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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-07-14 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Bristol, England, UK

Robert Stephens

Biography:

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

Known For

Acting

2018

Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage)

1995

England, My England as John Dryden

1994

Dandelion Dead as Henry Vaughan
99-1 as Oakwood

1993

The Secret Rapture as Max Lopert
Century as Mr. Reisner

1992

Chaplin as Ted the Drunk
Adam Bede as Reverend Irwine

1991

30 Door Key as Prof. Pimco
Afraid of the Dark as Dan Burns
The Pope Must Die as The Camarlengo

1990

Lorna Doone as Sir Ensor Doone
Wings of Fame as Merrick
The Children as Azariah Dobree
The Bonfire of the Vanities as Sir Gerald Moore

1989

Henry V as Auncient Pistol

1988

Ada in the Jungle as Lord Gordon

1987

High Season as Konstantinis
Empire of the Sun as Mr. Lockwood
Comrades as James Frampton
Inspector Morse as Sir Wilfred Mulryne
Fortunes of War as Bill Castlebar

1986

1985

The Mysteries as Pontius Pilate / Herod

1984

Puccini as Giacomo Puccini
The Box of Delights as Abner Brown

1983

Birth of a Nation as Vic Griffiths

1982

Anyone for Denis as Schubert
The Year of the French as George Moore

1981

The Winter's Tale as Polixenes

1980

Hesther for Example as Warburton
Lady Killers as Sir Edward Marshall Hall, K.C.

1979

One Fine Day as Welby
Minder as Percy

1978

The Shout as Chief Medical Officer
Holocaust as Uncle Kurt Dorf

1977

At Night All Cats Are Crazy as Charles Watson
The Duellists as Brigadier-General Treillard

1974

Luther as Johann von Eck
QB VII as Robert Highsmith

1973

1972

Travels with My Aunt as Ercole Visconti
The Asphyx as Sir Hugo Cunningham

1971

1970

1969

Julius Caesar as Mark Antony

1968

Romeo and Juliet as the Prince
Horizontal Hold as James Woodley

1967

1966

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Mark Antony
BBC Play of the Month as Grigory Rasputin

1963

Cleopatra as Germanicus
Channing as Paddy Riordan

1962

Lunch Hour as Man
The Inspector as Dickens

1961

A Taste of Honey as Peter Smith
Pirates of Tortuga as Henri Morgan

1960

Circle of Deception as Capt. Stein

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

Production

1967

Much Ado About Nothing as Associate Producer