Robert Harris (English actor)
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| Born | 28 March 1900 Weston-super-Mare, England |
| Died | 18 May 1995 (aged 95) Hillingdon, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1930-1982 |
Robert Harris (28 March 1900 – 18 May 1995) was a British actor.Old Vic,[2][3] and on Broadway as Marchbanks in Bernard Shaw's Candida in 1937, opposite Katharine Cornell;[4] He also appeared in more than sixty films from 1930 to 1982.[5]
He was the castaway on Desert Island Discs on 10 February 1955.[6]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1930 | The W Plan | Subaltern | |
| 1943 | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | Embassy Secretary | |
| 1949 | The Bad Lord Byron | Dallas | |
| 1949 | For Them That Trespass | Defense Counsel Sir Huntley | |
| 1951 | In Time of Pestilence | Narrator | Voice |
| 1953 | Laughing Anne | Joseph Conrad | |
| 1955 | That Lady | Cardinal | |
| 1957 | Seven Waves Away | Arthur J. Middleton | |
| 1957 | The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown | Barney Baylies | |
| 1960 | Oscar Wilde | Justice Richard Henn Collins - First Trial | |
| 1963 | Girl in the Headlines | William Lamotte | |
| 1968 | Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher | Prendergast | |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Speaker Gully | |
| 1973 | Lady Caroline Lamb | Apothecary | |
| 1973 | Massacre in Rome | Father Pancrazio | |
| 1974 | Ransom | ||
| 1975 | Love Among the Ruins | Palmer | |
| 1978 | Fairy Tales | Dr. Ears |
References
- ^ "Obituaries - Robert Harris, Actor, 95". The New York Times. 22 May 1995. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "Robert Harris — RADA". www.rada.ac.uk.
- ^ "Robert Harris | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Candida – Broadway Play – 1937 Revival | IBDB".
- ^ "Robert Harris". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Desert Island Discs - Robert Harris". BBC Radio. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
External links
- Robert Harris at IMDb
- Robert Harris at the Internet Broadway Database
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