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1 Early career and personal life  




2 Personal life and death  




3 Career  


3.1  As an actor  


3.1.1  Theatre  




3.1.2  Film  




3.1.3  Television  






3.2  As a director  


3.2.1  Theatre  




3.2.2  Film  




3.2.3  Television  






3.3  As a producer  






4 References  




5 External links  













Robert Douglas (actor): Difference between revisions






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{{Other uses|Robert Douglas (disambiguation)}}

{{Other uses|Robert Douglas (disambiguation)}}

{{Short description|English actor (1909–1999)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}

{{infobox person

{{infobox person

| name = Robert Douglas

| name = Robert Douglas

| image = Robert_Douglas_the_actor.jpg

| image = Robert Douglas in Buccaneer's Girl trailer.jpg

| caption = Douglas in 1932

| caption = Douglas in ''[[Buccaneer's Girl]]'' (1950)

| birth_name = Robert Douglas Finlayson

| birth_name = Robert Douglas Finlayson

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1909|11|09}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1909|11|09}}
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| death_place = [[Encinitas, California]], U.S.

| death_place = [[Encinitas, California]], U.S.

| occupation = [[Actor]], [[Television director|director]], [[Television producer|producer]]

| occupation = [[Actor]], [[Television director|director]], [[Television producer|producer]]

| years_active = 1927-1982

| years_active = 1927–1982

| spouse = {{Marriage|[[Dorothy Hyson]]|1935|1945|end=divorced}}<br/>{{Marriage|Suzanne Weldon|1946|1995|end=died}}

| spouse = {{plainlist|

* {{Marriage|[[Dorothy Hyson]]|1935|1945|end=divorced}}

* {{Marriage|Suzanne Weldon|1946|1995|end=died}}

}}

| children = 2 <ref name=independentobit>{{cite news|last1=Vallance|first1=Tom|title=Obituary: Robert Douglas|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-robert-douglas-1075639.html|accessdate=21 March 2018|work=The Independent|date=1999-01-23}}</ref>}}

| children = 2 <ref name=independentobit>{{cite news|last1=Vallance|first1=Tom|title=Obituary: Robert Douglas|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-robert-douglas-1075639.html|access-date=21 March 2018|work=The Independent|date=1999-01-23}}</ref>}}


'''Robert Douglas Finlayson''' (9 November 1909 &ndash; 11 January 1999), known professionally as '''Robert Douglas''', was an English stage and film actor, a television director and producer.

'''Robert Douglas Finlayson''' (9 November 1909 &ndash; 11 January 1999), known professionally as '''Robert Douglas''', was an English stage and film actor, a television director and producer.


==Early career and personal life==

==Early career and personal life==

[[File:Robert Douglas in The Prisoner of Zenda trailer.jpg|thumb|right|Douglas in ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda (1952 film)|The Prisoner of Zenda]]'' (1952)]]
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Douglas was born in [[Fenny Stratford]], [[Buckinghamshire]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1ec0a11|title=Robert Douglas|website=BFI}}</ref> He studied at [[RADA]] and made his stage debut at the Theatre Royal, [[Bournemouth]] in 1927.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XUosAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=robert+douglas+rada#q=robert+douglas+rada|title=Swordsmen of the Screen: From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York|first=Jeffrey|last=Richards|date=26 March 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317928645|via=Google Books}}</ref> A year later he made his first London appearance in ''[[Many Waters (film)|Many Waters]]'' at the [[Ambassadors Theatre (London)|Ambassadors Theatre]] and went into films the following year.<ref name=independentobit/>

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Douglas was born in [[Fenny Stratford]], [[Buckinghamshire]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1ec0a11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322231817/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1ec0a11|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 March 2018|title=Robert Douglas|website=BFI}}</ref> He studied at [[RADA]] and made his stage debut at the Theatre Royal, [[Bournemouth]] in 1927.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XUosAwAAQBAJ&dq=robert+douglas+rada&pg=PA37|title=Swordsmen of the Screen: From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York|first=Jeffrey|last=Richards|date=26 March 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317928645|via=Google Books}}</ref> A year later he made his first London appearance in ''[[Many Waters (play)|Many Waters]]'' at the [[Ambassadors Theatre (London)|Ambassadors Theatre]] and went into films the following year.<ref name=independentobit/>


==Personal life and death==

==Personal life and death==

He was married twice, to actresses [[Dorothy Hyson]] (1914–1996) and Suzanne Weldon (1921–1995), fathering two children, Lucinda and Robert (Giles).<ref name=independentobit/> He died from [[natural causes]] in [[Encinitas, California]], aged 89.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/16/arts/robert-douglas-89-suave-actor-turned-director.html|title=Robert Douglas, 89, Suave Actor Turned Director|date=16 January 1999|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> His ashes were scattered into the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10753024/robert-douglas|title=Robert Douglas (1909-1999) - Find A Grave Memorial}}</ref>

He was married twice, to actresses [[Dorothy Hyson]] (1914–1996) and Suzanne Weldon (1921–1995), fathering two children, Lucinda and Robert (Giles).<ref name=independentobit/> He died from [[natural causes]] in [[Encinitas, California]], aged 89.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/16/arts/robert-douglas-89-suave-actor-turned-director.html|title=Robert Douglas, 89, Suave Actor Turned Director|date=16 January 1999|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>


