Robert Douglas

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 voice, who delivered his lines in clipped fashion. He could portray the sinister, conniving rogue as easily as the forthright military officer. He was married twice, including the actress Dorothy Hyson (1914–1996) and Suzanne Weldon (1921–1995), fathering two children, Lucinda and Robert (Giles). He died from natural causes in Leucadia, Encinitas, California, aged 89. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Douglas (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Columbo

as Frank Pierce

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Inspector Charles Tarrant

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Inspector Ben Liebenberg

Ivanhoe

as Sir Hugh De Bracy

The Fountainhead

as Elsworth Toohey

The Desert Rats

as General

The Flame and the Arrow

as Marchese Alessandro de Granazia

Secret Ceremony

as Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)

The Prisoner of Zenda

as Michael, Duke of Strelsau

Helen of Troy

as Agamemnon