989

The Margot Fonteyn Story

as Robert Helpmann

1958

The Big Money

as The Reverend

1970

Cinderella

as Ugly Stepsister

1973

Don Quixote

as Don Quixote

1977

The Mango Tree

as Professor

1990

1956

The Iron Petticoat

as Ivan Kropotkin

1987

Don Quixote of La Mancha

as Don Quixote (voice)

1946

Caravan

as Wycroft

1978

Puzzle

as Shepherd

1985

That's Dancing!

as From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)

Production

1973

Don Quixote

as Director

1963

Swan Lake

as Producer

1948

The Red Shoes

as Choreographer

1973

Don Quixote

as Choreographer

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