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Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-11-09 (115 years old)

Place of Birth

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

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.

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Known For

Acting

1983

1975

The Invisible Man as Dr. Theophilus

1974

The Questor Tapes as Dr. Michaels

1972

The Woman I Love as Stanley Baldwin

1971

Columbo as Frank Pierce

1969

1968

Secret Ceremony as Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)

1961

The Lawbreakers as Allen Bardeman

1960

Thriller as Antony Hugh Swinburne

1959

The Young Philadelphians as Uncle Morton Stearnes
Tarzan, the Ape Man as Col. James Parker
One Step Beyond as Harrison Ackroyd
Adventures in Paradise as Albert Othery
One Step Beyond as Paul McCord
One Step Beyond as Gen. George Washington

1958

1957

1956

Helen of Troy as Agamemnon

1955

The Virgin Queen as Sir Christopher Hatton
The Scarlet Coat as Gen. Benedict Arnold
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Inspector Charles Tarrant
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Inspector Ben Liebenberg

1954

King Richard and the Crusaders as Sir Giles Amaury
Saskatchewan as Benton

1953

The Desert Rats as General
Fair Wind to Java as Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar
General Electric Theater as Roger Howard

1952

Ivanhoe as Sir Hugh De Bracy
The Prisoner of Zenda as Michael, Duke of Strelsau

1951

Thunder on the Hill as Dr. Edward Jeffreys
Target Unknown as Col. von Broeck

1950

The Flame and the Arrow as Marchese Alessandro de Granazia
This Side of the Law as Philip Cagle
Buccaneer's Girl as Alexander Narbonne
Mystery Submarine as Commander von Molter
Kim as Colonel Creighton
Barricade as Aubrey Milburn
Spy Hunt as Stephen Paradou
Lux Video Theatre as Frank Hunter

1949

The Fountainhead as Elsworth Toohey
Homicide as Lt. Michael Landers
The Hasty Heart as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1948

Adventures of Don Juan as Duque de Lorca

1947

1940

The Chinese Bungalow as Richard Marquess

1939

The Lion Has Wings as Briefing Officer
Over the Moon as John Flight

1938

The Challenge as Edward Whymper

1937

London Melody as Nigel Taplow
Our Fighting Navy as Capt. Markham

1935

1933

The Blarney Stone as Lord Breethorpe

1931

Many Waters as Godfrey Marvin
P.C. Josser as Dick Summers

Directing

1982

Fame as Director

1980

Nobody's Perfect as Director

1979

House Calls as Director
Trapper John, M.D. as Director

1977

Man from Atlantis as Director
Future Cop as Director
Hunter as Director
Big Hawaii as Director

1976

City of Angels as Director
Quincy, M.E. as Director

1975

Baretta as Director

1973

Barnaby Jones as Director

1971

Columbo as Director
Cannon as Director

1970

The Immortal as Director
Dan August as Director

1968

Adam-12 as Director

1967

The Invaders as Director

1966

The Monroes as Director

1965

The Final Hour as Director
Lost in Space as Director
The F.B.I. as Director

1964

Daniel Boone as Director
12 O'Clock High as Director

1963

The Fugitive as Director
Vacation Playhouse as Director

1962

The Virginian as Director

1960

Surfside 6 as Director
The Roaring 20's as Director

1959

Hawaiian Eye as Director

1958

77 Sunset Strip as Director

1957

Maverick as Director