Robert Douglas
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 9, 1909
- Died
- Jan 11, 1999 (aged 89)
- Place of birth
- Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. [now Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK]
- Credits
- 59
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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
Columbo
1971TV
Frank Pierce
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Inspector Charles Tarrant, Inspector Ben Liebenberg
Ivanhoe
1952Movie
Sir Hugh De Bracy
The Fountainhead
1949Movie
Elsworth Toohey
The Desert Rats
1953Movie
General
The Flame and the Arrow
1950Movie
Marchese Alessandro de Granazia
Filmography
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983Movie
Self
The Invisible Man
1975TV
Dr. Theophilus
The Questor Tapes
1974Movie
Dr. Michaels
The Woman I Love
1972Movie
Stanley Baldwin
Columbo
1971TV
Frank Pierce
Medical Center
1969TV
Secret Ceremony
1968Movie
Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)
The Lawbreakers
1961Movie
Allen Bardeman
The Asphalt Jungle
1961TV
Thriller
1960TV
Antony Hugh Swinburne
Adventures in Paradise
1959TV
Albert Othery
Tarzan, the Ape Man
1959Movie
Col. James Parker
The Young Philadelphians
1959Movie
Uncle Morton Stearnes
One Step Beyond
1959TV
Harrison Ackroyd, Paul McCord, Gen. George Washington
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
Dr. Emory Williams
Maverick
1957TV
Panic!
1957TV
Helen of Troy
1956Movie
Agamemnon
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955Movie
John Porter
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Inspector Charles Tarrant, Inspector Ben Liebenberg
The Scarlet Coat
1955Movie
Gen. Benedict Arnold
The Virgin Queen
1955Movie
Sir Christopher Hatton
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Gen. Cornwallis
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954Movie
Sir Giles Amaury
Saskatchewan
1954Movie
Benton
Flight to Tangier
1953Movie
Danzer
The Desert Rats
1953Movie
General
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Roger Howard
Fair Wind to Java
1953Movie
Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952Movie
Michael, Duke of Strelsau
Ivanhoe
1952Movie
Sir Hugh De Bracy
Thunder on the Hill
1951Movie
Dr. Edward Jeffreys
Target Unknown
1951Movie
Col. von Broeck
Kim
1950Movie
Colonel Creighton
Mystery Submarine
1950Movie
Commander Von Molter
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Frank Hunter
The Flame and the Arrow
1950Movie
Marchese Alessandro de Granazia
This Side of the Law
1950Movie
Philip Cagle
Spy Hunt
1950Movie
Stephen Paradou
Barricade
1950Movie
Aubrey Milburn
Buccaneer's Girl
1950Movie
Alexander Narbonne
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949Movie
John Tyson
The Hasty Heart
1949Movie
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
1949Movie
Elsworth Toohey
Homicide
1949Movie
Lt. Michael Landers
Adventures of Don Juan
1948Movie
Duque de Lorca
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948Movie
Ken Blake
The End of the River
1947Movie
Jones
The Chinese Bungalow
1940Movie
Richard Marquess
The Lion Has Wings
1939Movie
Briefing Officer
Over the Moon
1939Movie
John Flight
The Challenge
1938Movie
Edward Whymper
Our Fighting Navy
1937Movie
Capt. Markham
London Melody
1937Movie
Nigel Taplow
Death Drives Through
1935Movie
Kit Woods
The Blarney Stone
1933Movie
Lord Breethorpe
P.C. Josser
1931Movie
Dick Summers
Many Waters
1931Movie
Godfrey Marvin
And One Was Loyal
Movie
Roger Howard