==Career==

==Career==
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====Theatre====

====Theatre====

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*1927: ''The Best People'' (Theatre Royal Bournemouth + tour)

*1927: ''The Best People'' (Theatre Royal Bournemouth + tour)

*1928: ''Crime'' (Grand Theatre Croydon + tour)

*1928: ''Crime'' (Grand Theatre Croydon + tour)

*1928: ''Many Waters'' (Ambassadors Theatre London)

*1928: ''[[Many Waters (play)|Many Waters]]'' (Ambassadors Theatre London)

*1928: ''Mrs.Moonlight'' (Kingsway Theatre London)

*1928: ''Mrs.Moonlight'' (Kingsway Theatre London)

*1929: ''Black St. Anthony'' (Strand Theatre London)

*1929: ''Black St. Anthony'' (Strand Theatre London)
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*1946: ''He Lived in Two Worlds'' (Wimbledon Theatre London + tour)

*1946: ''He Lived in Two Worlds'' (Wimbledon Theatre London + tour)

*1946: ''[[But for the Grace of God (play)|But for the Grace of God]]'' (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh + tour + St.James Theatre London)

*1946: ''[[But for the Grace of God (play)|But for the Grace of God]]'' (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh + tour + St.James Theatre London)

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====Film====

====Film====

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*[[1930 in film|1930]]: ''[[P. C. Josser]]'' (dir. [[Milton Rosmer]]) - Dick Summers

*[[1931 in film|1931]]: ''[[Many Waters (film)|Many Waters]]'' (dir. [[Milton Rosmer]]) - Godfrey Marvin

*[[1931 in film|1931]]: ''[[Many Waters (film)|Many Waters]]'' (dir. [[Milton Rosmer]]) - Godfrey Marvin
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*[[1931 in film|1931]]: ''[[P.C. Josser]]'' (dir. [[Milton Rosmer]]) - Dick Summers

*[[1933 in film|1933]]: ''[[The Blarney Stone (film)|The Blarney Stone]]'' / (US): ''[[The Blarney Kiss]]'' (dir. [[Tom Walls]]) - Lord Breethorpe

*[[1933 in film|1933]]: ''[[The Blarney Stone (film)|The Blarney Stone]]'' / (US): ''[[The Blarney Kiss]]'' (dir. [[Tom Walls]]) - Lord Breethorpe

*[[1935 in film|1935]]: ''[[Death Drives Through]]'' (dir. [[Edward L. Cahn]]) - Kit Woods

*[[1935 in film|1935]]: ''[[Death Drives Through]]'' (dir. [[Edward L. Cahn]]) - Kit Woods

*[[1937 in film|1937]]: ''[[London Melody]]'' / (US): ''[[Girl in the Street]]'' (dir. [[Herbert Wilcox]]) - Nigel Taplow

*[[1937 in film|1937]]: ''[[London Melody]]'' / (US): ''[[Girl in the Street]]'' (dir. [[Herbert Wilcox]]) - Nigel Taplow

*[[1937 in film|1937]]: ''[[Our Fighting Navy]]'' / (US): ''[[Torpedoed]]'' (dir. [[Norman Walker (director)|Norman Walker]]) - Capt. Markham

*[[1937 in film|1937]]: ''[[Our Fighting Navy]]'' / (US): ''[[Torpedoed]]'' (dir. [[Norman Walker (director)|Norman Walker]]) - Captain Markham

*[[1938 in film|1938]]: ''[[The Challenge (1938 film)|The Challenge]]'' (dir. [[Milton Rosmer]]) - Edward Whymper

*[[1938 in film|1938]]: ''[[The Challenge (1938 film)|The Challenge]]'' (dir. [[Milton Rosmer]]) - Edward Whymper

*[[1939 in film|1939]]: ''[[Over the Moon (film)|Over the Moon]]'' (dir. [[Thornton Freeland]]) - The Unknown Man

*[[1939 in film|1939]]: ''[[Over the Moon (1939 film)|Over the Moon]]'' (dir. [[Thornton Freeland]]) - The Unknown Man

*[[1939 in film|1939]]: ''[[The Lion Has Wings]]'' (dir. [[Michael Powell]]) - Briefing Officer

*[[1939 in film|1939]]: ''[[The Lion Has Wings]]'' (dir. [[Michael Powell]]) - Briefing Officer

*[[1940 in film|1940]]: ''[[The Chinese Bungalow (1940 film)|The Chinese Bungalow]]'' / (US): ''[[Chinese Den]]'' (dir. [[George King (film director)|George King]]) - Richard Marquess

*[[1940 in film|1940]]: ''[[The Chinese Bungalow (1940 film)|The Chinese Bungalow]]'' / (US): ''[[Chinese Den]]'' (dir. [[George King (film director)|George King]]) - Richard Marquess

*[[1947 in film|1947]]: ''[[The End of the River]]'' (dir. [[Derek N. Twist]]) - Jones

