Robert Douglas (actor)

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Robert Douglas
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Born Robert Douglas Finlayson
(1909-11-09)9 November 1909
Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England
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Leucadia, Encinitas, California,  United States
Occupation actor, director, producer
Years active 1927-1982
Spouse(s) Dorothy Hyson (1935-45),
Suzanne Weldon, née Hopkinson (1946-1995) (her death) 2 children[1]
Children Robert Giles Finlayson
Lucinda Gail Gabri

Robert Douglas (9 November 1909 – 11 January 1999) was born as Robert Douglas Finlayson in Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire. He was a successful stage and film actor, a television director and producer.

He studied at RADA and made his stage debut at the Theatre Royal, Bournemouth in 1927. A year later he made his first London appearance in Many Waters at the Ambassadors Theatre and went into films the following year.[2] He was gentle-mannered with a well modulated speaking voice, and delivered his lines in a clipped fashion. He could portray the sinister, conniving rogue as easily as the forthright military officer.

He was married twice, to actresses Dorothy Hyson (1914–1996) and Suzanne Weldon (1921–1995), fathering two children, Lucinda and Robert (Giles). He died from natural causes in Leucadia, Encinitas, California, aged 89. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

Occupation

As an actor

Theatre

  • 1927: The Best People (Theatre Royal, Bournemouth)
  • 1928: Crime
  • 1928: Many Waters (Ambassadors Theatre, London)
  • 1928: Mrs.Moonlight (Kingsway Theatre, London)
  • 1929: Black St.Anthony (Strand Theatre, London)
  • 1929: A Bill of Divorcement (St.Martin's Theatre, London)
  • 1929: Barbara's Wedding (Apollo Theatre, London)
  • 1929: Many Waters (Maxine Elliott's Theatre and Times Square Theater, Broadway)
  • 1930: The Last Enemy (Fortune Theatre, London)
  • 1930: Suspense (Duke of York's Theatre, London)
  • 1930: Badger's Green (Prince of Wales Theatre, London)
  • 1930: The Last Enemy (Hartford; New Haven and Shubert Theatre, Broadway)
  • 1931: After All (Criterion Theatre, London)
  • 1931: The Arch-Duchess (Phoenix-Theatre, London)
  • 1931: Vile Bodies (Arts Theatre, London)
  • 1931: Brief Moment (Detroit; Washington and Belasco Theatre, Broadway)
  • 1932: Vile Bodies (Vaudeville Theatre, London)
  • 1932: As it was in the Beginning (Arts Theatre, London)
  • 1933: Ten Minute Alibi (Embassy Theatre, and Haymarket Theatre, London)
  • 1933: These Two (Arts Theatre, London)
  • 1934: Men in White (Lyric Theatre, London)
  • 1934: Overture 1920 (Phoenix Theatre, London)
  • 1934: Inside the Room (Queens Theatre, London)
  • 1935: Theatre Royal / The Royal Family (Lyric Theatre, London)
  • 1935: Most of the Game (Cort Theatre, Broadway)
  • 1936: No Exit (Embassy Theatre, and St.Martin's Theatre, London)
  • 1936: Stubble before Swords (Globe Theatre, London)
  • 1936: Kind Lady (Lyric Theatre, London)
  • 1938: Official Secret (New Theatre, London)
  • 1938: Night Arrival (Globe Theatre, London)
  • 1939: The Spring Time of Others (Gate Theatre, London)
  • 1946: Lighten our Darkness (London)
  • 1946: But for the Grace of God (St.James Theatre, London)

Film

Television

As a director

Theatre

Film

  • 1964: Night Train to Paris

Television

As a Producer

References

  1. ↑ 1901 Census website, Free BMD.[not specific enough to verify]
  2. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-robert-douglas-1075639.html
  • Picture Show who's who on the Screen 1932

External links

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