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 life

Robert Douglas in The Prisoner of Zenda trailer

Douglas was born in

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. He studied at

RADA The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, also known by its abbreviation RADA (), is a drama school in London, England, which provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in Bloomsbury, Central Lond ...

and made his stage debut at the Theatre Royal,

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in 1927. A year later he made his first London appearance in '' Many Waters'' at the Ambassadors Theatre and went into films the following year.

Career

As an actor

Theatre

*1927: ''The Best People'' (Theatre Royal Bournemouth + tour) *1928: ''Crime'' (Grand Theatre Croydon + tour) *1928: '' Many Waters'' (Ambassadors Theatre London) *1928: ''Mrs.Moonlight'' (Kingsway Theatre London) *1929: ''Black St. Anthony'' (Strand Theatre London) *1929: '' A Bill of Divorcement'' (St.Martin's Theatre London) *1929: ''Barbara's Wedding'' (Apollo Theatre London) *1929: ''Many Waters'' (in UK, in Canada / Maxine Elliott's Theatre, Broadway + Times Square Theater Broadway) *1930: ''The Last Enemy'' (Fortune Theatre London) *1930: ''

Suspense Suspense is a state of anxiety or excitement caused by mysteriousness, uncertainty, doubt, or undecidedness. In a narrative work, suspense is the audience's excited anticipation about the plot or conflict (which may be heightened by a viol ...

'' (Duke of York's Theatre London) *1930: '' Badger's Green'' (Prince of Wales Theatre London) *1930: '' The Last Enemy'' (Hartford / New Haven + Shubert Theatre Broadway) *1931: ''After All'' (Criterion Theatre London + The New Theatre London) *1931: ''The Arch-Duchess'' (Phoenix-Theatre London) *1931: ''Vile Bodies'' (Arts Theatre London) *1931: ''Brief Moment'' (Detroit / Washington + Belasco Theatre Broadway + Cort Theatre Broadway) *1932: ''Vile Bodies'' (Vaudeville Theatre London) *1932: ''As it was in the Beginning'' (Arts Theatre London) *1933: '' Ten Minute Alibi'' (Embassy Theatre London + Haymarket Theatre London) *1933: ''These Two'' (Arts Theatre London) *1934: '' Men in White'' (Lyric Theatre London + tour) *1934: ''Overture 1920'' (Phoenix Theatre London) *1934: ''Inside the Room'' (Queens Theatre London) *1935: ''Theatre Royal'' / ''The Royal Family'' (Lyric Theatre London + tour) *1935: ''

Most of the Game ''Most of the Game'' is a 1935 comedy play by the British writer John Van Druten. Much of the play is set in New York City, New York where a British writer and his aristocratic wife have fallen out of love with each other, and started new relation ...

'' (Cort Theatre Broadway) *1936: ''No Exit'' (Embassy Theatre London + St.Martin's Theatre London) *1936: ''Stubble before Swords'' (Globe Theatre London) *1936: '' Kind Lady'' (The King's Theatre Edinburgh + Lyric Theatre London) *1938: ''Official Secret'' (Tour + New Theatre London) *1938: ''Night Arrival'' (Globe Theatre London) *1939: ''The Spring Time of Others'' (Gate Theatre London) *1946: ''Lighten our Darkness'' (New Theatre Hull + tour) *1946: ''He Lived in Two Worlds'' (Wimbledon Theatre London + tour) *1946: '' But for the Grace of God'' (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh + tour + St.James Theatre London)

Film

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on J ...

: '' P. C. Josser'' (dir.

Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer (4 November 1881 – 7 December 1971) was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He made his screen debut in ''The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915) and continued to act in theatre, film and television until 1956. In ...

) - Dick Summers *

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

: '' Many Waters'' (dir.

) - Godfrey Marvin *

1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...

: '' The Blarney Stone'' / (US): '' The Blarney Kiss'' (dir.

Tom Walls Thomas Kirby Walls (18 February 1883 – 27 November 1949) was an English stage and film actor, producer and director, best known for presenting and co-starring in the Aldwych farces in the 1920s and for starring in and directing the film adapt ...

) - Lord Breethorpe *

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

: '' Death Drives Through'' (dir. Edward L. Cahn) - Kit Woods *

1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Feb ...

: ''

London Melody ''London Melody'' is a 1937 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Tullio Carminati and Robert Douglas. It was made at British and Dominions Imperial Studios, Elstree and Pinewood Studios by Wilcox's inde ...

'' / (US): '' Girl in the Street'' (dir.

Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox Order of the British Empire, CBE (19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977) was a British film producer and film director, director. He was one of the most successful British filmmakers from the 1920s to the 1950s. He is best know ...

) - Nigel Taplow *

: '' Our Fighting Navy'' / (US): '' Torpedoed'' (dir. Norman Walker) - Captain Markham *

1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

: '' The Challenge'' (dir.

) - Edward Whymper *

1939 This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...

: '' Over the Moon'' (dir.

Thornton Freeland Thornton Freeland (February 10, 1898 – May 22, 1987) was an American film director who directed 26 British and American films in a career that lasted from 1924 to 1949. Early success He was born in Hope, North Dakota in 1898 and originally ...

) - The Unknown Man *

: ''

The Lion Has Wings ''The Lion Has Wings'' is a 1939 British, black-and-white, documentary-style, propaganda film, propaganda war film that was directed by Adrian Brunel, Brian Desmond Hurst, Alexander Korda and Michael Powell. The film was produced by London Film ...

'' (dir.

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) - Briefing Officer *

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *Janu ...

: '' The Chinese Bungalow'' / (US): '' Chinese Den'' (dir.

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) - Richard Marquess *

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...

: '' The End of the River'' (dir. Derek N. Twist) - Jones *

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

: '' The Adventures of Don Juan'' / (GB): '' The New Adventures of Don Juan'' (dir.

Vincent Sherman Vincent Sherman (born Abraham Orovitz, July 16, 1906 – June 18, 2006) was an American director and actor who worked in Hollywood. His movies include '' Mr. Skeffington'' (1944), '' Nora Prentiss'' (1947), and '' The Young Philadelphians'' (1959 ...

) - Duke de Lorca *

: '' The Decision of Christopher Blake'' (dir. Peter Godfrey) - Ken Blake *

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

: ''

Homicide Homicide is an act in which a person causes the death of another person. A homicide requires only a Volition (psychology), volitional act, or an omission, that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from Accident, accidenta ...

'' (dir. Felix Jacoves) - Police Lieutenant Michael Landers *

: ''

The Fountainhead ''The Fountainhead'' is a 1943 novel by Russian-American author Ayn Rand, her first major literary success. The novel's protagonist, Howard Roark, is an intransigent young architect who battles against conventional standards and refuses to com ...

'' (dir.

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) - Ellsworth M. Toohey *

: '' The Hasty Heart'' (dir.

) - Off-Screen Narrator (voice, uncredited) *

: '' The Lady Takes a Sailor'' (dir.

Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz (; born Manó Kaminer; from 1905 Mihály Kertész; ; December 24, 1886 April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history. He directed classic films from the silen ...

) - John Tyson *

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

: '' Buccaneer's Girl'' (dir. Frederick De Cordova) - Narbonne *

: ''

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'' (dir. Peter Godfrey) - Aubrey Milburn *

: '' Spy Hunt'' / (GB): '' Panther's Moon'' (dir.

George Sherman George Sherman (July 14, 1908 – March 15, 1991) was an American film director and Film producer, producer of low-budget Western (genre), Western films. One obituary said his "credits rival in number those of anyone in the entertainment indus ...

) - Stephen Paradou *

: '' This Side of the Law'' (dir. Richard L. Bare) - Philip Cagle *

: '' The Flame and the Arrow'' (dir.

Jacques Tourneur Jacques Tourneur (; ; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French-American filmmaker, active during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known as an auteur of stylish and atmospheric genre films, many of them for RKO Pictures, including ...

) - Marchese Alessandro de Granazia *

: '' Kim'' (dir. Victor Saville) - Colonel Creighton *

: '' Mystery Submarine'' (dir.

Douglas Sirk Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war f ...

) - Commander Eric von Molter *

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

: '' Target Unknown'' (dir.

) - Colonel von Broeck *

: '' Thunder on the Hill'' / (GB): ''

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'' (dir.

) - Dr. Edward Jeffreys *

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

: ''

At Sword's Point ''At Sword's Point'', also known as ''Sons of the Three Musketeers'', is a 1952 American historical action adventure film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Cornel Wilde and Maureen O'Hara. It was shot in Technicolor by RKO Radio Pictures. T ...

'' / (GB): '' Sons of the Musketeers'' (dir. Lewis Allen) - Duc de Lavalle *

: ''

Ivanhoe ''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' ( ) by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in December 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. It marked a shift away from Scott's prior practice of setting stories in Scotland and in the more ...

'' (dir.

Richard Thorpe Richard Thorpe (born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His obituary called him "a capable and versatile director willing to take on any ass ...

