Robert Flemyng

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Flemyng OBE, MC (3 January 1912 – 22 May 1995) was a British film and stage actor. Flemyng was born in Liverpool, the son of a doctor, and was educated at Haileybury. He began his career as a medical student before abandoning medicine to become an actor. Flemyng made his stage debut in the early 1930s, and worked steadily in both London and Broadway. His first film appearance was in 1937, but he didn't appear steadily in films until after he served in World War II. During the war he was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with great distinction, reaching the rank of full colonel at the age of 33. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1941, mentioned in despatches, and was appointed OBE in 1944. He played the idealistic schoolmaster in the 1948 Roy Boulting film, The Guinea Pig, starring Richard Attenborough, and the key role of Detective Sergeant Roberts in the 1950 film The Blue Lamp. One memorable role was as a necrophiliac in the film The Horrible Dr. Hichcock in 1962. He ably played a sardonic British Secret Intelligence Service chief (his boss being George Sanders) in the 1966 film The Quiller Memorandum. The character actor worked in films and television until his death in 1995. Some of his later films include Kafka (1991) and Shadowlands (1993). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Flemyng, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

The Avengers

Play for Today

The Professionals

BBC Play of the Month

The Persuaders!

Danger Man

Suspicion

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

All Movies (44)

• The Vacillations of Poppy Carew1995 · as Patient 2
• Shadowlands1993 · as Claude Bird
• Memento Mori1992 · as Ronald Sidebottome
• Kafka1991 · as The Keeper of the Files
• Paris by Night1989 · as Jack Sidmouth
• Spider's Web1982 · as Sir Rowland Delahaye
• A Cotswold Death1982 · as Sir Charles
• Edward & Mrs. Simpson1978 · as Sir Donald Somervell
• The Thirty Nine Steps1978 · as Magistrate
• The Medusa Touch1978 · as Judge McKinley
• The Four Feathers1978 · as The Old Colonel
• Golden Rendezvous1977 · as Capt. Bullen
• Loyalties1976 · as Gen Canynge
• Miss Nightingale1974 · as W.E. Nightingale
• Travels with My Aunt1972 · as Crowder
• The Darwin Adventure1972 · as Prof. Henslow
• Young Winston1972 · as Dr. Buzzard
• The Firechasers1971 · as Carlton
• Battle of Britain1969 · as Wing Cmdr. Willoughby
• The Body Stealers1969 · as W.C. Baldwin
• Oh! What a Lovely War1969 · as Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
• The Blood Beast Terror1968 · as Dr. Carl Mallinger
• The Deadly Affair1967 · as Samuel Fennan
• The Spy with a Cold Nose1966 · as M.I.5 Director
• The Quiller Memorandum1966 · as Rushington
• The King's Breakfast1963 · as The Lord Chamberlain
• The Horrible Dr. Hichcock1962 · as Prof. Bernard Hichcock
• A Touch of Larceny1960 · as Cmdr. John Larkin
• Blind Date1959 · as Sir Brian Lewis
• Wuthering Heights1958 · as Dr. Kenneth
• Windom's Way1957 · as Col. George Hasbrook
• Let's Be Happy1957 · as Lord James MacNairn
• Funny Face1957 · as Paul Duval
• The Man Who Never Was1956 · as Lt. George Acres
• Cast a Dark Shadow1955 · as Phillip Mortimer
• Sting of Death1955
• The Holly and the Ivy1952 · as Major
• The Magic Box1952 · as Doctor
• Blackmailed1951 · as Dr. Giles Freeman
• The Blue Lamp1950 · as Police Sgt. Roberts
• Conspirator1949 · as Captain Hugh Ladholme
• The Guinea Pig1948 · as Nigel Lorraine
• Bond Street1948 · as Frank Moody
• Head Over Heels1937 · as Pierre

All TV Shows (21)

• The Storyteller: Greek Myths1991 · as Aegeus
• Lady Killers1980 · as Mr. Justice Havers
• Rebecca1979 · as Colonel Julyan
• Edward and Mrs Simpson1978 · as Sir Donald Somervell
• Enemy at the Door1978 · as Sir James Prideaux
• The Professionals1977 · as Sir John Terringham
• The New Avengers1976 · as Minister Quaintance
• The Persuaders!1971 · as Sir George
• Play for Today1970 · as Sir Charles
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Major Lavender
• Half Hour Story1967 · as Martin
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Gen. Canynge
• Public Eye1965 · as Maj-Gen. Felcourt
• Thursday Theatre1964 · as Julian Anson
• Zero One1962
• Man of the World1962 · as O'Connor
• Compact1962
• Family Solicitor1961 · as Anthony Freeman
• The Avengers1961 · as Lord Maxted
• Danger Man1960 · as Logan
• Suspicion1957 · as Nigel Crossley