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Robert Douglas

Born November 9, 1909 in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. [now Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK]Died January 11, 199943 films

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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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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Ivanhoe poster6.8Ivanhoe1952The Young Philadelphians poster7.4The Young Philadelphians1959The Desert Rats poster6.3The Desert Rats1953The Prisoner of Zenda poster6.9The Prisoner of Zenda1952The Flame and the Arrow poster6.3The Flame and the Arrow1950Helen of Troy poster6.3Helen of Troy1956Secret Ceremony poster6.1Secret Ceremony1968

Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. TBAAnd One Was LoyalRoger Howard
  2. 1974The Questor TapesDr. Michaels
  3. 1972The Woman I LoveStanley Baldwin
  4. 1968Secret CeremonySir Alex Gordon (uncredited)
  5. 1961The LawbreakersAllen Bardeman
  6. 1959Tarzan, the Ape ManCol. James Parker
  7. 1959The Young PhiladelphiansUncle Morton Stearnes
  8. 1956Helen of TroyAgamemnon
  9. 1955Good Morning, Miss DoveJohn Porter
  10. 1955The Scarlet CoatGen. Benedict Arnold
  11. 1955The Virgin QueenSir Christopher Hatton
  12. 1954King Richard and the CrusadersSir Giles Amaury
  13. 1954SaskatchewanBenton
  14. 1953Flight to TangierDanzer
  15. 1953The Desert RatsGeneral
  16. 1953Fair Wind to JavaSaint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar
  17. 1952The Prisoner of ZendaMichael, Duke of Strelsau
  18. 1952IvanhoeSir Hugh De Bracy
  19. 1951Thunder on the HillDr. Edward Jeffreys
  20. 1951Target UnknownCol. von Broeck
  21. 1950KimColonel Creighton
  22. 1950Mystery SubmarineCommander Von Molter
  23. 1950The Flame and the ArrowMarchese Alessandro de Granazia
  24. 1950This Side of the LawPhilip Cagle
  25. 1950Spy HuntStephen Paradou
  26. 1950BarricadeAubrey Milburn
  27. 1950Buccaneer's GirlAlexander Narbonne
  28. 1949The Lady Takes a SailorJohn Tyson
  29. 1949The Hasty HeartNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
  30. 1949The FountainheadElsworth Toohey
  31. 1949HomicideLt. Michael Landers
  32. 1948Adventures of Don JuanDuque de Lorca
  33. 1948The Decision of Christopher BlakeKen Blake
  34. 1947The End of the RiverJones
  35. 1940The Chinese BungalowRichard Marquess
  36. 1939Over the MoonJohn Flight
  37. 1938The ChallengeEdward Whymper
  38. 1937Our Fighting NavyCapt. Markham
  39. 1937London MelodyNigel Taplow
  40. 1935Death Drives ThroughKit Woods
  41. 1933The Blarney StoneLord Breethorpe
  42. 1931P.C. JosserDick Summers
  43. 1931Many WatersGodfrey Marvin