) - Sir Hugh De Bracy *

: ''

The Prisoner of Zenda ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in o ...

'' (dir.

) - Michael, Duke of Strelsau *

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

: '' Fair Wind to Java'' (dir.

Joseph Kane Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (March 19, 1894, San Diego – August 25, 1975, Santa Monica, California) was an American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on Western ...

) - Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar *

: ''

The Desert Rats The 7th Armoured Division (Desert Rats) was an armoured warfare, armoured division (military), division of the British Army. It was formed as the Mobile Division (Egypt) on 27 September 1938, after increased tensions between Britain and the Ax ...

'' (dir.

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) - General *

: '' Flight to Tangier'' (dir. Charles Marquis Warren) - Danzer *

1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

: ''

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...

'' / (GB): '' O'Rourke of the Royal Mounted'' (dir.

Raoul Walsh Raoul Walsh (born Albert Edward Walsh; March 11, 1887December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent cinema actor George Walsh. He wa ...

) - Benton *

: ''

King Richard and the Crusaders ''King Richard and the Crusaders'' is a 1954 American historical drama based on Sir Walter Scott's '' The Talisman'' made by Warner Bros. The film stars Rex Harrison, Virginia Mayo, George Sanders and Laurence Harvey, with Robert Douglas, Mich ...

'' (dir. David Butler) - Sir Giles Amaury * 1955: '' The Virgin Queen'' (dir.

Henry Koster Henry Koster (born Hermann Kosterlitz, May 1, 1905 – September 21, 1988) was a German-born film director. He was the husband of actress Peggy Moran. Early life Koster was born to Jewish parents in Berlin, Germany. He was introduced to cin ...

) - Sir Christopher Hatton * 1955: '' The Scarlet Coat'' (dir.

John Sturges John Eliot Sturges (; January 3, 1910 – August 18, 1992) was an American film director. His films include '' Bad Day at Black Rock'' (1955), '' Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'' (1957), ''The Magnificent Seven'' (1960), '' The Great Escape'' (19 ...

) - General

Benedict Arnold Benedict Arnold (#Brandt, Brandt (1994), p. 4June 14, 1801) was an American-born British military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of ...

* 1955: '' Good Morning Miss Dove'' (dir.

) - John Porter *

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

: ''

Helen of Troy Helen (), also known as Helen of Troy, or Helen of Sparta, and in Latin as Helena, was a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world. She was believed to have been the daughter of Zeus and Leda (mythology), ...

'' (dir.

) - Agamemnon *

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

: '' The Young Philadelphians'' / (GB): '' The City Jungle'' (dir.

) - Uncle Morton Stearnes *

: '' Tarzan, the Ape Man'' (dir. Joseph M. Newman) - Colonel James Parker *

1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...

: '' The Lawbreakers'' (dir. Joseph M. Newman) - Allen Bardeman (archive footage)

Television

*1939: '' The Royal Family of Broadway'' (TV Movie) - Tony Cavendish *1953: '' Chevron Theatre'' (Season 2 Episode 23: "Serenade to an Empty House") *1955: ''

Lux Video Theatre ''Lux Video Theatre'' is an American television anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1957. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays. Overview The ''Lux Vi ...

'' (Season 5 Episode 33: "The Browning Version") - Frank Hunter *1955: '' Front Row Center'' (Season 1 Episode 2: "The Barretts of Wimpole Street") - Robert Browning *1957: '' Panic!'' (Season 1 Episode 12: "The Vigilantes") - Thomas Burdue / James Stuart *1958-1959: ''

Alfred Hitchcock Presents ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 ...

'' (2 episodes) ** (Season 3 Episode 38: "Impromptu Murder") - Inspector Charles Tarrant ** (Season 5 Episode 1: "Arthur") - Inspector Ben Liebenberg *1959: '' General Electric Theatre'' (Season 7 Episode 14: "And One Was Loyal") - Roger Howard *1959-1961: ''

77 Sunset Strip ''77 Sunset Strip'' is an American private detective crime drama television series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Richard Long (from 1960 to 1961) and Edd Byrnes (billed as Edward Byrnes). Each epis ...

'' (2 episodes) ** (Season 1 Episode 19: "Eyewitness") (1959) - Dr. Emory Williams ** (Season 4 Episode 12: "Reserved for Mr. Bailey") (1961) - Walter Van Nuys (voice) (uncredited) *1959-1961: ''

One Step Beyond One Step Beyond may refer to: Music * ''One Step Beyond'' (Dungeon album) or the title song, 2004 * ''One Step Beyond'' (Jackie McLean album), 1963 * '' One Step Beyond...'', an album by Madness, or the title song (see below), 1979 * ''One Ste ...

