
Robert Urquhart
Department: Acting
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

Murder at the Gallop
1963

The Curse of Frankenstein
1957

Restless Natives
1985

The Bulldog Breed
1960

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957

The Break
1963

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
1982

The Looking Glass War
1970

Dunkirk
1958

Puccini
1984

An Enemy of the People
1980

Brotherly Love
1970

The Dark Avenger
1955

You're Only Young Twice!
1952

Testimony
1988

Isn't Life Wonderful!
1953

The House of the Arrow
1953

Paul Temple Returns
1952

The Long Roads
1993

The Kitchen Toto
1988

55 Days at Peking
1963

Happy Ever After
1954

Playing Away
1987

The Shutter Falls
1987

Foxhole in Cairo
1960

England, Summer, Sunday
1976

The Tamer Tamed
1956

You Can't Escape
1956

Golden Ivory
1954

The Syndicate
1968

Danger Tomorrow
1960

Trouble with Eve
1960

Father's Day
1979

Fox
1980

Knights of the Round Table
1953

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985

A Tale of Two Cities
1980

The Dollar Bottom
1981

The Reporters
1972

Just Another Saturday
1975

Sharma and Beyond
1984

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987

Tread Softly
1952

A Gift from Nessus
1980

Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor
1994

Children of the Full Moon
1980

Gator
1976

The Button Man
1976

The Dogs of War
1980

The Simple Life
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The Highlands and Islands - a Royal Tour
1973

Department S
1969

The Avengers
1961

The Saint
1962

Callan
1967

The Champions
1968

Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962

No Hiding Place
1959

Man in a Suitcase
1967

Pathfinders
1972

Helen: A Woman of Today
1973

Jango
1961

International Detective
1959

Quest of Eagles
1979

The Aweful Mr Goodall
1974

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1978

The Inheritors
1974

Playhouse
1974

Hammer House of Horror
1980

Play for Today
1970

The Professionals
1977

The Frighteners
1972

Bleak House
1985

Doomwatch
1970

The Old Men at the Zoo
1983

Number 10
1983

The World of Hammer
1994

Mystery and Imagination
1966

Suspense
1962

Centre Play
1973

Yes Minister
1980

Country Matters
1972

Armchair Theatre
1956

Armchair Theatre
1956

ITV Playhouse
1967

ITV Playhouse
1967