Robert Beatty

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name = Robert Beatty


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birthdate = birth date|1909|10|19|df=y
location = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
deathdate = death date and age|1992|03|03|1909|10|19|df=y
deathplace = London, England
occupation = Actor
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Robert Beatty (19 October, 1909 – 3 March 1992) was a Canadian actor who worked in film, television and radio for most of his career and was especially known in the United Kingdom.

Career

Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Beatty began his acting career in Britain in 1939.

Film

Beatty's film credits include: "San Demetrio, London" (1943), "Another Shore" (1948), "Captain Horatio Hornblower" (1951), "The Square Ring" (1953), "The Amorous Prawn" (1962), ' (1968), "Where Eagles Dare" (1968), "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" (1976), "Superman III" (1983), and ' (1987).

Television

He appeared in British television shows such as "Dial 999" (a co-production between Britain's ABC and the US company Ziv), "Doctor Who" ("The Tenth Planet" as General Cutler), "Blake's 7" ("The Way Back" as Bran Foster), "The Gathering Storm", "The New Avengers", and "Minder". He was in Franco Zeffirelli's TV mini-series "Jesus of Nazareth" and the American series of Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles".

Radio

Beatty played Philip Odell, a fictional Irish detective created by Lester Powell, between 1947 and 1961. The series debuted on BBC radio with the story "Lady in a Fog" in October 1947. The series was made available to overseas broadcasters by the BBC Transcription Service. His other radio credits included "Shadow Man" on Radio Luxembourg in 1955, "Destination - Fire!" on BBC (early 1960s), General Sternwood in a BBC version of Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep" (1977), "Pay Any Price" (BBC 1982), "The Mystery of the Blue Train" (BBC 1985/1986), and as Henry Hickslaughter in Elizabeth Troop's Sony Award winning adaptation of Graham Greene's short story "Cheap In August" (1993).

Beatty died in London in 1992 and was cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium.

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