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English actor (1909–1999)
Robert Douglas
Born Robert Douglas Finlayson
(1909-11-09 ) 9 November 1909Died 11 January 1999(1999-01-11) (aged 89) Occupation(s)
Actor ,
director ,
producer Years active 1927–1982 Spouses
(
m. 1935;
div. 1945)
Suzanne Weldon
(
m. 1946; died 1995)
Children 2
[1]
Robert Douglas Finlayson (9 November 1909 – 11 January 1999), known professionally as Robert Douglas , was an English stage and film actor, a television director and producer.
Early career and personal life
Douglas in
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
Douglas was born in
Fenny Stratford ,
Buckinghamshire .
[2] He studied at
RADA and made his stage debut at the Theatre Royal,
Bournemouth in 1927.
[3] A year later he made his first London appearance in
Many Waters at the
Ambassadors Theatre and went into films the following year.
[1]
Personal life and death
He was married twice, to actresses
Dorothy Hyson (1914–1996) and Suzanne Weldon (1921–1995), fathering two children, Lucinda and Robert (Giles).
[1] He died from
natural causes in
Encinitas, California , aged 89.
[4]
Career
As an actor
Theatre
1927: The Best People (Theatre Royal Bournemouth + tour)
1928: Crime (Grand Theatre Croydon + tour)
1928:
Many Waters (Ambassadors Theatre London)
1928: Mrs.Moonlight (Kingsway Theatre London)
1929: Black St. Anthony (Strand Theatre London)
1929:
A Bill of Divorcement (St.Martin's Theatre London)
1929: Barbara's Wedding (Apollo Theatre London)
1929: Many Waters (in UK, in Canada / Maxine Elliott's Theatre, Broadway + Times Square Theater Broadway)
1930: The Last Enemy (Fortune Theatre London)
1930:
Suspense (Duke of York's Theatre London)
1930:
Badger's Green (Prince of Wales Theatre London)
1930:
The Last Enemy (Hartford / New Haven + Shubert Theatre Broadway)
1931: After All (Criterion Theatre London + The New Theatre London)
1931: The Arch-Duchess (Phoenix-Theatre London)
1931: Vile Bodies (Arts Theatre London)
1931: Brief Moment (Detroit / Washington + Belasco Theatre Broadway + Cort Theatre Broadway)
1932: Vile Bodies (Vaudeville Theatre London)
1932: As it was in the Beginning (Arts Theatre London)
1933: Ten Minute Alibi (Embassy Theatre London + Haymarket Theatre London)
1933: These Two (Arts Theatre London)
1934:
Men in White (Lyric Theatre London + tour)
1934: Overture 1920 (Phoenix Theatre London)
1934: Inside the Room (Queens Theatre London)
1935: Theatre Royal / The Royal Family (Lyric Theatre London + tour)
1935:
Most of the Game (Cort Theatre Broadway)
1936: No Exit (Embassy Theatre London + St.Martin's Theatre London)
1936: Stubble before Swords (Globe Theatre London)
1936:
Kind Lady (The King's Theatre Edinburgh + Lyric Theatre London)
1938: Official Secret (Tour + New Theatre London)
1938: Night Arrival (Globe Theatre London)
1939: The Spring Time of Others (Gate Theatre London)
1946: Lighten our Darkness (New Theatre Hull + tour)
1946: He Lived in Two Worlds (Wimbledon Theatre London + tour)
1946:
But for the Grace of God (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh + tour + St.James Theatre London)
Film
Television
As a director
Theatre
Film
Television
As a producer
References
External links
International National Other