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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 16, 1921
Died
March 21, 1995
Place of Birth
Ullapool, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- Robert Urquhart Laing
Robert Urquhart
0.5 Popularity
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
7.0
Dadda Whalby
Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor
1994
0.0
Peter McVurrich
The Long Roads
1993
4.5
Journalist
Testimony
1988
6.6
D.C. McKinnon
The Kitchen Toto
1988
0.0
Minister
The Shutter Falls
1987
6.4
Paul Krempe (archive footage)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
5.6
Godfrey
Playing Away
1987
6.7
Baird
Restless Natives
1985
6.0
Laurence Boythorn
Bleak House
1985
4.5
Albrecht Hoffman
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
Credits
Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor
as Dadda Whalby
1994
7.0
The Long Roads
as Peter McVurrich
1993
0.0
Testimony
as Journalist
1988
4.5
The Kitchen Toto
as D.C. McKinnon
1988
6.6
The Shutter Falls
as Minister
1987
0.0
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Paul Krempe (archive footage)
1987
6.4
Playing Away
as Godfrey
1987
5.6
Restless Natives
as Baird
1985
6.7
Bleak House
as Laurence Boythorn
1985
6.0
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Albrecht Hoffman
1985
4.5
Sharma and Beyond
1984
6.5
Puccini
as Doria's Father
1984
1.0
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The Old Men at the Zoo
as Sir Robert Falcon
1983
5.0
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
as Headmaster
1982
7.0
Brideshead Revisited
as Quartering Commandant
1981
7.9
The Dollar Bottom
as Headmaster
1981
6.7
A Tale of Two Cities
as Attorney General
1980
5.7
Children of the Full Moon
as Harry
1980
6.5
Hammer House of Horror
as Harry
1980
7.1
🎬
Fox
as Jerry
1980
1.0
A Gift from Nessus
as Sid Morton
1980
0.0
An Enemy of the People
as Tom Stockman
1980
0.0
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Quest of Eagles
1979
0.0
Father's Day
as Martin Rice-Davies
1979
0.0
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1978
0.0
The Professionals
as Thomas Darby
1977
7.4
Gator
as 3rd Agent
1976
5.2
The Button Man
as Emrys
1976
0.0
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England, Summer, Sunday
as Morris
1976
0.0
Just Another Saturday
1975
8.0
🎬
The Inheritors
1974
0.0
🎬
The Aweful Mr. Goodall
1974
0.0
Playhouse
1974
7.0
🎬
Helen: A Woman of Today
1973
0.0
The Reporters
as Vic
1972
0.0
Pathfinders
1972
6.0
The Frighteners
as Rutherford
1972
8.5
Play for Today
as Vic
1970
6.3
Doomwatch
as Jim Ainslie
1970
6.0
Brotherly Love
as Auctioneer
1970
5.9
The Looking Glass War
as Johnson
1970
5.5
Department S
as Anthony James Harvey / Andrew Heywood
1969
4.9
The Champions
as Hemmings
1968
6.1
The Syndicate
as George Brant
1968
4.0
Man in a Suitcase
1967
7.0
Callan
1967
7.0
Mystery and Imagination
1966
5.5
The Break
as Pearson
1963
6.5
Murder at the Gallop
as George Crossfield
1963
7.0
55 Days at Peking
as Capt. Hanley
1963
7.0
The Saint
as Brian Quell
1962
7.3
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
6.0
🎬
Jango
1961
0.0
The Avengers
as Maxwell
1961
7.7
The Bulldog Breed
as Cmdr. Clayton
1960
5.7
Danger Tomorrow
as Bob
1960
5.5
Foxhole in Cairo
as Major Wilson
1960
5.5
🎬
Trouble with Eve
1960
0.0
🎬
International Detective
1959
7.0
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
Dunkirk
as Mike
1958
6.8
The Curse of Frankenstein
as Paul Krempe
1957
6.8
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Flight Lieutenant Fearnley
1957
7.2
🎬
The Tamer Tamed
as Petruchio
1956
0.0
You Can't Escape
as Peter Darwin
1956
5.0
The Dark Avenger
as Sir Philip
1955
6.0
Golden Ivory
as Jim Dobson
1954
5.3
Happy Ever After
as Dr. Michael Flynn
1954
5.2
Knights of the Round Table
as Gawaine
1953
5.9
Isn't Life Wonderful!
as Frank, Charles' brother
1953
5.6
The House of the Arrow
as Jim Frobisher
1953
6.5
Tread Softly
as Clifford Brett
1952
5.0
Paul Temple Returns
as Slater
1952
5.6
You're Only Young Twice
as Sheltie
1951
4.8