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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 20.266 |
| Birthday | 1921-10-16 |
| Place of Birth | Ullapool, Scotland, UK |
| Also Known As | Robert Urquhart Laing, |
1963
Murder at the Gallop
6.964/152
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....
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Murder at the Gallop
1957
The Curse of Frankenstein
6.736/284
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature w...
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The Curse of Frankenstein
1985
Restless Natives
6.7/31
Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of to...
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Restless Natives
1957
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
7.2/10
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batter...
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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1963
The Break
6.1/6
A group of inmates escape from Dartmoor prison. They hide out in the English country side but are doggedly chased by police.
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The Break
1982
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
6.9/17
Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss...
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P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
1970
The Looking Glass War
5.5/27
When a Polish sailor jumps ship in Britain, a couple of local intelligence operatives keep him under surveillance. Soon, he’s recruited to infiltrate...
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The Looking Glass War
1958
Dunkirk
6.7/59
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 someh...
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Dunkirk
1980
An Enemy of the People
0/0
Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People as a direct response to the public's outcry over his earlier play Ghosts. Channeling his feelings into on Dr. Stock...
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An Enemy of the People
1970
Brotherly Love
5.9/4
Having left her husband, Hilary moves in with her unbalanced brother, Pink, who uses wit and humor to hide his amorous yearnings.
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Brotherly Love
1951
You're Only Young Twice
4.8/2
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...
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You're Only Young Twice
1954
Isn't Life Wonderful!
5.6/5
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...
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Isn't Life Wonderful!
1953
The House of the Arrow
6.5/2
A London solicitor and a French detective investigate the mysterious death of an elderly woman suspected of being poisoned.
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The House of the Arrow
1952
Paul Temple Returns
5.6/4
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 vic...
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Paul Temple Returns
1954
Happy Ever After
5.192/13
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...
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Happy Ever After
1987
Playing Away
5.6/5
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 Lond...
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Playing Away
1960
Foxhole in Cairo
5.5/2
A German spy in Cairo must report back to Rommel with information on British positions.
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Foxhole in Cairo
1975
England, Summer, Sunday
0/0
A play from 1976
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England, Summer, Sunday
1956
You Can't Escape
5/1
Novelist Peter Darwin is engaged to heiress Kay March. When he accidentally kills Claire, his former mistress, during a quarrel, he persuades a reluct...
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You Can't Escape
1954
Golden Ivory
5.3/3
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...
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Golden Ivory
1968
The Syndicate
0/0
Two vehicles lurch across the east African bush, carrying an ill-assorted party of prospectors who have formed a syndicate to search for uranium depos...
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The Syndicate
1960
Danger Tomorrow
5.5/4
A woman with extra-sensory perception has a vision of a murder.
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Danger Tomorrow
1960
Trouble with Eve
0/0
What happens when an attractive girl from Paris arrives in a sleepy riverside village.
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Trouble with Eve
1980
Fox
1/1
The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in South London and had gangland connections.
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Fox
1953
Knights of the Round Table
5.9/74
In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one day he must quit Camelot and the Queen Guinevere's...
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Knights of the Round Table
1985
Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil
4.5/9
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 brillian...
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Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil
1980
A Tale of Two Cities
5.733/15
Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles...
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A Tale of Two Cities
1981
The Dollar Bottom
6/1
Light-hearted tale about an enterprising Edinburgh boarding school boy who sets up an insurance scheme for fellow pupils in 1953 against getting caned...
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The Dollar Bottom
1972
The Reporters
0/0
Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed na...
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The Reporters
1975
Just Another Saturday
8/4
It's the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swinging the mace soon turns to horror as he learns th...
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Just Another Saturday
1984
Sharma and Beyond
6.5/2
A young would-be science-fiction writer finds out that his new girlfriend's father is his favorite author.
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Sharma and Beyond
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
6.4/7
A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips fro...
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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1952
Tread Softly
5/5
Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.
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Tread Softly
1980
A Gift from Nessus
0/0
Salesman Edie Cameron experiences setbacks in his work and personal life.
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A Gift from Nessus
1994
Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor
7/1
Stephen Whalby loves the moor. When a series of senseless murders of young women invades his beloved moor, he becomes intrigued...and a suspect.
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Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor
1980
Children of the Full Moon
6.5/2
A married couple, lost in the woods, stumbles across a creepy mansion and its inhabitants - an overly-kind old woman and deadly wolf children that sco...
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Children of the Full Moon
1976
Gator
5.2/81
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. Hi...
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Gator
1960
The Bulldog Breed
5.9/13
Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After being rejected by Marlene, the love of his life, h...
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The Bulldog Breed
1955
The Dark Avenger
6/6
Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect t...
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The Dark Avenger
1993
The Long Roads
0/0
An elderly woman learns that she is dying of cancer. She and her husband leave their small farm on the Isle of Skye to visit their children to inform...
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The Long Roads
1988
The Kitchen Toto
6.6/5
The son of a priest slain by the Mau Mau moves in with a police officer and his wife in 1950 Kenya.
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The Kitchen Toto
1963
55 Days at Peking
7.006/159
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebe...
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55 Days at Peking
1987
The Shutter Falls
0/0
A 19th Century photographer travels to the North of Scotland to document the fishing industry, where he falls in love with one of the Gaelic-speaking...
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The Shutter Falls
1984
Puccini
1/1
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...
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Puccini
1988
Testimony
5.7/3
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
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Testimony
1956
The Tamer Tamed
0/0
Elaine Morgan’s imaginative sequel to The Taming of the Shrew.
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The Tamer Tamed
1979
Father's Day
0/0
Teenager Philip has a day out with his father, whom he has not seen since he was two years old. His mother is not keen to hand her son over to the man...
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