Robert Urquhart

Actor Oct 16 (died age 73) Ullapool, Scotland, UK 1952–1994 (42 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Urquhart (16 October 1921 – 21 March 1995) was a Scottish character actor who mainly worked in British television during his career. He was born in Ullapool, Scotland on 16 October 1921, educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and made his stage debut in 1947. He starred in many shows of the detective/special-agent type, such as Department S, Callan, The Professionals, Man in a Suitcase, The Avengers, and opposite Patrick McGoohan in the 19…

Known For

Film

The Curse of Frankenstein

Paul Krempe

Film

Murder at the Gallop

George Crossfield

Film

55 Days at Peking

Capt. Hanley

Film

The Dogs of War

Capt. Lockhart

Film

Dunkirk

Mike

Film

Knights of the Round Table

Gawaine

Film

Restless Natives

Baird

Film

Gator

3rd Agent

Filmography

Acting (81)

Movies (50)

Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor

1994

as Dadda Whalby

7.0

The Long Roads

1993

as Peter McVurrich

Testimony

as Journalist

The Kitchen Toto

as D.C. McKinnon

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987

as Paul Krempe (archive footage)

6.4

The Shutter Falls

1987

as Minister

Playing Away

as Godfrey

Restless Natives

as Baird

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

as Albrecht Hoffman

Puccini

as Doria's Father

Sharma and Beyond

as Evan Gorley-Peters

6.5

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

as Headmaster

The Dollar Bottom

as Headmaster

A Gift from Nessus

as Sid Morton

Fox

1980

as Jerry

1.0

Children of the Full Moon

as Harry

The Dogs of War

as Capt. Lockhart

A Tale of Two Cities

as Attorney General

An Enemy of the People

1980

as Tom Stockman

Father's Day

1979

as Martin Rice-Davies

The Button Man

1976

as Emrys

Gator

1976

as 3rd Agent

5.1

England, Summer, Sunday

1976

as Morris

Just Another Saturday

1975

8.0

The Highlands and Islands - a Royal Tour

1973

The Reporters

1972

as Vic

Brotherly Love

1970

as Auctioneer

5.9

The Looking Glass War

as Johnson

The Syndicate

as George Brant

55 Days at Peking

as Capt. Hanley

Murder at the Gallop

as George Crossfield

The Break

as Pearson

Foxhole in Cairo

as Major Wilson

The Bulldog Breed

as Commander Clayton

Danger Tomorrow

as Bob

Trouble with Eve

Dunkirk

as Mike

The Curse of Frankenstein

1957

as Paul Krempe

6.8

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

1957

as Flight Lieutenant Fearnley

7.2

The Tamer Tamed

1956

as Petruchio

You Can't Escape

as Peter Darwin

The Dark Avenger

as Sir Philip

Happy Ever After

as Dr. Michael Flynn

Golden Ivory

as Jim Dobson

The House of the Arrow

1953

as Jim Frobisher

6.5

Knights of the Round Table

1953

as Gawaine

6.0

Isn't Life Wonderful!

1953

as Frank, Charles' brother

Paul Temple Returns

as Slater

Tread Softly

as Clifford Brett

You're Only Young Twice!

1952

as Sheltie

5.7

Television (31)

The World of Hammer

1994

as Self (archive footage)

Bleak House

as Laurence Boythorn

Number 10

as Alexander Grant

The Old Men at the Zoo

1983

as Sir Robert Falcon

5.0

Hammer House of Horror

as Harry

Yes Minister

Quest of Eagles

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Professionals

as Thomas Darby

Playhouse

as Emrys

The Inheritors

as Lord James Gethin

The Aweful Mr Goodall

1974

Centre Play

1973

as Morris

7.0

Helen: A Woman of Today

The Frighteners

as Rutherford

Pathfinders

Play for Today

as Vic

Doomwatch

as Jim Ainslie

Department S

as Anthony James Harvey / Andrew Heywood

The Champions

as Hemmings

Callan

Man in a Suitcase

Mystery and Imagination

as Mr McLeod

The Saint

as Brian Quell

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Suspense

as Sam Blair

The Avengers

as Maxwell

Jango

as Jango Smith

No Hiding Place

1959

3.7

International Detective

1959

7.0

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Anthony Coldstream

5.8