Robert Douglas
Birthday
1909/11/09
Day of death
1999/01/11 (89 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. [now Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK]
Also know as
Robert Douglas Finlayson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Douglas (9 November 1909 - 11 January 1999) was born as Robert Douglas Finlayson in Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire. He was a successful stage and film actor, a television director and producer. He studied at RADA and made his screen debut at Bournemouth in 1927. A year later he made his first appearance on stage in Many Waters at the Ambassadors Theatre and went into films the following year. He was gently mannered with a well modulated speaking v...Read more
Acting
(1955) Good Morning, Miss Dove
as John Porter
(1949) The Fountainhead
as Elsworth Toohey
(1950) The Flame and the Arrow
as Marchese Alessandro de Granazia
(1952) Ivanhoe
as Sir Hugh De Bracy
(1948) Adventures of Don Juan
as Duque de Lorca
(1952) The Prisoner of Zenda
as Michael, Duke of Strelsau
(1953) The Desert Rats
as General
(1956) Helen of Troy
as Agamemnon
(1955) The Virgin Queen
as Sir Christopher Hatton
(1959) The Young Philadelphians
as Uncle Morton Stearnes
(1947) The End of the River
as Jones
(1968) Secret Ceremony
as Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)
(1974) The Questor Tapes
as Dr. Michaels
(1950) This Side of the Law
as Philip Cagle
(1950) Buccaneer's Girl
as Alexander Narbonne
(1939) The Lion Has Wings
as Briefing Officer
(1949) Homicide
as Lt. Michael Landers
(1954) King Richard and the Crusaders
as Sir Giles Amaury
(1951) Thunder on the Hill
as Dr. Edward Jeffreys
(1939) Over the Moon
as John Flight
(1949) The Lady Takes a Sailor
as John Tyson
(1954) Saskatchewan
as Benton
(1948) The Decision of Christopher Blake
as Ken Blake
(1935) Death Drives Through
as Kit Woods
(1950) Mystery Submarine
as Commander von Molter
(1955) The Scarlet Coat
as Gen. Benedict Arnold
(1938) The Challenge
as Edward Whymper
(1937) London Melody
as Nigel Taplow
(1940) The Chinese Bungalow
as Richard Marquess
(1951) Target Unknown
as Col. von Broeck
(1959) Tarzan, the Ape Man
as Col. James Parker
(1953) Fair Wind to Java
as Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar
(1950) Kim
as Colonel Creighton
(1950) Barricade
as Aubrey Milburn
(1953) Flight to Tangier
as Danzer
(1949) The Hasty Heart
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1972) The Woman I Love
as Stanley Baldwin
(1933) The Blarney Stone
as Lord Breethorpe
(1937) Our Fighting Navy
as Capt. Markham
(1961) The Lawbreakers
as Allen Bardeman
(1931) Many Waters
as Godfrey Marvin
(1950) Spy Hunt
as Stephen Paradou
(1983) Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
as Self
(1931) P.C. Josser
as Dick Summers
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1969) Medical Center
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Inspector Charles Tarrant
(1960) Thriller
as Antony Hugh Swinburne
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Frank Hunter
(1959) One Step Beyond
as Harrison Ackroyd
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Albert Othery
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Roger Howard
(1957) Panic!
as ---
(1961) The Asphalt Jungle
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as ---
(1959) One Step Beyond
as Gen. George Washington
(1959) One Step Beyond
as Paul McCord
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Inspector Ben Liebenberg
(1971) Columbo
as Frank Pierce
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Gen. Cornwallis
(1975) The Invisible Man
as Dr. Theophilus