Acting credits
66
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Robert Urquhart
Acting
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Movies: 45Series: 21
TMDB ID: 30187
IMDb ID: nm0882048
Known for: Acting
Born: October 16, 1921
Died: March 21, 1995
Age: 73
Place of birth: Ullapool, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1952 - 1994
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q1609787
Also known as
Robert Urquhart Laing
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Robert Urquhart.
7.0
Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor
as Dadda Whalby
1994 Movie
The Long Roads
as Peter McVurrich
1993 Movie
4.5
Testimony
as Journalist
1988 Movie
6.6
The Kitchen Toto
as D.C. McKinnon
1988 Movie
The Shutter Falls
as Minister
1987 Movie
6.4
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Paul Krempe (archive footage)
1987 Movie
5.6
Playing Away
as Godfrey
1987 Movie
6.7
Restless Natives
as Baird
1985 Movie
4.5
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Albrecht Hoffman
1985 Movie
6.5
Sharma and Beyond
as Evan Gorley-Peters
1984 Movie
1.0
Puccini
as Doria's Father
1984 Movie
7.0
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
as Headmaster
1982 Movie
6.7
The Dollar Bottom
as Headmaster
1981 Movie
5.8
The Dogs of War
as Capt. Lockhart
1980 Movie
5.7
A Tale of Two Cities
as Attorney General
1980 Movie
7.7
Children of the Full Moon
as Harry
1980 Movie
A Gift from Nessus
as Sid Morton
1980 Movie
An Enemy of the People
as Tom Stockman
1980 Movie
Father's Day
as Martin Rice-Davies
1979 Movie
5.1
Gator
as 3rd Agent
1976 Movie
The Button Man
as Emrys
1976 Movie
8.0
Just Another Saturday
1975 Movie
The Reporters
as Vic
1972 Movie
5.9
Brotherly Love
as Auctioneer
1970 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Robert Urquhart.
6.5
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) • 2 eps
1994 Series
6.0
Bleak House
as Laurence Boythorn • 1 eps
1985 Series
5.0
Number 10
as Alexander Grant • 1 eps
1983 Series
7.1
Hammer House of Horror
as Harry • 1 eps
1980 Series
7.0
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
7 eps
1978 Series
7.5
The Professionals
as Thomas Darby • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.0
Playhouse
as Emrys • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.0
Pathfinders
13 eps
1972 Series
8.5
The Frighteners
as Rutherford • 1 eps
1972 Series
6.3
Play for Today
as Vic • 1 eps
1970 Series
6.0
Doomwatch
as Jim Ainslie • 1 eps
1970 Series
5.0
Department S
as Anthony James Harvey / Andrew Heywood • 1 eps
1969 Series
6.2
The Champions
as Hemmings • 1 eps
1968 Series
7.0
Man in a Suitcase
1 eps
1967 Series
7.0
Callan
1 eps
1967 Series
5.5
Mystery and Imagination
as Mr McLeod • 1 eps
1966 Series
7.4
The Saint
as Brian Quell • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.0
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1 eps
1962 Series
5.5
Suspense
as Sam Blair • 1 eps
1962 Series
7.7
The Avengers
as Maxwell • 2 eps
1961 Series
3.7
No Hiding Place
1 eps
1959 Series