Robert Henderson (December 19, 1904 Ann Arbor, Michigan – September 9, 1985 London, England) was an American actor.[1] He was known for Superman (1978), Superman III (1983), and Phase IV (1974).[2]

He played an important role in the early career of Sean Connery.[3][4] According to the Guardian's obituary of Connery: while he was touring as a chorus member in South Pacific "An American actor in the cast, Robert Henderson, gave him [Connery] a reading program that included all the plays of George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and Henrik Ibsen, along with the novels of Thomas Wolfe, Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past” and Joyce's “Ulysses.”[5]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1950 Dance Hall Special Dancer Film debut
1952 Penny Princess Macy's Staff Manager Uncredited
1953 Never Let Me Go U.S. Ambassador
36 Hours Pop, the pilot Uncredited
1955 Man of the Moment American General Uncredited
1957 The New Adventures of Charlie Chan Herbert Stevenson Episode: The Expatriate
1958 Orders to Kill Col. Snyder
A Night to Remember Mr. Harris Uncredited
1960 Too Young to Love Kellerer
1964 Danger Man Albert Episode: Fish on the Hook
1969 Midas Run The Dean
1971 Moviemakers
1974 Mousey Attorney TV movie
Phase IV Clete
1978 Superman 2nd Editor (Daily Planet)
1980 Oppenheimer Scientist Miniseries
1981 Ragtime Elderly Man
1983 Superman III Mr. Simpson
1985 Morons from Outer Space Diner Customer Final film
Sherlock Holmes American Millionaire Episode: The Final Problem

References

  1. ^ "Robert Henderson". www.aveleyman.com.
  2. ^ "Robert Henderson". Archived from the original on October 3, 2017.
  3. ^ Christopher Bray (2010). "Sean Connery: The measure of a man". p. 27. Faber & Faber,
  4. ^ Sellers, Robert (9 February 2012). Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down: How One Generation of British Actors Changed the World. Random House. ISBN 9780099569329 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Harmetz, Aljean (31 October 2020). "Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90". The New York Times.


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