*[[1947 in film|1947]]: ''[[The End of the River]]'' (dir. [[Derek N. Twist]]) - Jones

*[[1948 in film|1948]]: ''[[The Adventures of Don Juan]]'' (dir. [[Vincent Sherman]]) - Duke de Lorca

*[[1948 in film|1948]]: ''[[The Adventures of Don Juan]]'' / (GB): ''[[The new Adventures of Don Juan]]'' (dir. [[Vincent Sherman]]) - Duke de Lorca

*[[1948 in film|1948]]: ''[[The Decision of Christopher Blake]]'' (dir. [[Peter Godfrey (director)|Peter Godfrey]]) - Ken Blake

*[[1948 in film|1948]]: ''[[The Decision of Christopher Blake]]'' (dir. [[Peter Godfrey (director)|Peter Godfrey]]) - Ken Blake

*[[1949 in film|1949]]: ''[[Homicide (1949 film)|Homicide]]'' (dir. [[Felix Jacoves]]) - Police Lt. Michael Landers

*[[1949 in film|1949]]: ''[[Homicide (1949 film)|Homicide]]'' (dir. [[Felix Jacoves]]) - Police Lieutenant Michael Landers

*[[1949 in film|1949]]: ''[[The Fountainhead (film)|The Fountainhead]]'' (dir. [[King Vidor]]) - Ellsworth M. Toohey

*[[1949 in film|1949]]: ''[[The Fountainhead (film)|The Fountainhead]]'' (dir. [[King Vidor]]) - Ellsworth M. Toohey

*[[1949 in film|1949]]: ''[[The Hasty Heart]]'' (dir. [[Vincent Sherman]]) - Off-Screen Narrator (voice, uncredited)

*[[1949 in film|1949]]: ''[[The Hasty Heart]]'' (dir. [[Vincent Sherman]]) - Off-Screen Narrator (voice, uncredited)
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*[[1950 in film|1950]]: ''[[The Flame and the Arrow]]'' (dir. [[Jacques Tourneur]]) - Marchese Alessandro de Granazia

*[[1950 in film|1950]]: ''[[The Flame and the Arrow]]'' (dir. [[Jacques Tourneur]]) - Marchese Alessandro de Granazia

*[[1950 in film|1950]]: ''[[Kim (1950 film)|Kim]]'' (dir. [[Victor Saville]]) - Colonel Creighton

*[[1950 in film|1950]]: ''[[Kim (1950 film)|Kim]]'' (dir. [[Victor Saville]]) - Colonel Creighton

*[[1950 in film|1950]]: ''[[Mystery Submarine]]'' (dir. [[Douglas Sirk]]) - Cmdr. Eric von Molter

*[[1950 in film|1950]]: ''[[Mystery Submarine (1950 film)|Mystery Submarine]]'' (dir. [[Douglas Sirk]]) - Commander Eric von Molter

*[[1951 in film|1951]]: ''[[Target Unknown]]'' (dir. [[George Sherman]]) - Col. von Broeck

*[[1951 in film|1951]]: ''[[Target Unknown]]'' (dir. [[George Sherman]]) - Colonel von Broeck

*[[1951 in film|1951]]: ''[[Thunder on the Hill]]'' / (GB): ''[[Bonaventure]]'' (dir. [[Douglas Sirk]]) - Dr. Edward Jeffreys

*[[1951 in film|1951]]: ''[[Thunder on the Hill]]'' / (GB): ''[[Bonaventure]]'' (dir. [[Douglas Sirk]]) - Dr. Edward Jeffreys

*[[1952 in film|1952]]: ''[[At Sword's Point]]'' / (GB): ''[[Sons of the Musketeers]]'' (dir. [[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]) - Duc de Lavalle

*[[1952 in film|1952]]: ''[[At Sword's Point]]'' / (GB): ''[[Sons of the Musketeers]]'' (dir. [[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]]) - Duc de Lavalle
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*[[1954 in film|1954]]: ''[[King Richard and the Crusaders]]'' (dir. [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]]) - Sir Giles Amaury

*[[1954 in film|1954]]: ''[[King Richard and the Crusaders]]'' (dir. [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]]) - Sir Giles Amaury

*[[1955 in film|1955]]: ''[[The Virgin Queen (1955 film)|The Virgin Queen]]'' (dir. [[Henry Koster]]) - Sir Christopher Hatton

*[[1955 in film|1955]]: ''[[The Virgin Queen (1955 film)|The Virgin Queen]]'' (dir. [[Henry Koster]]) - Sir Christopher Hatton

*[[1955 in film|1955]]: ''[[The Scarlet Coat]]'' (dir. [[John Sturges]]) - Gen. Benedict Arnold

*[[1955 in film|1955]]: ''[[The Scarlet Coat]]'' (dir. [[John Sturges]]) - General [[Benedict Arnold]]

*[[1955 in film|1955]]: ''[[Good Morning Miss Dove]]'' (dir. [[Henry Koster]]) - John Porter

*[[1955 in film|1955]]: ''[[Good Morning Miss Dove]]'' (dir. [[Henry Koster]]) - John Porter

*[[1956 in film|1956]]: ''[[Helen of Troy (1956 film)|Helen of Troy]]'' (dir. [[Robert Wise]]) - Agamemnon

*[[1956 in film|1956]]: ''[[Helen of Troy (1956 film)|Helen of Troy]]'' (dir. [[Robert Wise]]) - Agamemnon

*[[1959 in film|1959]]: ''[[The Young Philadelphians]]'' / (GB): ''[[The City Jungle]]'' (dir. [[Vincent Sherman]]) - Uncle Morton Stearnes

*[[1959 in film|1959]]: ''[[The Young Philadelphians]]'' / (GB): ''[[The City Jungle]]'' (dir. [[Vincent Sherman]]) - Uncle Morton Stearnes

*[[1959 in film|1959]]: ''[[Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959 film)|Tarzan, the Ape Man]]'' (dir. [[Joseph M. Newman]]) - Col. James Parker

*[[1959 in film|1959]]: ''[[Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959 film)|Tarzan, the Ape Man]]'' (dir. [[Joseph M. Newman]]) - Colonel James Parker

*[[1961 in film|1961]]: ''[[The Lawbreakers]]'' (dir. [[Joseph M. Newman]]) - Allen Bardeman (archive footage)

*[[1961 in film|1961]]: ''[[The Lawbreakers]]'' (dir. [[Joseph M. Newman]]) - Allen Bardeman (archive footage)
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*[[1968 in film|1968]]: ''[[Secret Ceremony]]'' (dir. [[Joseph Losey]]) - Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)

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*1939: ''[[The Royal Family of Broadway]]'' (TV Movie) - Tony Cavendish

*1939: ''[[The Royal Family of Broadway]]'' (TV Movie) - Tony Cavendish

*1953: ''[[Chevron Theatre]]'' (episode: ''Serenade to an Empty House'')

*1953: ''[[Chevron Theatre]]'' (Season 2 Episode 23: "Serenade to an Empty House")

*1955: ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]'' (episode: ''The Browning Version'') - Frank Hunter

*1955: ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]'' (Season 5 Episode 33: "The Browning Version") - Frank Hunter

*1955: ''[[Front Row Center]]'' (episode: ''The Barretts of Wimpole Street'') - Robert Browning

*1955: ''[[Front Row Center]]'' (Season 1 Episode 2: "The Barretts of Wimpole Street") - Robert Browning

*1957: ''[[Panic! (TV series)|Panic!]]'' (episode: ''The Vigilantes'') - Thomas Burdue / James Stuart

*1957: ''[[Panic! (TV series)|Panic!]]'' (Season 1 Episode 12: "The Vigilantes") - Thomas Burdue / James Stuart

*1958-1959: ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (episodes: ''The Impromptu Murder'', ''Arthur'') - Inspector Ben Liebenberg / Inspector Charles Tarrant

*1958-1959: ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (2episodes)

** (Season 3 Episode 38: "Impromptu Murder") - Inspector Charles Tarrant

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*1959: ''[[General Electric Theatre]]'' (episode: ''And One Was Loyal'') - Roger Howard

** (Season 5 Episode 1: "Arthur") - Inspector Ben Liebenberg

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*1959: ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' (episode: ''Eyewitness'') -

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*1959: ''[[General Electric Theatre]]'' (Season 7 Episode 14: "And One Was Loyal") - Roger Howard
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*1959-1961: ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'' (episodes: ''The Secret'', ''Encounter'', ''Night of Decision'') - Gen. George Washington / Paul McCord / Harrison Ackroyd
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*1959-1961: ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' (2 episodes)
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*1960: ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]'' (episodes: ''The Forbidden Sea'', ''Peril at Pitcairn'', ''There is an Island'') - Albert Otherly / Albert Othery

** (Season 1 Episode 19: "Eyewitness") (1959) - Dr. Emory Williams

*1960: ''[[Walt Disney presents The Swamp Fox]]'' (episodes: ''Redcoat Strategy'', ''A Case of Treason'') - Gen. Cornwallis

** (Season 4 Episode 12: "Reserved for Mr. Bailey") (1961) - Walter Van Nuys (voice) (uncredited)
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*1960: ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' (episode: ''The Bundle from Britain'') - Herbert
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*1959-1961: ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'' (3episodes)
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*1961: ''[[The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)|The Asphalt Jungle]]'' (episode: ''The Lady and the Lawyer'') - Allen Bardeman

** (Season 1 Episode 14: "The Secret") (1959) - Harrison Ackroyd
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*1962: ''[[Thriller (U.S. TV series)|Thriller]]'' (episode: ''The Specialists'') - Antony Hugh Swinburne

** (Season 2 Episode 29: "Encounter") (1960) - Paul McCord

*1970: ''[[Secret Ceremony]]'' (TV-Version)

** (Season 3 Episode 21: "Night of Decision") (1961) - General [[George Washington]]

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*1972: ''[[Portrait: The Woman I Love]]'' (TV Movie) - Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
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*1960: ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]'' (2episodes)

** (Season 1 Episode 22: "There Is an Island") - Albert Otherly

** (Season 1 Episode 25: "The Forbidden Sea") - Albert Othery

*1960: ''[[The Swamp Fox (TV series)|Walt Disney presents The Swamp Fox]]'' (2 episodes)

** (Season 6 Episode 15: "Redcoat Strategy") - General [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Cornwallis]]

** (Season 6 Episode 16: "A Case of Treason") - General Cornwallis
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*1960: ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' (Season 4 Episode 1: "The Bundle from Britain") - Herbert
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*1961: ''[[The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)|The Asphalt Jungle]]'' (Season 1 Episode 2: "The Lady and the Lawyer") - Allen Bardeman
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*1962: ''[[Thriller (U.S. TV series)|Thriller]]'' (Season 2 Episode 30: "The Specialists") - Antony Hugh Swinburne
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*1968: ''[[Secret Ceremony]]'' (TV-Version) - Sir Alex Gordon
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*1972: ''[[Portrait: The Woman I Love]]'' (TV Movie) - Prime Minister [[Stanley Baldwin]]

*1974: ''[[The Questor Tapes]]'' (TV Movie) - Dr. Michaels

*1974: ''[[The Questor Tapes]]'' (TV Movie) - Dr. Michaels

*1974: ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'' (episode: ''Triangle of Terror'') (uncredited)

*1974: ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'' (Season 3 Episode 23: "Triangle of Terror") - Sir Arnold Masters (uncredited)

*1975: ''[[Columbo]]'' (episode: ''Troubled Waters'') - Dr. Frank Pierce

*1975: ''[[Columbo]]'' (Season 4 Episode 4: "Troubled Waters") - Dr. Frank Pierce

*1975: ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]'' (episode: ''Survivors'') - Miles Halloran

*1975: ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]'' (Season 6 Episode 21: "Survivors") - Miles Halloran

*1975: ''[[The Invisible Man]]'' (episode: ''Man of Influence'') - Dr. Theophilus

*1975: ''[[The Invisible Man (1975 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]'' (Season 1 Episode 3: "Man of Influence") - Dr. Theophilus

*1978: ''[[Centennial]]'' (episode: ''The Shepherds'') - Claude Richards (final appearance)

*1978: ''[[Centennial (miniseries)|Centennial]]'' (Season 1 Episode 7: "The Shepherds") - Claude Richards (final appearance)

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====Television====

====Television====

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*1960-1962: ''[[Surfside 6]]'' (9 episodes)

*1960-1962: ''[[Surfside 6]]'' (9 episodes)

*1960: ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' (2 episodes)

*1960: ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' (2 episodes)

*1960-1962: ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' (12 episodes)

*1960-1962: ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' (12 episodes)

*1961: ''[[The Roaring Twenties]]'' (episode ''The Red Carpet'')

*1961: ''[[The Roaring Twenties]]'' (episode ''The Red Carpet'')

*1961-1962: ''[[Hawaiian Eye]]'' (4 episodes)

*1961-1962: ''[[Hawaiian Eye]]'' (4 episodes)

*1962-1963: ''[[Fair Exchange (TV series)|Fair Exchange]]'' (1. Segment)

*1962-1963: ''[[Fair Exchange (TV series)|Fair Exchange]]'' (1. Segment)

*1963-1964: ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' (4 episodes)

*1963-1964: ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' (4 episodes)

*1962: ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' (episode '' The Final Hour'') = ''The Final Hour'' (film)

*1962: ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' (episode '' The Final Hour'') = ''The Final Hour'' (film)

*1965: ''[[Kraft Suspense Theatre]]'' (episode ''Kill me on 20 July'')

*1965: ''[[Kraft Suspense Theatre]]'' (episode ''Kill me on July 20th'')

*1964-1965: ''[[Court Martial]]'' (3 episodes)

*1964-1965: ''[[Court Martial]]'' (3 episodes)

*1965-1967: ''[[12 O'Clock High (TV series)|12 O'Clock High]]'' (16 episodes)

*1965-1967: ''[[12 O'Clock High (TV series)|12 O'Clock High]]'' (16 episodes)

*1966: ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'' (episode ''Second Sight'')

*1966: ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'' (episode ''Second Sight'')

*1966: ''[[Daniel Boone]]'' (episode ''The Matchmaker'')

*1966: ''[[Daniel Boone]]'' (episode ''The Matchmaker'')
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*1967: ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' (episode ''The Diamond'')

*1967: ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' (episode ''The Diamond'')

*1967: ''[[The Monroes (1966 TV series)|The Monroes]]'' (2 episodes)

*1967: ''[[The Monroes (1966 TV series)|The Monroes]]'' (2 episodes)

*1967-1974: ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The FBI]]'' (13 episodes)

*1967-1974: ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The FBI]]'' (13 episodes)

*1967-1968: ''[[The Invaders]]'' (episodes ''The Prophet'' and ''Counterattack'')

*1967-1968: ''[[The Invaders]]'' (episodes ''The Prophet'' and ''Counterattack'')

*1969-1970: ''[[Adam-12]]'' (6 episodes)

*1969-1970: ''[[Adam-12]]'' (6 episodes)

