The character actor Robert Urquhart was born in 1921 in Ullapool, Scotland. His stage debut came in 1947 and his film debut 5 years later. He worked steadily until the late 1980s in both film and television, usually playing the stalwart, dependable type. He became particularly well known on television as a regular in a number of British series, ...
Presenter of the Civil Defence Bulletins, which were made in the early 1960s. These films would have been shown to the public in the crisis period prior to nuclear war. He appeared in Civil Defence Corps uniform. The films were dropped after the UK Government scrapped Civil Defence in 1968. They were replaced with the infamous 'Protect And Survive'.
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Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1994
TV Series
Dadda Whalby
Screen Two
1993
TV Series
Peter McVurrich
Testimony
1988
The Journalist
Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop
1988
TV Series
The Kitchen Toto
1987
D.C. McKinnon
Screenplay
1987
TV Series
Minister
Playing Away
1987
Godfrey
The Queen's Arms
1986
TV Movie
Sam
Restless Natives
1985
Baird
Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House
1985
TV Mini-Series
Laurence Boythorn
Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil
1985
TV Movie
Albrecht Hoffman
Puccini
1984
TV Movie
Doria's Father
Scotland's Story
1984
TV Series
Lord Daer
Donald MacLeod
Lord Basil Daer, MP
Sharma and Beyond
1984
TV Movie
Evan Gorley-Peters
Bookie
1983
TV Movie
The Old Men at the Zoo
1983
TV Series
Sir Robert Falcon
Number 10
1983
TV Mini-Series
Alexander Grant
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang.
1982
TV Movie
Headmaster
Crown Court
1982
TV Series
Det, Chief Supt, Mackenzie
Brideshead Revisited
1981
TV Mini-Series
Quartering Commandant
Barriers
1981
TV Series
Stanley McIntyre
The Dollar Bottom
1981
Short
Headmaster
The Dogs of War
1980
Capt. Lockhart
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
TV Movie
Attorney General
Hammer House of Horror
1980
TV Series
Harry
Fox
1980
TV Series
Jerry
Yes Minister
1980
TV Series
Tom Sargent - Opposition MP
Play for Today
1972-1980
TV Series
Sid Morton / Vic
An Enemy of the People
1980
TV Movie
Tom Stockman
Quest of Eagles
1979
TV Series
Wilson
Father's Day
1979
TV Movie
Philip's Father
The Professionals
1978
TV Series
Thomas Darby
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1978
TV Series
George Jenkins
The Sunday Drama
1977
TV Series
Lionel
Happy Ever After
1977
TV Series
Sir Andrew McPherson
Gator
1976
3rd Agent
BBC2 Playhouse
1976
TV Series
Emrys
Centre Play
1976
TV Series
Morris
The Nearly Man
1975
TV Series
Tom Morton
The Inheritors
1974
TV Series
Lord James Gethin
The Aweful Mr. Goodall
1974
TV Series
Jack Goodall
Late Night Theatre
1972-1974
TV Series
James / Tommy Hope
Helen: A Woman of Today
1973
TV Series
Harold Watson
Country Matters
1973
TV Mini-Series
Barty Bartholomew
The Pathfinders
1972-1973
TV Series
Wing Commander MacPhearson
Nightmare
1972
The Frighteners
1972
TV Series
Rutherford
The Man Outside
1972
TV Series
Doctor Ralph Adams
Callan
1972
TV Series
Major Harcourt
Doomwatch
1971
TV Series
Jim Ainslie
Paul Temple
1971
TV Series
Arthur Swann
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1963-1970
TV Series
Matt Daker / Dude Carroll
Menace
1970
TV Series
Frank Smith
Mogul
1970
TV Series
Charles Attwell
Brotherly Love
1970
Auctioneer
Parkin's Patch
1969-1970
TV Series
Chief Supt. Atkinson
The Looking Glass War
