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Robert Helpmann is a Actor, Director and Choreographer Australien born on 9 april 1909 at Mount Gambier, South Australia (Australie)

Robert Helpmann

Robert Helpmann
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Birth name Robert Murray Helpman
Nationality Australie
Birth 9 april 1909 at Mount Gambier, South Australia (Australie)
Death 28 september 1986 (at 77 years) at Sydney (Australie)
Awards Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Sir Robert Helpmann CBE (9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian dancer, actor, theatre director and choreographer.

Biography

In 1938, Helpmann met a young Oxford undergraduate while fulfilling an invitation to dance at the university. He was immediately drawn to the handsome and intelligent Michael Benthall, and the pair formed a relationship that was to last for 36 years until Benthall's death in 1974. The couple lived and often worked together quite openly for the time. Although devastated by the loss of his longtime companion and collaborator, "Sir Bobby" continued to act, direct and produce with his legendary theatrical flair until his death.

Best films

The Red Shoes (1948)
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Filmography of Robert Helpmann (17 films)

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Actor

Second Time Lucky, 1h41
Directed by Michael Anderson
Genres Comedy
Actors Diane Franklin, Robert Morley, Roger Wilson, Robert Helpmann, John-Michael Howson, David Weatherley
Roles The Devil
Rating51% 2.5621152.5621152.5621152.5621152.562115
This script must be run from the command line
Patrick
Patrick (1978)
, 1h52
Directed by Richard Franklin
Origin Australie
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar, Julia Blake, Frank Wilson
Roles Dr. Roget
Rating61% 3.099723.099723.099723.099723.09972
Patrick (Robert Thompson) lies in a coma in a Melbourne private hospital. He had murdered his mother and her lover three years ago by electrocuting them in the bath. Patrick, who has psychokinetic powers, falls in love with Kathy (Susan Penhaligon), the new nurse at the hospital, communicating with her via an electric typewriter. Patrick also uses his psychokinetic powers to control the men in Kathy's life and to defend himself against the hospital's bitter Matron Cassidy (Julia Blake) who plots to murder him.
The Mango Tree, 1h44
Genres Drama
Actors Geraldine Fitzgerald, Robert Helpmann, Carol Burns, Gerard Kennedy, Diane Craig, Gerry Duggan
Roles Professor
Rating68% 3.4131253.4131253.4131253.4131253.413125
The film is about Jamie, a young man in his formative teen years, growing up in rural subtropical town of Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, set around World War I. Jamie, raised by this grandmother, enjoys his life in "Bundy", until the town's reaction to the insanity of a local preacher leads him to leave his hometown for life in the city.
Puzzle
Puzzle (1976)
, 1h15
Directed by Gordon Hessler
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors James Franciscus, Wendy Hughes, Robert Helpmann, Peter Gwynne, Gerard Kennedy, Shane Porteous
Roles Shepherd
Rating56% 2.824552.824552.824552.824552.82455
A woman steals gold from her second husband just before his death. She goes looking for it with her first husband, a tennis pro.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 2h24
Directed by Ken Hughes, Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Aviation films, Musical films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Adrian Hall, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Quayle
Roles Child Catcher
Rating68% 3.4492453.4492453.4492453.4492453.449245
Set in the 1910s, the story opens with a montage of European Grand Prix races in which a particular car appears to win every race. In the final race, the car swerves to avoid a girl and a dog, loses control, crashes, and catches fire, bringing its racing career to an end. The car ends up in an old garage in rural England, where two children, Jeremy and Jemima Potts, have grown fond of it. They are told by a junkman that he intends to buy the car from the garage owner for scrap. The children (who live with their widowed father Caractacus Potts, an eccentric inventor, and his equally peculiar father) implore their father to buy the car before the junkman does, but he does not have the money. While playing truant, they meet Truly Scrumptious, a beautiful upper class woman with her own motorcar. She brings them home to report their truancy to their father. Truly shows interest in Caractacus' odd inventions, but he is affronted by her insistence that his children should be in school.
The Quiller Memorandum, 1h44
Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Politique, Political films
Actors George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow, Senta Berger, George Sanders, Robert Flemyng
Roles Weng
Rating62% 3.145393.145393.145393.145393.14539
In the dead of the night a man walks down a deserted Berlin street. He enters a phone booth, but as he dials a number, he is shot dead.
55 Days at Peking, 2h34
Directed by Nicholas Ray, Andrew Marton, Guy Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, Burt Kwouk, John Ireland
Roles Prince Tuan
Rating67% 3.352043.352043.352043.352043.35204
55 Days in Peking is a dramatization of the siege of the foreign legations' compounds in Peking (now known as Beijing) during the Boxer Rebellion which took place from 1898-1900 in China. It is based on the book by Noel Gerson.
The Big Money, 1h26
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ian Carmichael, Belinda Lee, Kathleen Harrison, Robert Helpmann, Leslie Phillips, James Hayter
Roles The Reverend
Rating55% 2.7685452.7685452.7685452.7685452.768545
Ian Carmichael as Willie is the bad seed of a family of thieves (father James Hayter, mother Kathleen Harrison, and sister, Jill Ireland). One day he heists a briefcase from a dodgy clergyman (Robert Helpmann) which is full of pound notes. Unfortunately, the notes all have the same serial number!
The Iron Petticoat, 1h27
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, David Kossoff, Nicholas Phipps
Roles Ivan Kropotkin
Rating51% 2.558962.558962.558962.558962.55896
Captain Vinka Kovelenko (Katharine Hepburn) lands a Russian jet in West German territory, to the surprise of US armed forces, who take her prisoner. She is neither on a mission nor defecting, however, just upset about a personal matter back home.
The Tales of Hoffmann, 2h8
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about writers, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Moira Shearer, Ludmila Tcherina, Robert Helpmann, Pamela Brown, Ann Ayars, Mogens Wieth
Roles Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle
Rating70% 3.547593.547593.547593.547593.54759
In the prologue, Hoffmann is in the audience at a performance by Stella, a prima ballerina. Stella sends Hoffmann a note asking him to meet her after the performance, but the note is intercepted by his rival, Councillor Lindorf. Not having received her note, Hoffmann goes to the tavern in the interval, where he tells the story of a clown, Kleinzach and three stories of his past loves — Olympia, Giulietta and Antonia, and gets drunk.
The Red Shoes, 2h14
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Robert Helpmann, Albert Bassermann, Ludmila Tcherina
Roles Ivan Boleslawsky
Rating80% 4.048734.048734.048734.048734.04873
Victoria 'Vicky' Page (Moira Shearer) is a young, unknown dancer from an aristocratic background. At an after-ballet party, arranged by her aunt as a surreptitious audition, she meets Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), the ruthless but charismatic impresario of the Ballet Lermontov. Lermontov takes her on as a student, where she is taught by, among others, Grisha Ljubov (Léonide Massine), the company's chief choreographer.
Caravan
Caravan (1946)
, 1h20
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Stewart Granger, Jean Kent, Anne Crawford, Dennis Price, Robert Helpmann, Patricia Laffan
Roles Wycroft
Rating61% 3.09513.09513.09513.09513.0951
In the late 19th-century, writer Richard Darrell (Stewart Granger) saves Don Carlos (Gerard Heinz) from two robbers. Don Carlos gives Richard the task of taking a valuable necklace to Spain. Bidding farewell to his fiancée, Oriana (Anne Crawford), Richard sets out. On the way, he meets Wycroft (Robert Helpmann), who assaults, robs and nearly kills Richard on behalf of his dastardly master Sir Francis Castteldow (Dennis Price), an aristocrat who plans to steal Oriana from Richard.