*1970: ''[[The Immortal (1970 TV series)|The Immortal]]'' (2 episodes)

*1970: ''[[The Immortal (1970 TV series)|The Immortal]]'' (2 episodes)

*1970: ''[[Dan August]]'' (episode ''Invitation toa Murder'')

*1970: ''[[Dan August]]'' (episode ''Invitation to Murder'')

*1972-1975: ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' (4 episodes)

*1972-1975: ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' (4 episodes)

*1972-1973: ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'' (5 episodes)

*1972-1973: ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'' (5 episodes)

*1974: ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'' (2 episodes)

*1974: ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'' (2 episodes)

*1974: ''[[Shazam! (TV series)|Shazam!]]'' (4 episodes)

*1974: ''[[Shazam! (TV series)|Shazam!]]'' (4 episodes)

*1974-1975: ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]'' (5 episodes)

*1974-1975: ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]'' (6 episodes)

*1975: ''[[Swiss Family Robinson]]'' (episode ''The Pit'')

*1975: ''[[Swiss Family Robinson]]'' (episode ''The Pit'')

*1975-1978: ''[[Baretta]]'' (9 episodes)

*1975-1978: ''[[Baretta]]'' (9 episodes)

*1976: ''[[City of Angels (1976 TV series)|City of Angels]]'' (2 episodes)

*1976: ''[[City of Angels (1976 TV series)|City of Angels]]'' (2 episodes)

*1976: ''[[Columbo]]'' (episode ''Old Fashioned Murder'')

*1976: ''[[Columbo]]'' (episode ''Old Fashioned Murder'')

*1976-1977: ''[[Big Hawaii]]'' (episode ''Tightrope'')

*1976-1977: ''[[Big Hawaii]]'' (episode ''Tightrope'')

*1977: ''[[Future Cop (TV series)|Future Cop]]'' (2 episodes)

*1977: ''[[Future Cop (TV series)|Future Cop]]'' (2 episodes)

*1977: ''[[Hunter (1984 U.S. TV series)|Hunter]]'' (episode ''Yesterday, Upon the Stair'')

*1977: ''[[Hunter (1984 U.S. TV series)|Hunter]]'' (episode ''Yesterday, Upon the Stair'')

*1977: ''[[The Man from Atlantis]]'' (episode ''The Naked Montague'')

*1977: ''[[The Man from Atlantis]]'' (episode ''The Naked Montague'')

*1978: ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]'' (episode ''Double Death'')

*1978: ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]'' (episode ''Double Death'')

*1979-1981: ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]'' (4 episodes)

*1979-1981: ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]'' (4 episodes)

*1979: ''[[Nobody's Perfect (TV series)|Nobody's Perfect]]'' (4 episodes)

*1979: ''[[Nobody's Perfect (American TV series)|Nobody's Perfect]]'' (4 episodes)

*1982: ''[[House Calls (TV series)|House Calls]]'' (2 episodes)

*1982: ''[[House Calls (TV series)|House Calls]]'' (2 episodes)

*1982: ''[[Fame (1982 TV series)|Fame]]'' (episode ''A Big Finish'')

*1982: ''[[Fame (1982 TV series)|Fame]]'' (episode ''A Big Finish'')

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===As a producer===

===As a producer===

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*1963-1964: ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' (8 episodes)

*1963-1964: ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' (8 episodes)

*1964-1965: ''[[Court Martial]]'' (10 episodes)

*1964-1965: ''[[Court Martial]]'' (10 episodes)

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Latest revision as of 07:13, 18 June 2024

For other uses, see Robert Douglas (disambiguation).

Robert Douglas
Douglas in Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
Born

Robert Douglas Finlayson


(1909-11-09)9 November 1909
Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England
Died11 January 1999(1999-01-11) (aged 89)
Encinitas, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, director, producer
Years active1927–1982
Spouses

Dorothy Hyson

​

​

(m. 1935; div. 1945)​

Suzanne Weldon

​

​

(m. 1946; died 1995)​
Children2[1]

Robert Douglas Finlayson (9 November 1909 – 11 January 1999), known professionally as Robert Douglas, was an English stage and film actor, a television director and producer.

Early career and personal life[edit]

Douglas in The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)

Douglas was born in Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire.[2] He studied at RADA and made his stage debut at the Theatre Royal, Bournemouth in 1927.[3] A year later he made his first London appearance in Many Waters at the Ambassadors Theatre and went into films the following year.[1]

Personal life and death[edit]

He was married twice, to actresses Dorothy Hyson (1914–1996) and Suzanne Weldon (1921–1995), fathering two children, Lucinda and Robert (Giles).[1] He died from natural causesinEncinitas, California, aged 89.[4]

Career[edit]

As an actor[edit]

Theatre[edit]

Film[edit]

