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Robert Douglas

Acting

Born November 9, 1909 · Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. [now Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK]

Died January 11, 1999

Also known as Robert Douglas Finlayson

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.

Filmography37 titles

Columbo

1971as Frank Pierce

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962Director

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Inspector Ben Liebenberg

Mission: Impossible

1966Director

Quincy, M.E.

1976Director

The Young Philadelphians

1959as Uncle Morton Stearnes

The Fugitive

1963Director

Lost in Space

1965Director

Adam-12

1968Director

Barnaby Jones

1973Director

The Streets of San Francisco

1972Director

Daniel Boone

1964Director

The Virgin Queen

1955as Sir Christopher Hatton

Maverick

1957Director

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952as Michael, Duke of Strelsau

The Hasty Heart

1949as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Ivanhoe

1952as Sir Hugh De Bracy

The Fountainhead

1949as Elsworth Toohey

Adventures of Don Juan

1948as Duque de Lorca

Thriller

1960as Antony Hugh Swinburne

The Scarlet Coat

1955as Gen. Benedict Arnold

Lux Video Theatre

as Frank Hunter

Man from Atlantis

1977Director

The Virginian

1962Director

Kim

1950as Colonel Creighton

King Richard and the Crusaders

1954as Sir Giles Amaury

Barricade

1950as Aubrey Milburn

The Lion Has Wings

1939as Briefing Officer

Helen of Troy

1956as Agamemnon

The Desert Rats

1953as General

The Flame and the Arrow

1950as Marchese Alessandro de Granazia

The Challenge

1938as Edward Whymper

Secret Ceremony

1968as Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)

Over the Moon

1939as John Flight

One Step Beyond

1959as Paul McCord

The F.B.I.

1965Director

Fair Wind to Java

1953as Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar