Robert Urquhart

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

76

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-10-16

Day of death

1995-03-21 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Ullapool, Scotland, UK

Robert Urquhart

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Urquhart (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Professionals

    The Professionals

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

  • Callan

    Callan

  • The Champions

    The Champions

  • Dr. Finlay's Casebook

    Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

    Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

  • Danger Tomorrow

    Danger Tomorrow

  • Department S

    Department S

  • Testimony

    Testimony

  • Dunkirk

    Dunkirk

  • Hammer House of Horror

    Hammer House of Horror

  • Doomwatch

    Doomwatch

  • Gator

    Gator

  • The Break

    The Break

  • Tread Softly

    Tread Softly

  • Puccini

    Puccini

  • Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

  • Golden Ivory

    Golden Ivory

  • 55 Days at Peking

    55 Days at Peking

  • Knights of the Round Table

    Knights of the Round Table

  • Fox

    Fox

  • International Detective

    International Detective

  • Brotherly Love

    Brotherly Love

  • Restless Natives

    Restless Natives

  • Murder at the Gallop

    Murder at the Gallop

  • The Dogs of War

    The Dogs of War

  • The Reporters

    The Reporters

  • The World of Hammer

    The World of Hammer

  • Mystery and Imagination

    Mystery and Imagination

  • A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

  • The Frighteners

    The Frighteners

  • The Curse of Frankenstein

    The Curse of Frankenstein

  • Isn't Life Wonderful!

    Isn't Life Wonderful!

  • Paul Temple Returns

    Paul Temple Returns

  • Foxhole in Cairo

    Foxhole in Cairo

  • Just Another Saturday

    Just Another Saturday

  • The Dark Avenger

    The Dark Avenger

  • Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

    Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

  • The Looking Glass War

    The Looking Glass War

  • Trouble with Eve

    Trouble with Eve

  • The Long Roads

    The Long Roads

  • The Button Man

    The Button Man

  • Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

    Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

  • Happy Ever After

    Happy Ever After

  • Bleak House

    Bleak House

  • The Kitchen Toto

    The Kitchen Toto

  • P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

    P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

  • The Bulldog Breed

    The Bulldog Breed

  • Children of the Full Moon

    Children of the Full Moon

  • Father's Day

    Father's Day

  • Sharma and Beyond

    Sharma and Beyond

  • Number 10

    Number 10

  • The House of the Arrow

    The House of the Arrow

  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

    The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

  • You Can't Escape

    You Can't Escape

  • The Tamer Tamed

    The Tamer Tamed

  • The Inheritors

    The Inheritors

  • The Old Men at the Zoo

    The Old Men at the Zoo

  • The Shutter Falls

    The Shutter Falls

  • Helen: A Woman of Today

    Helen: A Woman of Today

  • An Enemy of the People

    An Enemy of the People

  • England, Summer, Sunday

    England, Summer, Sunday

  • Jango

    Jango

  • The Aweful Mr. Goodall

    The Aweful Mr. Goodall

  • A Gift from Nessus

    A Gift from Nessus

  • Pathfinders

    Pathfinders

  • Quest of Eagles

    Quest of Eagles

  • The Syndicate

    The Syndicate

  • Playing Away

    Playing Away

  • The Dollar Bottom

    The Dollar Bottom

  • Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor

    Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor

  • You're Only Young Twice!

    You're Only Young Twice!