  • 1931: Many Waters (dir. Milton Rosmer) - Godfrey Marvin
  • 1933: The Blarney Stone / (US): The Blarney Kiss (dir. Tom Walls) - Lord Breethorpe
  • 1935: Death Drives Through (dir. Edward L. Cahn) - Kit Woods
  • 1937: London Melody / (US): Girl in the Street (dir. Herbert Wilcox) - Nigel Taplow
  • 1937: Our Fighting Navy / (US): Torpedoed (dir. Norman Walker) - Captain Markham
  • 1938: The Challenge (dir. Milton Rosmer) - Edward Whymper
  • 1939: Over the Moon (dir. Thornton Freeland) - The Unknown Man
  • 1939: The Lion Has Wings (dir. Michael Powell) - Briefing Officer
  • 1940: The Chinese Bungalow / (US): Chinese Den (dir. George King) - Richard Marquess
  • 1947: The End of the River (dir. Derek N. Twist) - Jones
  • 1948: The Adventures of Don Juan / (GB): The new Adventures of Don Juan (dir. Vincent Sherman) - Duke de Lorca
  • 1948: The Decision of Christopher Blake (dir. Peter Godfrey) - Ken Blake
  • 1949: Homicide (dir. Felix Jacoves) - Police Lieutenant Michael Landers
  • 1949: The Fountainhead (dir. King Vidor) - Ellsworth M. Toohey
  • 1949: The Hasty Heart (dir. Vincent Sherman) - Off-Screen Narrator (voice, uncredited)
  • 1949: The Lady Takes a Sailor (dir. Michael Curtiz) - John Tyson
  • 1950: Buccaneer's Girl (dir. Frederick De Cordova) - Narbonne
  • 1950: Barricade (dir. Peter Godfrey) - Aubrey Milburn
  • 1950: Spy Hunt / (GB): Panther's Moon (dir. George Sherman) - Stephen Paradou
  • 1950: This Side of the Law (dir. Richard L. Bare) - Philip Cagle
  • 1950: The Flame and the Arrow (dir. Jacques Tourneur) - Marchese Alessandro de Granazia
  • 1950: Kim (dir. Victor Saville) - Colonel Creighton
  • 1950: Mystery Submarine (dir. Douglas Sirk) - Commander Eric von Molter
  • 1951: Target Unknown (dir. George Sherman) - Colonel von Broeck
  • 1951: Thunder on the Hill / (GB): Bonaventure (dir. Douglas Sirk) - Dr. Edward Jeffreys
  • 1952: At Sword's Point / (GB): Sons of the Musketeers (dir. Lewis Allen) - Duc de Lavalle
  • 1952: Ivanhoe (dir. Richard Thorpe) - Sir Hugh De Bracy
  • 1952: The Prisoner of Zenda (dir. Richard Thorpe) - Michael, Duke of Strelsau
  • 1953: Fair Wind to Java (dir. Joseph Kane) - Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar
  • 1953: The Desert Rats (dir. Robert Wise) - General
  • 1953: Flight to Tangier (dir. Charles Marquis Warren) - Danzer
  • 1954: Saskatchewan / (GB): O'Rourke of the Royal Mounted (dir. Raoul Walsh) - Benton
  • 1954: King Richard and the Crusaders (dir. David Butler) - Sir Giles Amaury
  • 1955: The Virgin Queen (dir. Henry Koster) - Sir Christopher Hatton
  • 1955: The Scarlet Coat (dir. John Sturges) - General Benedict Arnold
  • 1955: Good Morning Miss Dove (dir. Henry Koster) - John Porter
  • 1956: Helen of Troy (dir. Robert Wise) - Agamemnon
  • 1959: The Young Philadelphians / (GB): The City Jungle (dir. Vincent Sherman) - Uncle Morton Stearnes
  • 1959: Tarzan, the Ape Man (dir. Joseph M. Newman) - Colonel James Parker
  • 1961: The Lawbreakers (dir. Joseph M. Newman) - Allen Bardeman (archive footage)

    • Television[edit]

