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(Top) 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

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Robert Douglas
File:Robert Douglas the actor.jpg Douglas in 1932
Born	Robert Douglas Finlayson (1909-11-09)9 November 1909 Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England
Died	11 January 1999(1999-01-11) (aged 89) Encinitas, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, director, producer
Years active	1927-1982
Spouse(s)	Dorothy Hyson (m. 1935; div. 1945) Suzanne Weldon (m. 1946; died 1995)
Children	2^[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

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

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] His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.^{[citation needed]}

Career

As an actor

Theatre

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

1928: Crime (Grand Theatre Croydon + tour)

1928: Many Waters (Ambassadors Theatre London)

1928: Mrs.Moonlight (Kingsway Theatre London)

1929: Black St. Anthony (Strand Theatre London)

1929: A Bill of Divorcement (St.Martin's Theatre London)

1929: Barbara's Wedding (Apollo Theatre London)

1929: Many Waters (in UK, in Canada / Maxine Elliott's Theatre, Broadway + Times Square Theater Broadway)

1930: The Last Enemy (Fortune Theatre London)

1930: Suspense (Duke of York's Theatre London)

1930: Badger's Green (Prince of Wales Theatre London)

1930: The Last Enemy (Hartford / New Haven + Shubert Theatre Broadway)

1931: After All (Criterion Theatre London + The New Theatre London)

1931: The Arch-Duchess (Phoenix-Theatre London)

1931: Vile Bodies (Arts Theatre London)

1931: Brief Moment (Detroit / Washington + Belasco Theatre Broadway + Cort Theatre Broadway)

1932: Vile Bodies (Vaudeville Theatre London)

1932: As it was in the Beginning (Arts Theatre London)

1933: Ten Minute Alibi (Embassy Theatre London + Haymarket Theatre London)

1933: These Two (Arts Theatre London)

1934: Men in White (Lyric Theatre London + tour)

1934: Overture 1920 (Phoenix Theatre London)

1934: Inside the Room (Queens Theatre London)

1935: Theatre Royal / The Royal Family (Lyric Theatre London + tour)

1935: Most of the Game (Cort Theatre Broadway)

1936: No Exit (Embassy Theatre London + St.Martin's Theatre London)

1936: Stubble before Swords (Globe Theatre London)

1936: Kind Lady (The King's Theatre Edinburgh + Lyric Theatre London)

1938: Official Secret (Tour + New Theatre London)

1938: Night Arrival (Globe Theatre London)

1939: The Spring Time of Others (Gate Theatre London)

1946: Lighten our Darkness (New Theatre Hull + tour)

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

1946: But for the Grace of God (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh + tour + St.James Theatre London)

Film

1931: Many Waters (dir. Milton Rosmer) - Godfrey Marvin

1931: P.C. Josser (dir. Milton Rosmer) - Dick Summers

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) - Capt. 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 (dir. Vincent Sherman) - Duke de Lorca

1948: The Decision of Christopher Blake (dir. Peter Godfrey) - Ken Blake

1949: Homicide (dir. Felix Jacoves) - Police Lt. 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) - Cmdr. Eric von Molter

1951: Target Unknown (dir. George Sherman) - Col. 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) - Gen. 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) - Col. James Parker

1961: The Lawbreakers (dir. Joseph M. Newman) - Allen Bardeman (archive footage)

1968: Secret Ceremony (dir. Joseph Losey) - Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)

Television

1939: The Royal Family of Broadway (TV Movie) - Tony Cavendish

1953: Chevron Theatre (episode: Serenade to an Empty House)

1955: Lux Video Theatre (episode: The Browning Version) - Frank Hunter

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

1957: Panic! (episode: The Vigilantes) - Thomas Burdue / James Stuart

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

1959: General Electric Theatre (episode: And One Was Loyal) - Roger Howard

1959-1961: 77 Sunset Strip (episodes: Eyewitness, Reserved for Mr.Bailey) - Dr.Emory Williams / The Voice

1959-1961: One Step Beyond (episodes: The Secret, Encounter, Night of Decision) - Gen. George Washington / Paul McCord / Harrison Ackroyd

1960: Adventures in Paradise (episodes: The Forbidden Sea, Peril at Pitcairn, There is an Island) - Albert Otherly / Albert Othery

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

1960: Maverick (episode: The Bundle from Britain) - Herbert

1961: The Asphalt Jungle (episode: The Lady and the Lawyer) - Allen Bardeman

1962: Thriller (episode: The Specialists) - Antony Hugh Swinburne

1970: 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 (episode: Triangle of Terror) (uncredited)

1975: Columbo (episode: Troubled Waters) - Dr. Frank Pierce

1975: Medical Center (episode: Survivors) - Miles Halloran

1975: The Invisible Man (episode: Man of Influence) - Dr. Theophilus

1978: Centennial (episode: The Shepherds) - Claude Richards (final appearance)

As a director

Theatre

1933: Ten Minute Alibi (Haymarket Theatre London)

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

1964: Night Train to Paris

Television

1960-1962: Surfside 6 (9 episodes)

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 20 July)

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 a 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 (5 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

1963-1964: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (8 episodes)

1964-1965: Court Martial (10 episodes)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Vallance, Tom (23 January 1999). "Obituary: Robert Douglas". The Independent. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

^ "Robert Douglas". BFI.

^ 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.

External links

Robert DouglasatIMDb
Robert Douglas at the Internet Broadway Database
Robert DouglasatFind a Grave