Robert Douglas is a Actor and Director British born on 9 november 1909 at Fenny Stratford (United-kingdom)
Robert Douglas
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Birth name Robert Douglas FinlaysonNationality United-kingdomBirth 9 november 1909 at Fenny Stratford (
United-kingdom)
Death 11 january 1999 (at 89 years) at Encinitas (
USA)
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 screen debut at Bournemouth in 1927. A year later he made his first appearance on stage in Many Waters at the Ambassadors Theatre and went into films the following year. He was gently mannered with a well modulated speaking voice, who delivered his lines in clipped fashion. He could portray the sinister, conniving rogue as easily as the forthright military officer.
He was married twice, including the actress 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. Biography
Robert Douglas commence sa carrière d'acteur en Angleterre, au théâtre comme au cinéma, avec toutefois quelques incursions aux États-Unis, notamment à Broadway (ainsi, les pièces The Last Enemy en 1930 et Most of the Game en 1935). En 1947, il s'installe définitivement aux États-Unis, où il continue d'être acteur, tant au cinéma qu'au théâtre, mais également à la télévision où il participe à des séries et téléfilms. Un de ses rôles les mieux connus est celui du duc Michel de Streslau dans le film Le Prisonnier de Zenda (version de 1952), aux côtés de Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr et James Mason.
À partir de 1956 et jusqu'en 1982, il est également réalisateur, producteur et metteur en scène.
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