Robert Harris | |
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Born | 28 March 1900
Weston-super-Mare, England |
Died | 18 May 1995
Hillingdon, England | (aged 95)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1930-1982 |
Robert Harris (28 March 1900 – 18 May 1995) was a British actor. [1] He graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1925, and his stage work included seasons at Stratford, the 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]
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 |
Robert Harris | |
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Born | 28 March 1900
Weston-super-Mare, England |
Died | 18 May 1995
Hillingdon, England | (aged 95)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1930-1982 |
Robert Harris (28 March 1900 – 18 May 1995) was a British actor. [1] He graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1925, and his stage work included seasons at Stratford, the 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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
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 |