Robert Harris | |
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Photo by Anthony Buckley, 1959 | |
Born | 28 March 1900 Weston-super-Mare, England |
Died | 18 May 1995(1995-05-18) (aged 95) Hillingdon, England |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1930-1982 |
Robert Harris (28 March 1900 – 18 May 1995) was a British actor. He graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1925, and his stage work included seasons at Stratford, the Old Vic, and on Broadway as Marchbanks in Bernard Shaw's Candida in 1937, opposite Katharine Cornell; He also appeared in more than sixty films from 1930 to 1982.
He was the castaway on Desert Island Discs on 10 February 1955.
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.
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