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

Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe

1952

as Sir Hugh De Bracy

Helen of Troy
Helen of Troy

1956

as Agamemnon

The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead

1949

as Elsworth Toohey

The Desert Rats
The Desert Rats

1953

as General

The Young Philadelphians
The Young Philadelphians

1959

as Uncle Morton Stearnes

The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda

1952

as Michael, Duke of Strelsau

Secret Ceremony
Secret Ceremony

1968

as Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)

Adventures of Don Juan
Adventures of Don Juan

1948

as Duque de Lorca

Homicide
Homicide

1949

as Lt. Michael Landers

The Questor Tapes
The Questor Tapes

1974

as Dr. Michaels

The Flame and the Arrow
The Flame and the Arrow

1950

as Marchese Alessandro de Granazia

The Scarlet Coat
The Scarlet Coat

1955

as Gen. Benedict Arnold

Kim
Kim

1950

as Colonel Creighton

King Richard and the Crusaders
King Richard and the Crusaders

1954

as Sir Giles Amaury

Spy Hunt
Spy Hunt

1950

as Stephen Paradou

Buccaneer's Girl
Buccaneer's Girl

1950

as Alexander Narbonne

Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan

1954

as Benton

Barricade
Barricade

1950

as Aubrey Milburn

Over the Moon
Over the Moon

1939

as John Flight

The Virgin Queen
The Virgin Queen

1955

as Sir Christopher Hatton