Robert Douglas (actor)

infobox actor


birthname=Robert Douglas Finlayson
birthdate=birth date|1909|9|11
birthplace=Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England
deathdate=death date and age|1999|9|1|1909|9|11
deathplace=Encinitas, California, USA
occupation=actor, screenwriter, director
spouse=Dorothy Hyson,
Suzanne Weldon

Robert Douglas was born as Robert Douglas Finlayson in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire on 9 November 1909. He was a successful stage and film actor, a television director and producer.

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 fortright military officer.

He was married three times, including the actress Dorothy Hyson and Suzanne Weldon, fathering two children. He died from natural causes in Encinitas, California on 9 January 1999, aged 89.

Filmography

As an actor

Film

*1931 : "Dr. Josser, K.C." with Milton Rosmer
*1937 : "London Melody" with Herbert Wilcox
*1938 : "The Challenge" with Milton Rosmer
*1947 : "The End of the River" with Derek N. Twist
*1948 : "The Adventures of Don Juan" with Vincent Sherman
*1949 : "The Fountainhead" with King Vidor
*1950 : "The Flame and the Arrow" with Jacques Tourneur
*1952 : "Ivanhoe" with Richard Thorpe
*1952 : "The Prisoner of Zenda" with Richard Thorpe
*1955 : "The Scarlet Coat" de John Sturges

Television

*1975: "Columbo" (Season 4, Episode 4 - "Trouble Waters")

As a screenwriter

Film

*1964 : "Night Train to Paris"

Theatre

*1956 (in Broadway) : "Affair of Honor", "The Loud Red Patrick" (co-producer), "The Ponder Heat", "Uncle Willie" (from 1957)

Television

*1967-1968: "The Invaders"), season 2 and - episode 18: "Counterattack"

As a director

*"Suspicion" ("The Alfred Hitchcock Hour") (1962 - 1965) : eight episodes (1963-1964)

External links

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