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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

100

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-11-09

Day of Death

1999-01-11 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. [now Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK]

Also Known As

Robert Douglas Finlayson

Robert Douglas

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

Good Morning, Miss Dove

1955

Good Morning, Miss Dove

as

John Porter

The Fountainhead

1949

The Fountainhead

as

Elsworth Toohey

The Flame and the Arrow

1950

The Flame and the Arrow

as

Marchese Alessandro de Granazia

Ivanhoe

1952

Ivanhoe

as

Sir Hugh De Bracy

Adventures of Don Juan

1948

Adventures of Don Juan

as

Duque de Lorca

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952

The Prisoner of Zenda

as

Michael, Duke of Strelsau

The Desert Rats

1953

The Desert Rats

as

General

Helen of Troy

1956

Helen of Troy

as

Agamemnon

The Virgin Queen

1955

The Virgin Queen

as

Sir Christopher Hatton

The Young Philadelphians

1959

The Young Philadelphians

as

Uncle Morton Stearnes

Secret Ceremony

1968

Secret Ceremony

as

Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)

The Questor Tapes

1974

The Questor Tapes

as

Dr. Michaels

This Side of the Law

1950

This Side of the Law

as

Philip Cagle

Buccaneer's Girl

1950

Buccaneer's Girl

as

Alexander Narbonne

The Lion Has Wings

1939

The Lion Has Wings

as

Briefing Officer

Homicide

1949

Homicide

as

Lt. Michael Landers

King Richard and the Crusaders

1954

King Richard and the Crusaders

as

Sir Giles Amaury

Thunder on the Hill

1951

Thunder on the Hill

as

Dr. Edward Jeffreys

Over the Moon

1939

Over the Moon

as

John Flight

The Lady Takes a Sailor

1949

The Lady Takes a Sailor

as

John Tyson

Saskatchewan

1954

Saskatchewan

as

Benton

Death Drives Through

1935

Death Drives Through

as

Kit Woods

Mystery Submarine

1950

Mystery Submarine

as

Commander von Molter

The Scarlet Coat

1955

The Scarlet Coat

as

Gen. Benedict Arnold

The Challenge

1938

The Challenge

as

Edward Whymper

London Melody

1937

London Melody

as

Nigel Taplow

The Chinese Bungalow

1940

The Chinese Bungalow

as

Richard Marquess

Target Unknown

1951

Target Unknown

as

Col. von Broeck

Tarzan, the Ape Man

1959

Tarzan, the Ape Man

as

Col. James Parker

Kim

1950

Kim

as

Colonel Creighton

Fair Wind to Java

1953

Fair Wind to Java

as

Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar

Barricade

1950

Barricade

as

Aubrey Milburn

Flight to Tangier

1953

Flight to Tangier

as

Danzer

The Hasty Heart

1949

The Hasty Heart

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Woman I Love

1972

The Woman I Love

as

Stanley Baldwin

The Blarney Stone

1933

The Blarney Stone

as

Lord Breethorpe

Our Fighting Navy

1937

Our Fighting Navy

as

Capt. Markham

The Lawbreakers

1961

The Lawbreakers

as

Allen Bardeman

Many Waters

1931

Many Waters

as

Godfrey Marvin

Spy Hunt

1950

Spy Hunt

as

Stephen Paradou

P.C. Josser

1931

P.C. Josser

as

Dick Summers

And One Was Loyal

And One Was Loyal

as

roger howard

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as

Inspector Charles Tarrant

Thriller

Thriller

as

Antony Hugh Swinburne

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

as

Frank Hunter

One Step Beyond

One Step Beyond

as

Harrison Ackroyd

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise

as

Albert Othery

One Step Beyond

One Step Beyond

as

Gen. George Washington

One Step Beyond

One Step Beyond

as

Paul McCord

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as

Inspector Ben Liebenberg

Columbo

Columbo

as

Frank Pierce

The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

as

Dr. Theophilus

Production

Crew

Directing