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Robert Helpmann

Actor

Robert Helpmann

Born April 9, 1909 in Mount Gambier, South Australia, AustraliaDied September 28, 198619 films

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.

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The Red Shoes posterFirst watchThe Red Shoes19488.0as Ivan BoleslawskyA fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.View film

Essential films

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Filmography

19 films as actor
  1. 1987Don Quixote of La ManchaDon Quixote (voice)
  2. 1984Second Time LuckyThe Devil
  3. 1978PuzzleShepherd
  4. 1978PatrickDr. Roget
  5. 1977The Mango TreeProfessor
  6. 1973Don QuixoteDon Quixote
  7. 1972Alice's Adventures in WonderlandThe Mad Hatter
  8. 1970CinderellaUgly Stepsister
  9. 1968Chitty Chitty Bang BangChild Catcher
  10. 1966The Quiller MemorandumWeng
  11. 196355 Days at PekingPrince Tuan
  12. 1958The Big MoneyThe Reverend
  13. 1956The Iron PetticoatIvan Kropotkin
  14. 1951The Tales of HoffmannLindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle
  15. 1948The Red ShoesIvan Boleslawsky
  16. 1948Steps of the Ballet
  17. 1946CaravanWycroft
  18. 1944Henry VBishop of Ely
  19. 1942One of Our Aircraft Is MissingDe Jong