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Robert Douglas

Robert Douglas

Born: 1909-11-09 • Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. [now Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK]

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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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Filmography
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler poster
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983 • Self
The Questor Tapes poster
The Questor Tapes
1974 • Dr. Michaels
The Woman I Love poster
The Woman I Love
1972 • Stanley Baldwin
Secret Ceremony poster
Secret Ceremony
1968 • Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)
The Lawbreakers poster
The Lawbreakers
1961 • Allen Bardeman
Tarzan, the Ape Man poster
Tarzan, the Ape Man
1959 • Col. James Parker
The Young Philadelphians poster
The Young Philadelphians
1959 • Uncle Morton Stearnes
Helen of Troy poster
Helen of Troy
1956 • Agamemnon
Good Morning, Miss Dove poster
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955 • John Porter
The Scarlet Coat poster
The Scarlet Coat
1955 • Gen. Benedict Arnold
The Virgin Queen poster
The Virgin Queen
1955 • Sir Christopher Hatton
King Richard and the Crusaders poster
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954 • Sir Giles Amaury
Saskatchewan poster
Saskatchewan
1954 • Benton
Flight to Tangier poster
Flight to Tangier
1953 • Danzer
The Desert Rats poster
The Desert Rats
1953 • General
Fair Wind to Java poster
Fair Wind to Java
1953 • Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar
The Prisoner of Zenda poster
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952 • Michael, Duke of Strelsau
Ivanhoe poster
Ivanhoe
1952 • Sir Hugh De Bracy
Thunder on the Hill poster
Thunder on the Hill
1951 • Dr. Edward Jeffreys
Target Unknown poster
Target Unknown
1951 • Col. von Broeck
Kim poster
Kim
1950 • Colonel Creighton
Mystery Submarine poster
Mystery Submarine
1950 • Commander Von Molter
The Flame and the Arrow poster
The Flame and the Arrow
1950 • Marchese Alessandro de Granazia
This Side of the Law poster
This Side of the Law
1950 • Philip Cagle
Spy Hunt poster
Spy Hunt
1950 • Stephen Paradou
Barricade poster
Barricade
1950 • Aubrey Milburn
Buccaneer's Girl poster
Buccaneer's Girl
1950 • Alexander Narbonne
The Lady Takes a Sailor poster
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949 • John Tyson
The Hasty Heart poster
The Hasty Heart
1949 • Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Fountainhead poster
The Fountainhead
1949 • Elsworth Toohey
Homicide poster
Homicide
1949 • Lt. Michael Landers
Adventures of Don Juan poster
Adventures of Don Juan
1948 • Duque de Lorca
The Decision of Christopher Blake poster
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948 • Ken Blake
The End of the River poster
The End of the River
1947 • Jones
The Chinese Bungalow poster
The Chinese Bungalow
1940 • Richard Marquess
The Lion Has Wings poster
The Lion Has Wings
1939 • Briefing Officer
Over the Moon poster
Over the Moon
1939 • John Flight
The Challenge poster
The Challenge
1938 • Edward Whymper
No Image
Our Fighting Navy
1937 • Capt. Markham
London Melody poster
London Melody
1937 • Nigel Taplow
Death Drives Through poster
Death Drives Through
1935 • Kit Woods
No Image
The Blarney Stone
1933 • Lord Breethorpe
P.C. Josser poster
P.C. Josser
1931 • Dick Summers
Many Waters poster
Many Waters
1931 • Godfrey Marvin
And One Was Loyal poster
And One Was Loyal
— • Roger Howard