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Aliases: Robert Urquhart Laing

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Ullapool, Scotland, UK

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Movie Involvements: 36

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Avengers
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8

The Avengers

(1961) Maxwell
The Saint
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7

The Saint

(1962) Brian Quell
The Professionals
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7

The Professionals

(1977) Thomas Darby
The Champions
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6

The Champions

(1968) Hemmings
Brideshead Revisited
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8

Brideshead Revisited

(1981) Quartering Commandant
Dunkirk
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7

Dunkirk

(1958) Mike
Hammer House of Horror
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7

Hammer House of Horror

(1980) Harry
55 Days at Peking
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7

55 Days at Peking

(1963) Capt. Hanley

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1994 Dadda Whalby
1993 Peter McVurrich
1988 Journalist
D.C. McKinnon
1987 Minister
Paul Krempe (archive footage)
Godfrey
1985 Baird
Albrecht Hoffman
1984 N/A
Doria's Father
1983 Sir Robert Falcon
1982 Headmaster
1981 Quartering Commandant
Headmaster
1980 Attorney General
Harry
Harry
Jerry
Sid Morton
Tom Stockman
1979 N/A
Martin Rice-Davies
1978 N/A
1977 Thomas Darby
1976 3rd Agent
1975 Morris
N/A
1974 N/A
N/A
N/A
1973 N/A
1972 Vic
N/A
1970 Auctioneer
Johnson
1969 Anthony James Harvey / Andrew Heywood
1968 Hemmings
George Brant
1967 N/A
N/A
1966 N/A
1963 Pearson
George Crossfield
Capt. Hanley
1962 Brian Quell
N/A
1961 N/A
Maxwell
1960 Cmdr. Clayton
Bob
Major Wilson
N/A
1959 N/A
N/A
1958 Mike
1957 Paul Krempe
Flight Lieutenant Fearnley
1956 Petruchio
Peter Darwin
1955 Sir Philip
1954 Frank, Charles' brother
Jim Dobson
Dr. Michael Flynn
1953 Gawaine
Jim Frobisher
1952 Clifford Brett
Slater
1951 Sheltie
Year Character Movie/Tv

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
1961 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

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