Robert Stephens
Date of birth: 1931-07-14
Place of birth: Bristol, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Sir Robert Stephens (14 July 1931 – 12 November 1995) was a leading English actor in the early years of England's Royal National Theatre. He was one of the most respected actors of his generation and was at one time regarded as the natural successor to Laurence Olivier. While very acting on stage his whole life, he also participated in more than 100 theatrical films and TV series episodes. He was married to actress Maggie Smith between 1967 and 1974. They had two children together, who both have become actors: Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin. Following years of ill health, he died on 12 November 1995 at the age of 64 due to complications during surgery, eleven months after having been knighted. Description above partly from the Wikipedia article Robert Stephens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Movie Credits
Anyone for Denis
1982-12-28
Anyone for Denis? is a British video-taped television version of the stage play of the same name bro
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981-05-06
Friends, contemporaries and even enemies of Alexander the Great gather in a tent to tell his tale th
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969-02-24
A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influen
Travels with My Aunt
1972-12-17
At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentri
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970-10-29
Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investig
Romeo and Juliet
1968-04-02
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven
A Taste of Honey
1961-10-01
While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo h
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993-08-13
A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famo
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
1966-04-03
Morgan, an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer, a fantasist who uses his flights of fancy as refuge
Chaplin
1992-12-17
An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealt
The Asphyx
1972-12-05
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, ad
Ada in the Jungle
1988-09-28
A dying man Lord Gordon asks his niece Ada to find his son in Africa whom he left many years ago.
At Night All Cats Are Crazy
1977-11-23
Playwright Charles Watson entertains his niece Lily by telling her about the adventures of Philibert
The Duellists
1977-08-31
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel
Luther
1974-01-21
A 16th-century clergyman's view breaks the Catholic Church apart.
Henry V
1989-10-05
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the co
The Small World of Sammy Lee
1963-04-20
The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes mo
Lunch Hour
1962-01-01
A young female designer is on the brink of an affair with a married male executive at the company wh
Pirates of Tortuga
1961-08-25
After a lengthy voyage, Capt. Bart docks his ship in a London harbor and is given a new mission by B
30 Door Key
1991-09-02
A young writer in 1939 Warsaw faces the conflict of acting his age or relapsing into childhood durin
High Season
1987-09-01
On the isle of Rhodes, Katherine, an expatriate English photographer, lives with her daughter. A you
Lorna Doone
1990-12-26
A feisty 17th-century Scotswoman falls in love with a despised landowner, to the dismay of her fathe
The Inspector
1962-05-24
At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palesti
The Games of Countess Dolingen
1981-09-01
This complex and puzzling French drama walks the fine wavering line between the fictional and the ve
The Queen's Guards
1961-10-17
Captains John Fellows and Henry Wynne-Walton finish their Army training at Sandhurst Military Academ
American Roulette
1988-01-01
Carlos Quintas, the democratically-elected president of an unnamed South American country, has been
One Fine Day
1979-02-17
Alan Bennett's play about the mid-life crisis of an estate agent.
The Secret Rapture
1993-09-12
Upon her father's death, a woman comes into emotional and psychological conflict with her young love
Circle of Deception
1960-11-01
Unbeknownst to him, a soldier is sent on a doomed mission because of the high likelihood of him divu
Empire of the Sun
1987-12-09
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all
Birth of a Nation
1983-06-19
A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just b
Wings of Fame
1990-03-23
A famous movie actor claims that he has written a book. As result, a real author, not a very well kn
Century
1993-12-31
Turn-of-the-century love story centered around a young doctor and the emergence of modern science.
Adam Bede
1992-03-01
Rich and languorous, this adaptation of George Eliot's classic tale perfectly evokes rural England i
Much Ado About Nothing
1967-02-05
Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre
The Fruit Machine
1988-11-04
Eddie and Michael are two 16-year-old gay friends from Liverpool. Berated by his father for his cam
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1971-09-26
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set i
Ten Days That Shook the World
1967-01-01
An epic presentation of the turbulent days leading to the Russian Revolution. Based on the classic w
Horizontal Hold
1968-05-27
A woman writes a book about sex and marriage and it becomes a best seller.
Puccini
1984-01-01
In Torre del Lago, by Lake Massaciuccoli, Puccini is writing "The Girl of the Golden West" when his
Julius Caesar
1969-04-13
The play by William Shakespeare.
The Children
1990-05-18
Rose Sellars is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower. However, his children believe
Afraid of the Dark
1991-10-10
A little boy, obsessed with blindness and violence, slowly gets trapped in his own delusions.
England, My England
1995-01-01
The story of Henry Purcell.
The Winter's Tale
1981-02-08
The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and sh
Cleopatra
1963-06-12
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar
Ill Fares the Land
1983-11-01
The story of the last two years the inhabitants of the islands of St Kilda (far off the west coast o
The Pope Must Die
1991-06-21
A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff,
Comrades
1987-08-23
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one
The Shout
1978-06-16
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of
The Executioner
1980-04-17
Jan and Meg Citron are on holiday in Germany. Their car is stopped by the police. A simple traffic o
Nothing Like a Dame
2018-05-02
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atki
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990-12-21
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotli
Hesther for Example
1980-02-16
Cousin, W. Clifford Mill, ran a dirty postcard business; which brings Paul to the country in search
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024-12-14
A tribute to the celebrated and enigmatic actress, with her life story told by those who knew her be
Testimony
1988-11-01
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career durin