Robert Beatty

Robert Beatty

1909-10-19 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 63 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Beatty (19 October 1909 – 3 March 1992) was a Canadian actor who worked in film, television and radio for most of his career and was especially known in the UK. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Beatty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Return of Sam McCloud

The Return of Sam McCloud

1989

as William Maitland

6.0
Acting

Ex-Marshal McCloud now is senator of New Mexico, fighting for a new environment law. His enemy is Maitland, unscrupulous owner of Chemtel, the world's...

Breakthrough at Reykjavik

1987

as Ronald Reagan

Acting

Political drama about the Gorbachev-Reagan summit at Reykjavik

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

1987

as U.S. President

4.6
Acting

With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, re...

Labyrinth

Labyrinth

1986

as Left Door Knocker (voice)

7.3
Acting

When Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she inadvertently summons the Goblin King and he whisks Toby away to his castle at the centre o...

Superman III

Superman III

1983

as Tanker Captain

5.5
Acting

Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yield...

Man and Superman

1982

as Mr. Malone

Acting

An adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play.

The Amateur

The Amateur

1981

as Ambassador Neville

5.4
Acting

A researcher for the CIA who convinces his superiors to send him to the eastern bloc in order to avenge the murder of his wife by enemy agents discove...

Unidentified Flying Oddball

Unidentified Flying Oddball

1979

5.4
Acting

A NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, traveling faster than light, it ends up near King Arthur's Camelot. On board are big-hearted Tom Trimble...

Golden Rendezvous

Golden Rendezvous

1977

as Dr. Taubman

4.9
Acting

Action-packed suspense thriller finds innocuous-looking purser Carter (Harris) the unlikely hero when the floating casino on which he works is hijacke...

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1976

as Admiral

6.9
Acting

Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid...

Sleepwalker

Sleepwalker

1975

as Dan Summers

6.0
Acting

A young American woman visiting her author father in London discovers that her childhood habit of sleepwalking has recurred. She has a vivid dream of ...

The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm

1974

as Lord Beaverbrook

7.0
Acting

Winston Churchill's life in the years leading up to World War II.

Pope Joan

Pope Joan

1972

as Dr. Corwin

5.9
Acting

Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is...

Sitting Target

Sitting Target

1972

as Gun Dealer

6.1
Acting

Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beauti...

Where Eagles Dare

Where Eagles Dare

1968

as Brig. Gen. George Carnaby

7.5
Acting

World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impo...

2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

as Dr. Ralph Halvorsen

8.1
Acting

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advan...

Bikini Paradise

Bikini Paradise

1967

as Commissioner

6.0
Acting

A pair of U.S. Navy officers are marooned on a South Pacific island with a group of women whom want to use them for marriage and mating purposes.

Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet

Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet

1966

as General Cutler

8.0
Acting

The Doctor's TARDIS lands at the Snowcap space tracking station in Antarctica in December 1986. A routine space mission starts going wrong. When the b...

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse

1964

as Col. Matson

5.8
Acting

The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.

The Amorous Prawn

The Amorous Prawn

1962

as Larry Hoffman

6.3
Acting

While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence into a fishing resort for rich American tourists in or...

The Shakedown

The Shakedown

1960

as Jarvis

5.7
Acting

Augie comes out of prison and finds his old vice racket has been taken over by the sinister Gollar, so he dreams up a new scam.

Operation Universe

Operation Universe

1959

as Narrator

Acting

A British documentary that covers the atomic energy developments made in Great Britain since the end of World War II, with a focus towards advancing p...

Time Lock

Time Lock

1957

as Pete Dawson

6.4
Acting

A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.

Something of Value

Something of Value

1957

as Elizabeth's Husband - Jeff Newton

5.5
Acting

As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British co...

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

1957

as Tusker Hawkins

5.4
Acting

Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief.

The Atlantic Community: Introducing the United Kingdom

The Atlantic Community: Introducing the United Kingdom

1956

as Self - Commentator (voice)

Acting

One of a series of short documentaries giving an overview of the various members of NATO.

The Secret of Magic Island

The Secret of Magic Island

1956

5.8
Acting

The carnival is coming to town! Unfortunately, the Good Fairy's wand is stolen by the diabolical Black Troll. And he turns The Poet's girlfriend to st...

Portrait of Alison

Portrait of Alison

1955

as Tim Forrester

6.2
Acting

An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.

Out of the Clouds

Out of the Clouds

1955

as Nick Millbourne

6.7
Acting

A day following workers at an airport

Loves of Three Queens

Loves of Three Queens

1954

as Menelao (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)

Acting

At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict, re...

