Robert Stephens

ActorProduction Jul 14 (died age 64) Bristol, England, UK 1956–2024 (68 year career)

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Biography

Sir Robert Stephens (14 July 1931 – 12 November 1995) was a leading English actor in the early years of England's Royal National Theatre. He was one of the most respected actors of his generation and was at one time regarded as the natural successor to Laurence Olivier. While very acting on stage his whole life, he also participated in more than 100 theatrical films and TV series episodes. He was married to actress Maggie Smith between 1967 and 1974. They had two children together, who both h…

Known For

Film

Empire of the Sun

Mr. Lockwood

Film

Chaplin

Ted the Drunk

Film

Romeo and Juliet

the Prince

Film

Cleopatra

Germanicus

Film

The Duellists

Brigadier-General Treillard

Film

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Poe's Teacher

Film

Henry V

Auncient Pistol

Film

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Filmography

Acting (83)

Movies (56)

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

2024

as Self (archive footage)

4.5

Nothing Like a Dame

2018

as Self (archive footage)

6.8

England, My England

1995

as John Dryden

5.0

Searching for Bobby Fischer

as Poe's Teacher

Century

as Mr. Reisner

The Secret Rapture

as Max Lopert

Chaplin

as Ted the Drunk

Adam Bede

as Reverend Irwine

The Pope Must Die

as The Camarlengo

30 Door Key

as Prof. Pimco

Afraid of the Dark

as Dan Burns

The Bonfire of the Vanities

as Sir Gerald Moore

Wings of Fame

as Merrick

Lorna Doone

as Sir Ensor Doone

The Children

as Azariah Dobree

Henry V

as Auncient Pistol

Ada in the Jungle

as Lord Gordon

Testimony

as Vsevolod Meyerhold

The Fruit Machine

as Vincent

American Roulette

Empire of the Sun

as Mr. Lockwood

Comrades

as James Frampton

High Season

as Konstantinis

Puccini

as Giacomo Puccini

Ill Fares the Land

Birth of a Nation

as Vic Griffiths

Anyone for Denis

as Schubert

The Winter's Tale

1981

as Polixenes

9.3

The Search for Alexander the Great

1981

as Darius of Persia

5.0

The Games of Countess Dolingen

1981

as Le professeur

2.9

Hesther for Example

1980

as Warburton

The Executioner

1980

as Beust

One Fine Day

1979

as Welby

4.5

The Shout

1978

as Chief Medical Officer

6.0

The Duellists

1977

as Brigadier-General Treillard

7.2

At Night All Cats Are Crazy

as Charles Watson

Luther

as Johann von Eck

The Asphyx

as Sir Hugo Cunningham

6.0

Travels with My Aunt

1972

as Ercole Visconti

5.9

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1971

as Oberon

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

1970

as Sherlock Holmes

6.8

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

as Teddy Lloyd

Julius Caesar

as Mark Antony

Romeo and Juliet

as the Prince

Horizontal Hold

as James Woodley

Much Ado About Nothing

1967

as Benedick

5.5

Ten Days That Shook the World

1967

as Lenin

6.2

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment

as Charles Napier

Cleopatra

as Germanicus

The Small World of Sammy Lee

as Gerry Sullivan

The Inspector

as Dickens

Lunch Hour

as Man

The Queen's Guards

A Taste of Honey

as Peter Smith

Pirates of Tortuga

as Henri Morgan

Circle of Deception

as Capt. Stein

Television (27)

99-1

1994

as Oakwood

Dandelion Dead

1994

as Henry Vaughan

8.0

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

1991

as Hades

8.2

Inspector Morse

1987

as Sir Wilfred Mulryne

Fortunes of War

as Bill Castlebar

Lizzie's Pictures

Unnatural Causes

as Vince

Hell's Bells

as Bishop Godfrey Hethercote

5.0

The Mysteries

1985

as Pontius Pilate / Herod

The Box of Delights

1984

as Abner Brown

7.7

Tales Out of School

1983

as Vic Griffiths

The Year of the French

1982

as George Moore

Anyone for Denis?

1982

as Schubert

Anyone for Denis?

1982

Lady Killers

1980

as Sir Edward Marshall Hall, K.C.

Minder

as Percy

Holocaust

as Uncle Kurt Dorf

Playhouse

as Warburton

QB VII

as Robert Highsmith

Vienna 1900

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

as Max Carrados

7.4

ITV Playhouse

1967

as The Duke of Bristol

6.5

BBC Play of the Month

as Trigorin

Theatre 625

as Stephen

Channing

as Paddy Riordan

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Much Ado About Nothing

1967

Associate Producer

5.5