Robert Douglas
Douglas in Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
Born
Robert Douglas Finlayson

(1909-11-09)9 November 1909
Died11 January 1999(1999-01-11) (aged 89)
Occupation(s)Actor, director, producer
Years active1927–1982
Spouses
(m. 1935; div. 1945)
Suzanne Weldon
(m. 1946; died 1995)
Children2 [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

Film

Television

As a director

Theatre

Film

Television

As a producer

References

  1. ^ a b c Vallance, Tom (23 January 1999). "Obituary: Robert Douglas". The Independent. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Robert Douglas". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018.
  3. ^ Richards, Jeffrey (26 March 2014). Swordsmen of the Screen: From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York. Routledge. ISBN 9781317928645 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Robert Douglas, 89, Suave Actor Turned Director". 16 January 1999 – via NYTimes.com.