Robert Douglas (actor)

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Robert Douglas
Born Robert Douglas Finlayson
(1909-11-09)9 November 1909
Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England
Died 11 January 1999(1999-01-11) (aged 89)
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

Film

Television

As a director

Theatre

Film

Television

As a Producer

References

  1. ↑ 1901 Census website, Free BMD.
  2. ↑ "Obituary: Robert Douglas". 23 January 1999.
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