People
Robert Douglas
- Name: Robert Douglas
- Birthday: 1909-11-09
- Also known as: Robert Douglas Finlayson
- Place of birth: Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. [now Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK]
- Popularity: 3.816
Biography:
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Robert Douglas (9 November 1909 - 11 January 1999) was born as Robert Douglas Finlayson in Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire. He was a successful stage and film actor, a television director and producer.
He studied at RADA and made his screen debut at Bournemouth in 1927. A year later he made his first appearance on stage in Many Waters at the Ambassadors Theatre and went into films the following year. He was gently mannered with a well modulated speaking voice, who delivered his lines in clipped fashion. He could portray the sinister, conniving rogue as easily as the forthright military officer.
He was married twice, including the actress Dorothy... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler as Self | 1983-01-01 |
| The Questor Tapes as Dr. Michaels | 1974-01-23 |
| The Woman I Love as Stanley Baldwin | 1972-09-09 |
| Secret Ceremony as Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited) | 1968-10-23 |
| The Lawbreakers as Allen Bardeman | 1961-08-15 |
| Tarzan, the Ape Man as Col. James Parker | 1959-10-01 |
| The Young Philadelphians as Uncle Morton Stearnes | 1959-05-21 |
| Helen of Troy as Agamemnon | 1956-01-26 |
| Good Morning, Miss Dove as John Porter | 1955-11-23 |
| The Scarlet Coat as Gen. Benedict Arnold | 1955-07-29 |
| The Virgin Queen as Sir Christopher Hatton | 1955-07-22 |
| King Richard and the Crusaders as Sir Giles Amaury | 1954-08-07 |
| Saskatchewan as Benton | 1954-03-30 |
| Flight to Tangier as Danzer | 1953-11-20 |
| The Desert Rats as General | 1953-05-20 |
| Fair Wind to Java as Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar | 1953-01-28 |
| The Prisoner of Zenda as Michael, Duke of Strelsau | 1952-11-04 |
| Ivanhoe as Sir Hugh De Bracy | 1952-07-31 |
| Thunder on the Hill as Dr. Edward Jeffreys | 1951-10-17 |
| Target Unknown as Col. von Broeck | 1951-02-08 |
| Kim as Colonel Creighton | 1950-12-07 |
| Mystery Submarine as Commander von Molter | 1950-12-01 |
| The Flame and the Arrow as Marchese Alessandro de Granazia | 1950-07-07 |
| This Side of the Law as Philip Cagle | 1950-06-17 |
| Spy Hunt as Stephen Paradou | 1950-06-08 |
| Barricade as Aubrey Milburn | 1950-03-24 |
| Buccaneer's Girl as Alexander Narbonne | 1950-03-01 |
| The Lady Takes a Sailor as John Tyson | 1949-12-16 |
| The Hasty Heart as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-09-20 |
| The Fountainhead as Elsworth Toohey | 1949-06-25 |
| Homicide as Lt. Michael Landers | 1949-04-02 |
| Adventures of Don Juan as Duque de Lorca | 1948-12-24 |
| The Decision of Christopher Blake as Ken Blake | 1948-12-23 |
| The End of the River as Jones | 1947-12-01 |
| The Chinese Bungalow as Richard Marquess | 1940-04-06 |
| The Lion Has Wings as Briefing Officer | 1939-11-03 |
| Over the Moon as John Flight | 1939-10-12 |
| The Challenge as Edward Whymper | 1938-09-14 |
| Our Fighting Navy as Capt. Markham | 1937-09-25 |
| London Melody as Nigel Taplow | 1937-02-04 |
| Death Drives Through as Kit Woods | 1935-02-25 |
| The Blarney Stone as Lord Breethorpe | 1933-03-01 |
| P.C. Josser as Dick Summers | 1931-11-04 |
| Many Waters as Godfrey Marvin | 1931-11-01 |
