Robert Urquhart

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 1965 episode of Danger Man titled "English Lady Takes Lodgers". He also played the lead role in Jango, a short lived 1961 production by Associated Rediffusion His first film role was in 1952 in You're Only Young Twice. He died in Edinburgh on 21 March 1995. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Urquhart (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Avengers

Play for Today

The Saint

The Professionals

Screen Two

No Hiding Place

Playhouse

The Champions

All Movies (51)

• Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor1994 · as Dadda Whalby
• The Long Roads1993 · as Peter McVurrich
• Testimony1988 · as Journalist
• The Kitchen Toto1988 · as D.C. McKinnon
• The Shutter Falls1987 · as Minister
• Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood1987 · as Paul Krempe (archive footage)
• Playing Away1987 · as Godfrey
• Restless Natives1985 · as Baird
• Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil1985 · as Albrecht Hoffman
• Sharma and Beyond1984 · as Evan Gorley-Peters
• Puccini1984 · as Doria's Father
• P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang1982 · as Headmaster
• The Dollar Bottom1981 · as Headmaster
• The Dogs of War1980 · as Capt. Lockhart
• A Tale of Two Cities1980 · as Attorney General
• Children of the Full Moon1980 · as Harry
• Fox1980 · as Jerry
• A Gift from Nessus1980 · as Sid Morton
• An Enemy of the People1980 · as Tom Stockman
• Father's Day1979 · as Martin Rice-Davies
• Gator1976 · as 3rd Agent
• The Button Man1976 · as Emrys
• England, Summer, Sunday1976 · as Morris
• Just Another Saturday1975
• The Highlands and Islands - a Royal Tour1973
• The Reporters1972 · as Vic
• Brotherly Love1970 · as Auctioneer
• The Looking Glass War1970 · as Johnson
• The Syndicate1968 · as George Brant
• The Break1963 · as Pearson
• Murder at the Gallop1963 · as George Crossfield
• 55 Days at Peking1963 · as Capt. Hanley
• The Bulldog Breed1960 · as Commander Clayton
• Danger Tomorrow1960 · as Bob
• Foxhole in Cairo1960 · as Major Wilson
• Trouble with Eve1960 · as Bryan Maitland
• Dunkirk1958 · as Mike
• The Curse of Frankenstein1957 · as Paul Krempe
• Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst1957 · as Flight Lieutenant Fearnley
• The Tamer Tamed1956 · as Petruchio
• You Can't Escape1956 · as Peter Darwin
• The Dark Avenger1955 · as Sir Philip
• Golden Ivory1954 · as Jim Dobson
• Happy Ever After1954 · as Dr. Michael Flynn
• Knights of the Round Table1953 · as Gawaine
• Isn't Life Wonderful!1953 · as Frank, Charles' brother
• The House of the Arrow1953 · as Jim Frobisher
• Tread Softly1952 · as Clifford Brett
• Paul Temple Returns1952 · as Slater
• You're Only Young Twice!1952 · as Sheltie
• The Simple Life— · as Barty Bartholomew

All TV Shows (42)

• The World of Hammer1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• ScreenPlay1986 · as Minister
• Bleak House1985 · as Laurence Boythorn
• Screen Two1985 · as Peter McVurrich
• The Old Men at the Zoo1983 · as Sir Robert Falcon
• Number 101983 · as Alexander Grant
• Hammer House of Horror1980 · as Harry
• Yes Minister1980
• Quest of Eagles1979
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie1978
• The Professionals1977 · as Thomas Darby
• The Sunday Drama1977 · as Peter Hurley
• The Sunday Drama1977 · as Lionel
• The Inheritors1974 · as Lord James Gethin
• The Aweful Mr Goodall1974 · as Jack Goodall
• Playhouse1974 · as Emrys
• Helen: A Woman of Today1973
• Centre Play1973 · as Morris
• Pathfinders1972
• Country Matters1972 · as Barty Bartholomew
• The Frighteners1972 · as Rutherford
• Play for Today1970 · as Vic
• Menace1970 · as Frank Smith
• Doomwatch1970 · as Jim Ainslie
• Department S1969 · as Anthony James Harvey / Andrew Heywood
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Julian Gort
• The Champions1968 · as Hemmings
• Man in a Suitcase1967
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Duncan Doubleday
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Robert MacLaine
• Callan1967
• Mystery and Imagination1966 · as Mr McLeod
• The Vital Spark1965 · as Dougie
• The Saint1962 · as Brian Quell
• Dr. Finlay's Casebook1962
• Suspense1962 · as Sam Blair
• Jango1961 · as Jango Smith
• The Avengers1961 · as Maxwell
• International Detective1959
• No Hiding Place1959
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Anthony Coldstream
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Capes