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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

27

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-04-09

Day of Death

1986-09-28 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia

Also Known As

Sir Robert Helpmann

Robert Murray Helpmann

Robert Helpmann

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Helpmann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1968

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

as

Child Catcher

Henry V

1944

Henry V

as

Bishop of Ely

55 Days at Peking

1963

55 Days at Peking

as

Prince Tuan

The Tales of Hoffmann

1951

The Tales of Hoffmann

as

Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle

Patrick

1978

Patrick

as

Dr. Roget

The Red Shoes

1948

The Red Shoes

as

Ivan Boleslawsky

Second Time Lucky

1984

Second Time Lucky

as

The Devil

The Margot Fonteyn Story

1989

The Margot Fonteyn Story

as

Robert Helpmann

The Big Money

1958

The Big Money

as

The Reverend

Cinderella

1970

Cinderella

as

Ugly Stepsister

Don Quixote

1973

Don Quixote

as

Don Quixote

The Mango Tree

1977

The Mango Tree

as

Professor

The Iron Petticoat

1956

The Iron Petticoat

as

Ivan Kropotkin

Don Quixote of La Mancha

1987

Don Quixote of La Mancha

as

Don Quixote (voice)

Caravan

1946

Caravan

as

Wycroft

Puzzle

1978

Puzzle

as

Shepherd

That's Dancing!

1985

That's Dancing!

as

From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)

Production

Swan Lake

1963

Swan Lake

as

Crew

Directing