All Found

All Found

1954

as Narrator

Acting

From The World of Life film series. A documentary narrated by Robert Beatty, of a working day of Laurie Smith - the Head Keeper of London Zoo.

Albert R.N.

Albert R.N.

1953

as Lt Jim Reed

7.2
Acting

The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy w...

The Square Ring

The Square Ring

1953

as Jim 'Kid' Curtis

7.1
Acting

Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.

The Oracle

The Oracle

1953

as Bob Jefferson

5.0
Acting

An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.

Man on a Tightrope

Man on a Tightrope

1953

as Barovic

6.5
Acting

The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performe...

A Journal of the Outdoors No. 11

A Journal of the Outdoors No. 11

1953

as Narrator

Acting

Wildfowl and wallabies in the wild, exotic animals in the office.

The Net

The Net

1953

as Maj. Sam Seagram

5.5
Acting

A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, ...

The Broken Horseshoe

The Broken Horseshoe

1953

as Dr. Mark Benton

5.0
Acting

When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.

The Gentle Gunman

The Gentle Gunman

1952

as Shinto

6.2
Acting

The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.

Wings of Danger

Wings of Danger

1952

as Nick Talbot

5.2
Acting

A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his...

The Magic Box

The Magic Box

1952

as Lord Beaverbrook

6.3
Acting

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to i...

The Figurehead

The Figurehead

1952

7.0
Acting

A poem of unrequited love: the studio's first puppet production. Based on a poem by Cosbie Garstin, the film tells the story of a carved wooden saint ...

Calling Bulldog Drummond

Calling Bulldog Drummond

1951

as Arthur Gunns

5.8
Acting

Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.

Spotlight at the Fair

Spotlight at the Fair

1951

as Commentator

Acting

Rides, boxing booths, and a dog-faced monkey keep on moving as the travelling fair hits Mitcham and Stratford-upon-Avon, with a look in at Blackpool.

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

1951

as Lt. William Bush

6.9
Acting

Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship a...

Her Favourite Husband

Her Favourite Husband

1950

as Antonio Pellegrini

5.5
Acting

While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exact double. He kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, p...

The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery

The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery

1950

as Bob Beacham

5.5
Acting

The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an anonymous question. The answer leads to a series ...

Portrait from Life

Portrait from Life

1948

as Campbell Reid

5.9
Acting

A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering ...

Another Shore

Another Shore

1948

as Gulliver Shields

5.5
Acting

A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies.

Counterblast

Counterblast

1948

as Dr. Paul Rankin

6.0
Acting

An escaped World War 2 Nazi doctor impersonates a murdered English doctor so he can work on a vaccination to protect the Germans in their planned germ...

Against the Wind

Against the Wind

1948

as Father Philip Elliot

6.1
Acting

A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to res...

Green Fingers

Green Fingers

1947

as Thomas Stone

6.0
Acting

A fisherman begins studying to be an osteopath. Although he isn't finished with medical school, he begins treating his landlady's daughter who is beli...

Odd Man Out

Odd Man Out

1947

as Dennis

7.3
Acting

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

1946

as US Crewman (uncredited)

7.8
Acting

When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But t...

Appointment with Crime

Appointment with Crime

1946

as Det. Insp. Rogers

5.9
Acting

Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing...

It Happened One Sunday

1944

as Tom Stevens

Acting

A young woman who comes to Liverpool for domestic employment and finds romance with a young sailor who winds up in hospital after a fight.

San Demetrio London

San Demetrio London

1943

as 'Yank' Preston - M.V. San Demetrio

6.7
Acting

Based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the A...

Suspected Person

Suspected Person

1942

as Louis Franklin

5.5
Acting

After a $50,000 heist in New York, two of the suspected robbers walk free from the courtroom and they waste no time in heading to London in search of ...

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

1942

as Sgt. Hopkins

6.6
Acting

On its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down over Nazi-held Holland. Parachuting into Dutch farmlands ...

49th Parallel

49th Parallel

1941

as RCMP Mountie in Alberta (voice)

6.9
Acting

In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by com...

Dangerous Moonlight

Dangerous Moonlight

1941

as Reporter with Carol

6.4
Acting

Stefan Radetzky, a Polish pilot and famous concert pianist, is hospitalised in England from injuries sustained while in combat, and having lost his me...

After Mein Kampf

After Mein Kampf

1940

Acting

Allied propaganda in the form of cartoons and newsreels shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

Murder in Soho

Murder in Soho

1939

as Jack

5.0
Acting

A London nightclub hostess pretends to fall for the mobster who killed her husband.