Robert Desmond
Birthday
1922/12/16
Day of death
2002/01/01 (79 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also know as
--
Biography
Robert Desmond (16 December 1922 – 2002) was a British film and television actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He started out in juvenile roles, making his film debut in 1948's The Guinea Pig opposite Richard Attenborough. He appeared in a number of early television films such Boys in Brown, recreating the role of Spud Parker in the theatrical film version of 1949, again with Attenborough. He would appear opposite Attenborough one more time in The Great Escape (1963), as Griffith the Tailor. Other fi...Read more
Acting
(1963) The Great Escape
as Griffith 'Tailor'
(1955) The Cockleshell Heroes
as Marine Todd
(1962) Gaolbreak
as Page
(1960) Sink the Bismarck!
as Dexter (uncredited)
(1958) The Square Peg
as Sentry (uncredited)
(1949) Don't Ever Leave Me
as Mechanic (uncredited)
(1959) The Lady is a Square
as Wally (uncredited)
(1958) Indiscreet
as Young Man (uncredited)
(1957) These Dangerous Years
as Cream O'Casey
(1960) Too Young to Love
as 1st Sailor
(1948) The Guinea Pig
as (Uncredited)
(1959) The Ugly Duckling
as Dizzy
(1949) Boys in Brown
as Spud
(1961) The Best of Enemies
as Pvt. Singer
(1962) Compact
as Adrian Coombs