Robert Urquhart

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.

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Gator (1976)

After his release from prison, notorious ex-con and moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky moves in with his father in a cabin in the Okefenokee Swamp. His bootlegging plans are cut short, however, when a federal agent tells McKlusky that he will lose custody of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Reynolds
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Jack Weston  •  Lauren Hutton  •  Jerry Reed

After his release from prison, notorious ex-con and moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky moves in with his father in a cabin in the Okefenokee Swamp. His bootlegging plans are cut short, however, when a federal agent tells McKlusky that he will lose custody of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Reynolds
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Jack Weston  •  Lauren Hutton  •  Jerry Reed

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Peter Cushing  •  Hazel Court  •  Robert Urquhart  •  Christopher Lee

Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Peter Cushing  •  Hazel Court  •  Robert Urquhart  •  Christopher Lee

55 Days at Peking (1963)

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Ray
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  Ava Gardner  •  David Niven  •  Burt Kwouk

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Ray
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  Ava Gardner  •  David Niven  •  Burt Kwouk

Dunkirk (1958)

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Norman
CAST:  John Mills  •  Richard Attenborough  •  Bernard Lee  •  Robert Urquhart

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Norman
CAST:  John Mills  •  Richard Attenborough  •  Bernard Lee  •  Robert Urquhart

Brotherly Love (1970)

Having left her husband, Hilary moves in with her unbalanced brother, Pink, who uses wit and humor to hide his amorous yearnings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Lee Thompson
CAST:  Peter O'Toole  •  Susannah York  •  Michael Craig  •  Harry Andrews

Having left her husband, Hilary moves in with her unbalanced brother, Pink, who uses wit and humor to hide his amorous yearnings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Lee Thompson
CAST:  Peter O'Toole  •  Susannah York  •  Michael Craig  •  Harry Andrews

Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil (1985)

The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, his younger brother Karl, a top athlete ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Goddard
CAST:  John Shea  •  Bill Nighy  •  Lucy Gutteridge  •  David Warner

The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, his younger brother Karl, a top athlete ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Goddard
CAST:  John Shea  •  Bill Nighy  •  Lucy Gutteridge  •  David Warner

Murder at the Gallop (1963)

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Pollock
CAST:  Margaret Rutherford  •  Stringer Davis  •  Robert Morley  •  Flora Robson

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Pollock
CAST:  Margaret Rutherford  •  Stringer Davis  •  Robert Morley  •  Flora Robson

The Looking Glass War (1969)

When a Polish sailor jumps ship in Britain, a couple of local intelligence operatives keep him under surveillance. Soon, he’s recruited to infiltrate a missile installation outside of East Berlin and bring back photos of the new rockets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Pierson
CAST:  Christopher Jones  •  Pia Degermark  •  Ralph Richardson  •  Paul Rogers

When a Polish sailor jumps ship in Britain, a couple of local intelligence operatives keep him under surveillance. Soon, he’s recruited to infiltrate a missile installation outside of East Berlin and bring back photos of the new rockets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Pierson
CAST:  Christopher Jones  •  Pia Degermark  •  Ralph Richardson  •  Paul Rogers

Playing Away (1987)

To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Horace Ové
CAST:  Norman Beaton  •  Robert Urquhart  •  Helen Lindsay  •  Nicholas Farrell

To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Horace Ové
CAST:  Norman Beaton  •  Robert Urquhart  •  Helen Lindsay  •  Nicholas Farrell

Happy Ever After (1954)

The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary, takes over the state and soon has aroused the displeasure of all, with the exception of Serena McGluskey, as much a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Zampi
CAST:  David Niven  •  Yvonne De Carlo  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  George Cole

The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary, takes over the state and soon has aroused the displeasure of all, with the exception of Serena McGluskey, as much a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Zampi
CAST:  David Niven  •  Yvonne De Carlo  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  George Cole

You're Only Young Twice (1951)

Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by the Principal as his new secretary so she jumps headlong into the role  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Bishop
CAST:  Duncan Macrae  •  Joseph Tomelty  •  Patrick Barr  •  Charles Hawtrey

Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by the Principal as his new secretary so she jumps headlong into the role  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Bishop
CAST:  Duncan Macrae  •  Joseph Tomelty  •  Patrick Barr  •  Charles Hawtrey

Trouble with Eve (1960)