1970
Johnson
Department S
1969
TV Series
Anthony James Harvey / Andrew Heywood
Detective
1969
TV Series
McIlwraith
Mosquito Squadron
1969
Major Kemble (uncredited)
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
TV Series
Julian Gort
The Limbo Line
1968
Edward Hardwick
The Avengers
1965-1968
TV Series
Maxwell Greene / Angus
The Champions
1968
TV Series
Hemmings
The Syndicate
1968
George Brant
Mr. Rose
1968
TV Series
John Hesaltine
ITV Playhouse
1968
TV Series
Robert MacLaine / Duncan Doubleday
Mystery and Imagination
1968
TV Series
Mr. McLeod
City '68
1968
TV Series
Man in a Suitcase
1967
TV Series
Jarvis
ITV Play of the Week
1958-1967
TV Series
Charles
Collie Stratton
Captain John Tregarthen
Seven Deadly Virtues
1967
TV Series
Henry Rush
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1967
TV Series
Jugg
This Man Craig
1966
TV Series
John Douglas / Bert Shaw
Secret Agent
1965-1966
TV Series
Monckton / Pilkington / Charles Glover
Comedy Playhouse
1965
TV Series
Dougie
The Saint
1965
TV Series
Brian Quell
No Hiding Place
1965
TV Series
Dudley Costain
The Plane Makers
1963-1965
TV Series
Henry Forbes
The Break
1963
Pearson
Murder at the Gallop
1963
George Crossfield
Jezebel ex UK
1963
TV Series
Mr. Henderson
55 Days at Peking
1963
Capt. Hanley
Suspense
1962
TV Series
Sam Blair
She Died Young
1961
TV Movie
James Boswell
Jango
1961
TV Series
Jango Smith
International Detective
1961
TV Series
The Bulldog Breed
1960
Cmdr. Clayton
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1960
TV Mini-Series
The Strangers
Foxhole in Cairo
1960
Major Wilson
Scotland Yard
1960
TV Series
Detective Sergeant Wilson
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
TV Series
Dr. Arens
Danger Tomorrow
1960
Bob Murray
Trouble with Eve
1960
Bryan Maitland
The Naked Lady
1959
TV Series
Dr. Gordon
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1951-1959
TV Series
Charles Cameron / Maypole / Robin Armstrong
The Flying Doctor
1959
TV Series
Tony Clarke
The Black Eye
1958
TV Movie
Johnnie Windlestraw
Armchair Theatre
1957-1958
TV Series
Doctor James Y. Simpson / Capes / Anthony Coldstream / ...
Dunkirk
1958
Mike
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
Paul Krempe
Battle Hell
1957
Flt Lt Fearnley RAF
You Can't Escape
1956
Peter Darwin
ITV Television Playhouse
1956
TV Series
Lt. Cdr. Stanford
The Infinite Shoeblack
1956
TV Movie
Andrew Berwick
The Tamer Tamed
1956
TV Movie
Petruchio
The Holly and the Ivy
1955
TV Movie
David Paterson
London Playhouse
1955
TV Series
David Naseby
The Dark Avenger
1955
Sir Philip
Uncle Willie's Bicycle Shop
1954
Frank
Tonight's the Night
1954
Dr. Michael Flynn
Tales of Hans Anderson
1954
TV Series
The White Huntress
1954
Jim Dobson
Knights of the Round Table
1953
Gawaine
The House of the Arrow
1953
Jim Frobisher
Tread Softly
1952
Clifford Brett
Bombay Waterfront
1952
Slater
You're Only Young Twice
1952
Sheltie
Back to Methuselah
1952
TV Series
Arjillax
Craven House
1950
TV Movie
Jock Nixon
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
ITV Play of the Week
TV Series writer - 1 episode, 1963 adaptation - 1 episode, 1960
Jango
1961
TV Series creator
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gone for a Soldier
1984
TV Movie documentary
Narrator (voice)
The Highlands and Islands: A Royal Tour
1973
Documentary short
Narrator (voice)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness
2013
TV Series documentary
Paul Krempe
Frankenstein Reborn: The Making of a Hammer Classic