  • 1953: Chevron Theatre (Season 2 Episode 23: "Serenade to an Empty House")
  • 1955: Lux Video Theatre (Season 5 Episode 33: "The Browning Version") - Frank Hunter
  • 1955: Front Row Center (Season 1 Episode 2: "The Barretts of Wimpole Street") - Robert Browning
  • 1957: Panic! (Season 1 Episode 12: "The Vigilantes") - Thomas Burdue / James Stuart
  • 1958-1959: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (2 episodes)
    • (Season 3 Episode 38: "Impromptu Murder") - Inspector Charles Tarrant
    • (Season 5 Episode 1: "Arthur") - Inspector Ben Liebenberg
  • 1959: General Electric Theatre (Season 7 Episode 14: "And One Was Loyal") - Roger Howard
  • 1959-1961: 77 Sunset Strip (2 episodes)
    • (Season 1 Episode 19: "Eyewitness") (1959) - Dr. Emory Williams
    • (Season 4 Episode 12: "Reserved for Mr. Bailey") (1961) - Walter Van Nuys (voice) (uncredited)
  • 1959-1961: One Step Beyond (3 episodes)
    • (Season 1 Episode 14: "The Secret") (1959) - Harrison Ackroyd
    • (Season 2 Episode 29: "Encounter") (1960) - Paul McCord
    • (Season 3 Episode 21: "Night of Decision") (1961) - General George Washington
  • 1960: Adventures in Paradise (2 episodes)
    • (Season 1 Episode 22: "There Is an Island") - Albert Otherly
    • (Season 1 Episode 25: "The Forbidden Sea") - Albert Othery
  • 1960: Walt Disney presents The Swamp Fox (2 episodes)
    • (Season 6 Episode 15: "Redcoat Strategy") - General Cornwallis
    • (Season 6 Episode 16: "A Case of Treason") - General Cornwallis
  • 1960: Maverick (Season 4 Episode 1: "The Bundle from Britain") - Herbert
  • 1961: The Asphalt Jungle (Season 1 Episode 2: "The Lady and the Lawyer") - Allen Bardeman
  • 1962: Thriller (Season 2 Episode 30: "The Specialists") - Antony Hugh Swinburne
  • 1968: Secret Ceremony (TV-Version) - Sir Alex Gordon
  • 1972: Portrait: The Woman I Love (TV Movie) - Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
  • 1974: The Questor Tapes (TV Movie) - Dr. Michaels
  • 1974: Cannon (Season 3 Episode 23: "Triangle of Terror") - Sir Arnold Masters (uncredited)
  • 1975: Columbo (Season 4 Episode 4: "Troubled Waters") - Dr. Frank Pierce
  • 1975: Medical Center (Season 6 Episode 21: "Survivors") - Miles Halloran
  • 1975: The Invisible Man (Season 1 Episode 3: "Man of Influence") - Dr. Theophilus
  • 1978: Centennial (Season 1 Episode 7: "The Shepherds") - Claude Richards (final appearance)

    • As a director[edit]

    Theatre[edit]

  • 1934: Overture 1920 (Phoenix Theatre London)
  • 1946: Lighten Our Darkness (New Theatre Hull)
  • 1956: The Ponder Heart (Shubert Theatre New Haven + Forrest Theatre Philadelphia + Shubert Theatre Boston + Music Box Theatre Broadway)
  • 1956: Affair of Honor (Ethel Barrymore Theatre Broadway)
  • 1956: The Loud Red Patrick (Walnut Theatre Philadelphia + Ambassador Theatre Broadway)
  • 1956: Uncle Willie (Locust Street Theatre Philadelphia + John Golden Theatre Broadway)
  • 1957: One Foot in the Door (Locust Street Theatre Philadelphia + Shubert Theatre Boston)

    • Film[edit]

    Television[edit]

  • 1960: Maverick (2 episodes)
  • 1960-1962: 77 Sunset Strip (12 episodes)
  • 1961: The Roaring Twenties (episode The Red Carpet)
  • 1961-1962: Hawaiian Eye (4 episodes)
  • 1962-1963: Fair Exchange (1. Segment)
  • 1963-1964: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (4 episodes)
  • 1962: The Virginian (episode The Final Hour) = The Final Hour (film)
  • 1965: Kraft Suspense Theatre (episode Kill me on July 20th)
  • 1964-1965: Court Martial (3 episodes)
  • 1965-1967: 12 O'Clock High (16 episodes)
  • 1966: The Fugitive (episode Second Sight)
  • 1966: Daniel Boone (episode The Matchmaker)
  • 1967: Lost in Space (episode The Toymaker)
  • 1967: Mission: Impossible (episode The Diamond)
  • 1967: The Monroes (2 episodes)
  • 1967-1974: The FBI (13 episodes)
  • 1967-1968: The Invaders (episodes The Prophet and Counterattack)
  • 1969-1970: Adam-12 (6 episodes)
  • 1970: The Immortal (2 episodes)
  • 1970: Dan August (episode Invitation to Murder)
  • 1972-1975: The Streets of San Francisco (4 episodes)
  • 1972-1973: Cannon (5 episodes)
  • 1974: Barnaby Jones (2 episodes)
  • 1974: Shazam! (4 episodes)
  • 1974-1975: Medical Center (6 episodes)
  • 1975: Swiss Family Robinson (episode The Pit)
  • 1975-1978: Baretta (9 episodes)
  • 1976: City of Angels (2 episodes)
  • 1976: Columbo (episode Old Fashioned Murder)
  • 1976-1977: Big Hawaii (episode Tightrope)
  • 1977: Future Cop (2 episodes)
  • 1977: Hunter (episode Yesterday, Upon the Stair)
  • 1977: The Man from Atlantis (episode The Naked Montague)
  • 1978: Quincy, M.E. (episode Double Death)
  • 1979-1981: Trapper John, M.D. (4 episodes)
  • 1979: Nobody's Perfect (4 episodes)
  • 1982: House Calls (2 episodes)
  • 1982: Fame (episode A Big Finish)

    • As a producer[edit]

  • 1964-1965: Court Martial (10 episodes)

    • References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c Vallance, Tom (23 January 1999). "Obituary: Robert Douglas". The Independent. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  • ^ "Robert Douglas". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018.
  • ^ Richards, Jeffrey (26 March 2014). Swordsmen of the Screen: From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York. Routledge. ISBN 9781317928645 – via Google Books.
  • ^ "Robert Douglas, 89, Suave Actor Turned Director". 16 January 1999 – via NYTimes.com.

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