Robert Stephens

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 have become actors: Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin.  Following years of ill health, he died on 12 November 1995 at the age of 64 due to complications during surgery, eleven months after having been knighted.  Description above partly from the Wikipedia article Robert Stephens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Tony Awards

Minder

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Inspector Morse

All Movies (57)

• Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Nothing Like a Dame2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• England, My England1995 · as John Dryden
• Century1993 · as Mr. Reisner
• The Secret Rapture1993 · as Max Lopert
• Searching for Bobby Fischer1993 · as Poe's Teacher
• Chaplin1992 · as Ted the Drunk
• Adam Bede1992 · as Reverend Irwine
• Afraid of the Dark1991 · as Dan Burns
• 30 Door Key1991 · as Prof. Pimco
• The Pope Must Die1991 · as The Camarlengo
• Lorna Doone1990 · as Sir Ensor Doone
• The Bonfire of the Vanities1990 · as Sir Gerald Moore
• The Children1990 · as Azariah Dobree
• Wings of Fame1990 · as Merrick
• Henry V1989 · as Auncient Pistol
• The Fruit Machine1988 · as Vincent
• Testimony1988 · as Vsevolod Meyerhold
• Ada in the Jungle1988 · as Lord Gordon
• American Roulette1988
• Empire of the Sun1987 · as Mr. Lockwood
• High Season1987 · as Konstantinis
• Comrades1987 · as James Frampton
• Puccini1984 · as Giacomo Puccini
• Ill Fares the Land1983
• Birth of a Nation1983 · as Vic Griffiths
• Anyone for Denis1982 · as Schubert
• The Tractor Factor1982
• The Games of Countess Dolingen1981 · as Le professeur
• The Search for Alexander the Great1981 · as Darius of Persia
• The Winter's Tale1981 · as Polixenes
• The Executioner1980 · as Beust
• Hesther for Example1980 · as Warburton
• One Fine Day1979 · as Welby
• The Shout1978 · as Chief Medical Officer
• At Night All Cats Are Crazy1977 · as Charles Watson
• The Duellists1977 · as Brigadier-General Treillard
• Luther1974 · as Johann von Eck
• Travels with My Aunt1972 · as Ercole Visconti
• The Asphyx1972 · as Sir Hugo Cunningham
• A Midsummer Night's Dream1971 · as Oberon
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970 · as Sherlock Holmes
• Julius Caesar1969 · as Mark Antony
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie1969 · as Teddy Lloyd
• Horizontal Hold1968 · as James Woodley
• Romeo and Juliet1968 · as the Prince
• Much Ado About Nothing1967 · as Benedick
• Ten Days That Shook the World1967 · as Lenin
• Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment1966 · as Charles Napier
• Cleopatra1963 · as Germanicus
• The Small World of Sammy Lee1963 · as Gerry Sullivan
• The Inspector1962 · as Dickens
• Lunch Hour1962 · as Man
• The Queen's Guards1961
• A Taste of Honey1961 · as Peter Smith
• Pirates of Tortuga1961 · as Henri Morgan
• Circle of Deception1960 · as Capt. Stein

All TV Shows (39)

• Dandelion Dead1994 · as Henry Vaughan
• 99-11994 · as Commander Oakwood
• The Storyteller: Greek Myths1991 · as Hades
• War and Remembrance1988 · as Karl Rahm
• Fortunes of War1987 · as Bill Castlebar
• Lizzie's Pictures1987
• Inspector Morse1987 · as Sir Wilfred Mulryne
• Unnatural Causes1986 · as Vince
• Hell's Bells1986 · as Bishop Godfrey Hethercote
• The Mysteries1985 · as Pontius Pilate / Herod
• The Box of Delights1984 · as Abner Brown
• By the Sword Divided1983 · as Sir Ralph Winter
• Tales Out of School1983 · as Vic Griffiths
• Anyone for Denis?1982
• Anyone for Denis?1982 · as Schubert
• The Year of the French1982 · as George Moore
• Celebrity Playhouse1981 · as Charles Appleby
• The Search for Alexander the Great1981 · as Darius of Persia
• Lady Killers1980 · as Sir Edward Marshall Hall, K.C.
• A Question of Guilt1980 · as Edward Clarke QC
• Minder1979 · as Percy
• Holocaust1978 · as Uncle Kurt Dorf
• QB VII1974 · as Robert Highsmith
• Playhouse1974 · as Warburton
• Vienna 19001973
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · as Max Carrados
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as The Duke of Bristol
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Bryan Baker
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as James Woodley
• NET Playhouse1966 · as Mark Anthony
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Mark Antony
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Trigorin
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Oberon
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Grigory Rasputin
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Prince of Wales
• Theatre 6251964 · as Stephen
• Theatre 6251964 · as Boris Trigorin
• Channing1963 · as Paddy Riordan
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter