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Robert Harris (English actor)

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Robert Harris
Photo by Anthony Buckley, 1959
Born28 March 1900
Died18 May 1995(1995-05-18) (aged 95)
Hillingdon, England
OccupationActor
Years active1930-1982

Robert Harris (28 March 1900 – 18 May 1995) was a British actor.[1] He graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1925, and his stage work included seasons at Stratford, the Old Vic,[2][3] and on Broadway as Marchbanks in Bernard Shaw's Candida in 1937, opposite Katharine Cornell;[4] He also appeared in more than sixty films from 1930 to 1982.[5]

He was the castaway on Desert Island Discs on 10 February 1955.[6]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1930 The W Plan Subaltern
1943 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Embassy Secretary
1949 The Bad Lord Byron Dallas
1949 For Them That Trespass Defense Counsel Sir Huntley
1951 In Time of Pestilence Narrator Voice
1953 Laughing Anne Joseph Conrad
1955 That Lady Cardinal
1957 Seven Waves Away Arthur J. Middleton
1957 The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown Barney Baylies
1960 Oscar Wilde Justice Richard Henn Collins - First Trial
1963 Girl in the Headlines William Lamotte
1968 Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher Prendergast
1972 Young Winston Speaker Gully
1973 Lady Caroline Lamb Apothecary
1973 Massacre in Rome Father Pancrazio
1974 Ransom
1975 Love Among the Ruins Palmer
1978 Fairy Tales Dr. Ears

References

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  1. ^ "Obituaries - Robert Harris, Actor, 95". The New York Times. 22 May 1995. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Robert Harris — RADA". www.rada.ac.uk.
  3. ^ "Robert Harris | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  4. ^ "Candida – Broadway Play – 1937 Revival | IBDB".
  5. ^ "Robert Harris". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Desert Island Discs - Robert Harris". BBC Radio. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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