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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 Hyso…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Douglas (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
as Self
The Questor Tapes
as Dr. Michaels
The Woman I Love
as Stanley Baldwin
Secret Ceremony
as Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)
The Lawbreakers
as Allen Bardeman
Tarzan, the Ape Man
as Col. James Parker
The Young Philadelphians
as Uncle Morton Stearnes
Helen of Troy
as Agamemnon
Good Morning, Miss Dove
as John Porter
The Scarlet Coat
as Gen. Benedict Arnold
The Virgin Queen
as Sir Christopher Hatton
King Richard and the Crusaders
as Sir Giles Amaury
Saskatchewan
as Benton
Flight to Tangier
as Danzer
The Desert Rats
as General
Fair Wind to Java
as Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Michael, Duke of Strelsau
Ivanhoe
as Sir Hugh De Bracy
Thunder on the Hill
as Dr. Edward Jeffreys
Target Unknown
as Col. von Broeck
Kim
as Colonel Creighton
Mystery Submarine
as Commander Von Molter
The Flame and the Arrow
as Marchese Alessandro de Granazia
This Side of the Law
as Philip Cagle
Spy Hunt
as Stephen Paradou
Barricade
as Aubrey Milburn
Buccaneer's Girl
as Alexander Narbonne
The Lady Takes a Sailor
as John Tyson
The Hasty Heart
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
as Elsworth Toohey
Homicide
as Lt. Michael Landers
Adventures of Don Juan
as Duque de Lorca
The Decision of Christopher Blake
as Ken Blake
The End of the River
as Jones
The Chinese Bungalow
as Richard Marquess
The Lion Has Wings
as Briefing Officer
Over the Moon
as John Flight
The Challenge
as Edward Whymper
No Poster
Our Fighting Navy
as Capt. Markham
London Melody
as Nigel Taplow
Death Drives Through
as Kit Woods
No Poster
The Blarney Stone
as Lord Breethorpe
P.C. Josser
as Dick Summers
Many Waters
as Godfrey Marvin
And One Was Loyal
as Roger Howard