Robert Urquhart
Date of birth: 1921-10-16
Place of birth: Ullapool, Scotland, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Robert Urquhart Laing
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.
Movie Credits
Murder at the Gallop
1963-06-24
Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957-05-20
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of event
Restless Natives
1985-06-01
Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and a
The Bulldog Breed
1960-12-13
Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957-04-01
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the
The Break
1963-07-07
A group of inmates escape from Dartmoor prison. They hide out in the English country side but are do
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
1982-11-03
Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England
The Looking Glass War
1970-01-02
When a Polish sailor jumps ship in Britain, a couple of local intelligence operatives keep him under
Dunkirk
1958-03-20
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer i
Puccini
1984-01-01
In Torre del Lago, by Lake Massaciuccoli, Puccini is writing "The Girl of the Golden West" when his
An Enemy of the People
1980-02-02
Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People as a direct response to the public's outcry over his earlier play
Brotherly Love
1970-01-07
Having left her husband, Hilary moves in with her unbalanced brother, Pink, who uses wit and humor t
The Dark Avenger
1955-04-15
Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English arm
You're Only Young Twice!
1952-07-01
Ada Shore (Diane Hart) arrives at Skerryvore University in Scotland in search of her long-lost uncle
Testimony
1988-11-01
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career durin
Isn't Life Wonderful!
1953-11-08
Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of whi
The House of the Arrow
1953-08-01
A London solicitor and a French detective investigate the mysterious death of an elderly woman suspe
Paul Temple Returns
1952-11-24
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There
The Long Roads
1993-01-31
An elderly woman learns that she is dying of cancer. She and her husband leave their small farm on t
The Kitchen Toto
1988-04-29
The son of a priest slain by the Mau Mau moves in with a police officer and his wife in 1950 Kenya.
55 Days at Peking
1963-05-06
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the Internati
Happy Ever After
1954-06-29
The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed
Playing Away
1987-01-02
To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English vi
The Shutter Falls
1987-09-16
A 19th Century photographer travels to the North of Scotland to document the fishing industry, where
Foxhole in Cairo
1960-03-09
A German spy in Cairo must report back to Rommel with information on British positions.
England, Summer, Sunday
1976-01-31
A play from 1976
The Tamer Tamed
1956-02-07
Elaine Morgan’s imaginative sequel to The Taming of the Shrew.
You Can't Escape
1956-01-01
Novelist Peter Darwin is engaged to heiress Kay March. When he accidentally kills Claire, his former
Golden Ivory
1954-10-03
Set amid the magnificent scenery of the Kenyan bush, this safari adventure from 1954 depicts the man
The Syndicate
1968-09-16
Two vehicles lurch across the east African bush, carrying an ill-assorted party of prospectors who h
Danger Tomorrow
1960-03-31
A woman with extra-sensory perception has a vision of a murder.
Trouble with Eve
1960-03-01
What happens when an attractive girl from Paris arrives in a sleepy riverside village.
Father's Day
1979-03-10
Teenager Philip has a day out with his father, whom he has not seen since he was two years old. His
Fox
1980-03-10
The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in Sout
Knights of the Round Table
1953-12-22
In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985-02-17
The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two B
A Tale of Two Cities
1980-12-02
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French docto
The Dollar Bottom
1981-02-01
Light-hearted tale about an enterprising Edinburgh boarding school boy who sets up an insurance sche
The Reporters
1972-10-09
Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an e
Just Another Saturday
1975-07-05
It's the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swin
Sharma and Beyond
1984-05-24
A young would-be science-fiction writer finds out that his new girlfriend's father is his favorite a
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987-06-26
A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films i
Tread Softly
1952-12-01
Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a
A Gift from Nessus
1980-02-28
Salesman Edie Cameron experiences setbacks in his work and personal life.
Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor
1994-09-02
Stephen Whalby loves the moor. When a series of senseless murders of young women invades his beloved
Children of the Full Moon
1980-11-01
A married couple, lost in the woods, stumbles across a creepy mansion and its inhabitants - an overl
Gator
1976-08-25
After his release from prison, notorious ex-con and moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky moves in with
The Button Man
1976-04-09
' Whatever you think of me doesn't change what you are. Rabble who've heard of socialism and think i
The Dogs of War
1980-12-17
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small Afri