Robert Urquhart

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

75

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

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • The Professionals

    The Professionals

  • No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • The Champions

    The Champions

  • Dr. Finlay's Casebook

    Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • Doomwatch

    Doomwatch

  • 55 Days at Peking

    55 Days at Peking

  • Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

  • Isn't Life Wonderful!

    Isn't Life Wonderful!

  • Brideshead Revisited

    Brideshead Revisited

  • Callan

    Callan

  • A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

  • International Detective

    International Detective

  • Department S

    Department S

  • Hammer House of Horror

    Hammer House of Horror

  • Foxhole in Cairo

    Foxhole in Cairo

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

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

  • The Dark Avenger

    The Dark Avenger

  • Paul Temple Returns

    Paul Temple Returns

  • Testimony

    Testimony

  • Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

    Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

  • Mystery and Imagination

    Mystery and Imagination

  • The Long Roads

    The Long Roads

  • Puccini

    Puccini

  • The Break

    The Break

  • Dunkirk

    Dunkirk

  • Gator

    Gator

  • Just Another Saturday

    Just Another Saturday

  • Bleak House

    Bleak House

  • Trouble with Eve

    Trouble with Eve

  • Golden Ivory

    Golden Ivory

  • The House of the Arrow

    The House of the Arrow

  • Restless Natives

    Restless Natives

  • Brotherly Love

    Brotherly Love

  • Murder at the Gallop

    Murder at the Gallop

  • Tread Softly

    Tread Softly

  • The Frighteners

    The Frighteners

  • Knights of the Round Table

    Knights of the Round Table

  • Sharma and Beyond

    Sharma and Beyond

  • The Syndicate

    The Syndicate

  • The Button Man

    The Button Man

  • The Looking Glass War

    The Looking Glass War

  • The Bulldog Breed

    The Bulldog Breed

  • Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

    Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

  • Danger Tomorrow

    Danger Tomorrow

  • Fox

    Fox

  • The Curse of Frankenstein

    The Curse of Frankenstein

  • Father's Day

    Father's Day

  • The Inheritors

    The Inheritors

  • The Dogs of War

    The Dogs of War

  • Children of the Full Moon

    Children of the Full Moon

  • The Tamer Tamed

    The Tamer Tamed

  • The Old Men at the Zoo

    The Old Men at the Zoo

  • Happy Ever After

    Happy Ever After

  • The Kitchen Toto

    The Kitchen Toto

  • The Aweful Mr. Goodall

    The Aweful Mr. Goodall

  • The Reporters

    The Reporters

  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

    The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

  • Pathfinders

    Pathfinders

  • You're Only Young Twice!

    You're Only Young Twice!

  • Jango

    Jango

  • An Enemy of the People

    An Enemy of the People

  • Quest of Eagles

    Quest of Eagles

  • Helen: A Woman of Today

    Helen: A Woman of Today

  • P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

    P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

  • A Gift from Nessus

    A Gift from Nessus

  • The Shutter Falls

    The Shutter Falls

  • You Can't Escape

    You Can't Escape

  • England, Summer, Sunday

    England, Summer, Sunday

  • Playing Away

    Playing Away

  • The Dollar Bottom

    The Dollar Bottom

  • Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor

    Ruth Rendell: Master of the Moor