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Robert Urquhart(1921-1995)

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Robert Urquhart
A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany.
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The character actor Robert Urquhart was born in 1921 in Ullapool, Scotland. His stage debut came in 1947 and his film debut 5 years later. He worked steadily until the late 1980s in both film and television, usually playing the stalwart, dependable type. He became particularly well known on television as a regular in a number of British series, including Pathfinders (1972) and The Aweful Mr. Goodall (1974). His one film, made in the 1990s, Master of the Moor: Part 1 (1994), was his last before his death in 1995.
BornOctober 16, 1921
DiedMarch 21, 1995(73)
BornOctober 16, 1921
DiedMarch 21, 1995(73)
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Known for

Christopher Lee in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein
7.0
  • Paul Krempe
  • 1957
Ava Gardner and Robert Taylor in Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Knights of the Round Table
6.2
  • Gawaine
  • 1953
Jango (1961)
Jango
6.9
TV Series
  • Jango Smith
Stuart Wilson in The Old Men at the Zoo (1983)
The Old Men at the Zoo
7.4
TV Series
  • Sir Robert Falcon

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  • George Baker, Keith Barron, John Castle, and Amanda Redman in Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
    Ruth Rendell Mysteries
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Dadda Whalby
    • 1994
  • Screen Two (1984)
    Screen Two
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Peter McVurrich
    • 1993
  • Take the High Road (1980)
    Take the High Road
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Sir Gerald Fisher
    • 1991
  • Andrew Bednarski, Jesse Collins, and Rudolph Von Holstein III in Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop (1988)
    Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop
    6.5
    TV Series
    • 1989
  • Ben Kingsley in Testimony (1987)
    Testimony
    7.0
    • The Journalist
    • 1987
  • The Kitchen Toto (1987)
    The Kitchen Toto
    6.2
    • D.C. McKinnon
    • 1987
  • Screenplay (1986)
    Screenplay
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Minister
    • 1987
  • Playing Away (1987)
    Playing Away
    5.9
    • Godfrey
    • 1987
  • The Queen's Arms
    TV Movie
    • Sam
    • 1986
  • Vincent Friell and Joe Mullaney in Restless Natives (1985)
    Restless Natives
    6.8
    • Baird
    • 1985
  • Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (1985)
    Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Laurence Boythorn
    • 1985
  • Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (1985)
    Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Albrecht Hoffman
    • 1985
  • Robert Stephens in Puccini (1984)
    Puccini
    5.3
    TV Movie
    • Doria's Father
    • 1984
  • Scotland's Story (1984)
    Scotland's Story
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Lord Daer
    • Donald MacLeod
    • Lord Basil Daer, MP
    • 1984
  • Sharma and Beyond (1984)
    Sharma and Beyond
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Evan Gorley-Peters
    • 1984

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  • ITV Play of the Week (1955)
    ITV Play of the Week
    6.7
    TV Series
    • writer
    • adaptation
    • 1960–1963
  • Jango (1961)
    Jango
    6.9
    TV Series
    • creator
    • 1961
  • ITV Television Playhouse (1955)
    ITV Television Playhouse
    8.1
    TV Series
    • adapted by
    • 1960

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  • Alternative name
    • Robert Urquart
  • Born
    • October 16, 1921
    • Ullapool, Scotland, UK
  • Died
    • March 21, 1995
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Zena Walker(divorced, 2 children)
  • Other works
    He acted in Arthur Wing Pinero's play, "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray," at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, England with Eileen Herlie, Marie Ney, Basil Dignam, Leslie Banks, Ronald Ward, and Norman Wooland in the cast. Murray Macdonald was director and Sir Cecil Beaton was art director.
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    Presenter of the Civil Defence Bulletins, which were made in the early 1960s. These films would have been shown to the public in the crisis period prior to nuclear war. He appeared in Civil Defence Corps uniform. The films were dropped after the UK Government scrapped Civil Defence in 1968. They were replaced with the infamous 'Protect And Survive'.

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