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Robert Stephens
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Sir Robert Stephens (14 July 1931 – 12 November 1995) was a leading English actor in the early years of England's Royal National Theatre. He was one of the most respected actors of his generation and was at one time regarded as the natural successor to Laurence Olivier. While very acting on stage his whole life, he also participated in more than 100 theatrical films and TV series episodes.
He was married to actress Maggie Smith between 1967 and 1974. They had two children together, who both have become actors: Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin.
Following years of ill health, he died on 12 November 1995 at the age of 64 due to complications during surgery, eleven months after having been kn…
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Sir Robert Stephens (14 July 1931 – 12 November 1995) was a leading English actor in the early years of England's Royal National Theatre. He was one of the most respected actors of his generation and was at one time regarded as the natural successor to Laurence Olivier. While very acting on stage his whole life, he also participated in more than 100 theatrical films and TV series episodes. He was married to actress Maggie Smith between 1967 and 1974. They had two children together, who both have become actors: Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin. Following years of ill health, he died on 12 November 1995 at the age of 64 due to complications during surgery, eleven months after having been knighted. Description above partly from the Wikipedia article Robert Stephens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Robert Stephens's Filmography
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Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
as Self (archive footage)

Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage)

England, My England
as John Dryden

Century
as Mr. Reisner

The Secret Rapture
as Max Lopert

Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Poe's Teacher

Chaplin
as Ted the Drunk

Adam Bede
as Reverend Irwine

Afraid of the Dark
as Dan Burns

The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Orpheus & Eurydice
as Hades

30 Door Key
as Prof. Pimco

The Pope Must Die
as Camarlengo

Lorna Doone
as Sir Ensor Doone

The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Sir Gerald Moore

The Children
as Azariah Dobree

Wings of Fame
as Merrick

Henry V
as Auncient Pistol

The Fruit Machine
as Vincent

Testimony
as Vsevolod Meyerhold

Ada in the Jungle
as Lord Gordon

American Roulette

Empire of the Sun
as Mr. Lockwood

High Season
as Konstantinis

Comrades
as James Frampton

Puccini
as Giacomo Puccini

Ill Fares the Land

Birth of a Nation
as Vic Griffiths

Anyone for Denis
as Schubert
No Poster
The Tractor Factor

The Games of Countess Dolingen
as Le professeur

The Winter's Tale
as Polixenes

The Executioner
as Beust

Hesther for Example
as Warburton

One Fine Day
as Welby

The Shout
as Chief Medical Officer

At Night All Cats Are Crazy
as Charles Watson

The Duellists
as Brigadier-General Treillard

Luther
as Johann von Eck

Travels with My Aunt
as Ercole Visconti

The Asphyx
as Sir Hugo Cunningham

A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Oberon

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes

Julius Caesar
as Mark Antony

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
as Teddy Lloyd
No Poster
Horizontal Hold
as James Woodley

Romeo and Juliet
as the Prince

Much Ado About Nothing
as Benedick

Ten Days That Shook the World
as Lenin

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
as Charles Napier

Cleopatra
as Germanicus

The Small World of Sammy Lee
as Gerry Sullivan

The Inspector
as Dickens

Lunch Hour
as Man

The Queen's Guards

A Taste of Honey
as Peter Smith

Pirates of Tortuga
as Henri Morgan

Circle of Deception
as Capt. Stein

War and Peace
as Officer Talking with Natasha (uncredited)