What happens when an attractive girl from Paris arrives in a sleepy riverside village.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Searle
CAST:  Hy Hazell  •  Robert Urquhart  •  Sally Smith  •  Garry Marsh

What happens when an attractive girl from Paris arrives in a sleepy riverside village.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Searle
CAST:  Hy Hazell  •  Robert Urquhart  •  Sally Smith  •  Garry Marsh

Isn't Life Wonderful! (1954)

Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of which his brother-in-law is the family spokesman. It is decided to let Uncle Willie buy a bicycle shop in order to impress Virginia van Stuyden, an American heiress in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold French
CAST:  Peter Asher  •  Cecil Parker  •  Eileen Herlie  •  Donald Wolfit

Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of which his brother-in-law is the family spokesman. It is decided to let Uncle Willie buy a bicycle shop in order to impress Virginia van Stuyden, an American heiress in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold French
CAST:  Peter Asher  •  Cecil Parker  •  Eileen Herlie  •  Donald Wolfit

Paul Temple Returns (1952)

A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, is warned to stay away from the case, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maclean Rogers
CAST:  John Bentley  •  Patricia Dainton  •  Grey Blake  •  Peter Gawthorne

A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, is warned to stay away from the case, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maclean Rogers
CAST:  John Bentley  •  Patricia Dainton  •  Grey Blake  •  Peter Gawthorne

Golden Ivory (1954)

Set amid the magnificent scenery of the Kenyan bush, this safari adventure from 1954 depicts the many dangers faced by a group of British settlers in East Africa during the last decade of the nineteenth century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George P. Breakston
CAST:  Robert Urquhart  •  John Bentley  •  Susan Stephen  •  Alan Tarlton

Set amid the magnificent scenery of the Kenyan bush, this safari adventure from 1954 depicts the many dangers faced by a group of British settlers in East Africa during the last decade of the nineteenth century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George P. Breakston
CAST:  Robert Urquhart  •  John Bentley  •  Susan Stephen  •  Alan Tarlton

The Kitchen Toto (1988)

The son of a priest slain by the Mau Mau moves in with a police officer and his wife in 1950 Kenya.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Hook
CAST:  Edwin Mahinda  •  Bob Peck  •  Phyllis Logan  •  Nicholas Charles

The son of a priest slain by the Mau Mau moves in with a police officer and his wife in 1950 Kenya.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Hook
CAST:  Edwin Mahinda  •  Bob Peck  •  Phyllis Logan  •  Nicholas Charles

Puccini (1984)

In Torre del Lago, by Lake Massaciuccoli, Puccini is writing "The Girl of the Golden West" when his wife Elvira accuses him of a dalliance with their maid, Doria Manfredi, a young women from town. Although the maestro is frequently unfaithful, he denies the affair; ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Palmer
CAST:  Robert Stephens  •  Virginia McKenna  •  Judith Howarth  •  Robert Urquhart

In Torre del Lago, by Lake Massaciuccoli, Puccini is writing "The Girl of the Golden West" when his wife Elvira accuses him of a dalliance with their maid, Doria Manfredi, a young women from town. Although the maestro is frequently unfaithful, he denies the affair; ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Palmer
CAST:  Robert Stephens  •  Virginia McKenna  •  Judith Howarth  •  Robert Urquhart

A Tale of Two Cities (1980)

Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in the deadly web of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Goddard
CAST:  Chris Sarandon  •  Peter Cushing  •  Alice Krige  •  Kenneth More

Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in the deadly web of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Goddard
CAST:  Chris Sarandon  •  Peter Cushing  •  Alice Krige  •  Kenneth More

Danger Tomorrow (1960)

A woman with extra-sensory perception has a vision of a murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Bishop
CAST:  Zena Walker  •  Robert Urquhart  •  Rupert Davies  •  Annabel Maule

A woman with extra-sensory perception has a vision of a murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Bishop
CAST:  Zena Walker  •  Robert Urquhart  •  Rupert Davies  •  Annabel Maule

The House of the Arrow (1953)

A London solicitor and a French detective investigate the mysterious death of an elderly woman suspected of being poisoned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Oskar Homolka  •  Robert Urquhart  •  Yvonne Furneaux  •  Josephine Griffin

A London solicitor and a French detective investigate the mysterious death of an elderly woman suspected of being poisoned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Oskar Homolka  •  Robert Urquhart  •  Yvonne Furneaux  •  Josephine Griffin
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