Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 screen debut at Bournemouth in 1927. A year later he made his first appearance on stage in Many Waters at the Ambassadors Theatre and went into films the following year. He was gently mannered with a well modulated speaking v...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983
as Self
Narrated by actor Christopher Lee, this documentary details the life of timeless Hollywood adventure hero and sex symbol Errol Flynn, who swung his wa...
The Questor Tapes
1974
as Dr. Michaels
Project Questor is brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik: he developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he's disappeared and half of hi...
The Woman I Love
1972
as Stanley Baldwin
The love of King Edward VIII for American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson eventually leads to his abdication.
Secret Ceremony
1968
as Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)
A penniless woman meets a strange girl who insists she is her long-lost mother and becomes enmeshed in a web of deception, and perhaps madness.
The Final Hour
1965
Director
Two episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together.
Night Train to Paris
1964
Director
Former OSS officer Alan Holiday, now living in London, is visited on New Year's Eve by Catherine Carrel who says she is a close friend of Jules Lemoin...
The Lawbreakers
1961
as Allen Bardeman
The story of a scheme to double-cross the syndicate and steal its money, and of a police commissioner 's efforts to investigate homicides that take p...
Tarzan, the Ape Man
1959
as Col. James Parker
An English colonel's daughter meets the lord of the jungle who makes her his mate.
The Young Philadelphians
1959
as Uncle Morton Stearnes
Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and...
Helen of Troy
1956
as Agamemnon
Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by t...
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955
as John Porter
Miss Dove is a prim New England school teacher who is treasured by her students in the small town of Liberty Hill. When she falls ill, a kindly doctor...
The Scarlet Coat
1955
as Gen. Benedict Arnold
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
The Virgin Queen
1955
as Sir Christopher Hatton
Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954
as Sir Giles Amaury
Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land i...
Saskatchewan
1954
as Benton
Story of blood brothers whose bonds are tested when marauding Sioux Indians cross the border to enlist the peaceful Cree in a battle against the Great...
Flight to Tangier
1953
as Danzer
At the Tangier airport, a group of people await the arrival of a mysterious plane from behind the Iron Curtain. The reception committee includes Susan...
The Desert Rats
1953
as General
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important p...
Fair Wind to Java
1953
as Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar
The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vesse...
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
as Michael, Duke of Strelsau
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king ...
Ivanhoe
1952
as Sir Hugh De Bracy
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of Kin...
Thunder on the Hill
1951
as Dr. Edward Jeffreys
Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly becomin...
Target Unknown
1951
as Col. von Broeck
World War II drama about members of an American bomber squadron who are captured and held prisoners by the German army.
Kim
1950
as Colonel Creighton
During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English s...
Mystery Submarine
1950
as Commander von Molter
Posing as an ex-German medical officer, a U. S. Navy Intelligence Officer sets out to rescue a kidnapped scientist, and sink a Nazi submarine, hiding ...
The Flame and the Arrow
1950
as Marchese Alessandro de Granazia
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency aga...
This Side of the Law
1950
as Philip Cagle
A man - trapped in a cistern - reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment. Told in flashback, we witness his chance encounter with...
Spy Hunt
1950
as Stephen Paradou
Roger Quain, escorting two zoo-bound black panthers on the train from Milan to Paris, is unaware that a Western agent, Catherine Ullven, has hidden a...
Barricade
1950
as Aubrey Milburn
Western remake of Jack London's The Sea Wolf. A sadistic mining camp owner "hires" scoundrels to work the mine. He just won't let them quit.
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
as Alexander Narbonne
A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949
as John Tyson
Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters ...
The Hasty Heart
1949
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
In the final days of World War II, in a MASH unit in Burma, a severely wounded corporal watches in dismay as fellow soldiers pack-up to return home bu...
The Fountainhead
1949
as Elsworth Toohey
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to ...
Homicide
1949
as Lt. Michael Landers
Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead. ...
Adventures of Don Juan
1948
as Duque de Lorca
Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under thr...
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
as Ken Blake
A young boy begins to have fantasies when he learns his parents are planning to divorce. Director Peter Godfrey's 1948 drama stars Ted Donaldson, Alex...
The End of the River
1947
as Jones
A South American Indian is taken from his jungle home into the world of the White Man where he is forced to stand trial for murder.
The Chinese Bungalow
1940
as Richard Marquess
All but a prisoner in the exotic Malayan retreat she shares with her Chinese financier husband, Yuan Sing (Paul Lukas), British singer Sadie Merivale ...
The Lion Has Wings
1939
as Briefing Officer
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British...
Over the Moon
1939
as John Flight
Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis, she sugg...
The Challenge
1938
as Edward Whymper
Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.
Our Fighting Navy
1937
as Capt. Markham
Trouble is brewing in the banana republic of Bianco for both His Excellency, El Presidente, and the British Consul, Brant. Rebels, led by Diego De Cos...
London Melody
1937
as Nigel Taplow
Jacqueline intrigues a diplomat, so unbeknown to her he finds her an apartment and finances her musical training. She ends up falling in love with one...
Death Drives Through
1935
as Kit Woods
The race car designer Kit Woods is in love with Kay Lord. Kay's father is against her relationship with Kit. Kit also has to do with the competition f...
The Blarney Stone
1933
as Lord Breethorpe
A penniless Irishman becomes the business partner of an English aristocrat with a penchant for high-stakes gambling.
P.C. Josser
1931
as Dick Summers
The fumble fingered Josser finds himself thrown off the police force for his constant bungling, but by the picture's end, he manages to redeem himself...
Many Waters
1931
as Godfrey Marvin
An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
And One Was Loyal
N/A
as Roger Howard
Joan now a prominent artist meets the man who rescued her from a brutal and traumatized existence with a savage husband in the jungle. In flashback we...