'' (3 episodes) ** (Season 1 Episode 14: "The Secret") (1959) - Harrison Ackroyd ** (Season 2 Episode 29: "Encounter") (1960) - Paul McCord ** (Season 3 Episode 21: "Night of Decision") (1961) - General

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*1960: '' Adventures in Paradise'' (2 episodes) ** (Season 1 Episode 22: "There Is an Island") - Albert Otherly ** (Season 1 Episode 25: "The Forbidden Sea") - Albert Othery *1960: '' Walt Disney presents The Swamp Fox'' (2 episodes) ** (Season 6 Episode 15: "Redcoat Strategy") - General Cornwallis ** (Season 6 Episode 16: "A Case of Treason") - General Cornwallis *1960: '' Maverick'' (Season 4 Episode 1: "The Bundle from Britain") - Herbert *1961: ''

The Asphalt Jungle ''The Asphalt Jungle'' is a 1950 American heist film noir directed and cowritten by John Huston and starring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire and Marilyn Monroe in one of her earliest role ...

'' (Season 1 Episode 2: "The Lady and the Lawyer") - Allen Bardeman *1962: '' Thriller'' (Season 2 Episode 30: "The Specialists") - Antony Hugh Swinburne *1968: ''

Secret Ceremony ''Secret Ceremony'' is a 1968 British psychological horror thriller film directed by Joseph Losey and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow and Robert Mitchum. Based on the Argentine novel ''Ceremonia secreta'' by Marco Denevi, the film follows ...

'' (TV-Version) - Sir Alex Gordon *1972: '' Portrait: The Woman I Love'' (TV Movie) - Prime Minister

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*1974: '' The Questor Tapes'' (TV Movie) - Dr. Michaels *1974: ''

Cannon A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder during th ...

'' (Season 3 Episode 23: "Triangle of Terror") - Sir Arnold Masters (uncredited) *1975: ''

Columbo ''Columbo'' is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Columbo (character), Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originall ...

'' (Season 4 Episode 4: "Troubled Waters") - Dr. Frank Pierce *1975: '' Medical Center'' (Season 6 Episode 21: "Survivors") - Miles Halloran *1975: ''

The Invisible Man ''The Invisible Man'' is an 1897 science fiction novel by British writer H. G. Wells. Originally serialised in '' Pearson's Weekly'' in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin, a s ...

'' (Season 1 Episode 3: "Man of Influence") - Dr. Theophilus *1978: ''

Centennial A centennial, or centenary in British English, is a 100th anniversary or otherwise relates to a century. Notable events Notable centennial events at a national or world-level include: * Centennial Exhibition, 1876, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

'' (Season 1 Episode 7: "The Shepherds") - Claude Richards (final appearance)

As a director

Theatre

*1933: '' Ten Minute Alibi'' (Haymarket Theatre London) *1934: '' Overture 1920'' (Phoenix Theatre London) *1946: '' Lighten Our Darkness'' (New Theatre Hull) *1956: '' The Ponder Heart'' (Shubert Theatre New Haven + Forrest Theatre Philadelphia + Shubert Theatre Boston + Music Box Theatre Broadway) *1956: '' Affair of Honor'' (Ethel Barrymore Theatre Broadway) *1956: '' The Loud Red Patrick'' (Walnut Theatre Philadelphia + Ambassador Theatre Broadway) *1956: '' Uncle Willie'' (Locust Street Theatre Philadelphia + John Golden Theatre Broadway) *1957: '' One Foot in the Door'' (Locust Street Theatre Philadelphia + Shubert Theatre Boston)

Film

*1964: '' Night Train to Paris''

Television

*1960-1962: '' Surfside 6'' (9 episodes) *1960: '' Maverick'' (2 episodes) *1960-1962: ''

'' (12 episodes) *1961: '' The Roaring Twenties'' (episode ''The Red Carpet'') *1961-1962: ''

Hawaiian Eye ''Hawaiian Eye'' is an American detective television series that ran from October 1959 to April 1963 on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network. Premise Private investigator Tracy Steele (Anthony Eisley) and his half-Hawaiian ...

'' (4 episodes) *1962-1963: '' Fair Exchange'' (1. Segment) *1963-1964: ''

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 a ...

'' (4 episodes) *1962: '' The Virginian'' (episode '' The Final Hour'') = ''The Final Hour'' (film) *1965: '' Kraft Suspense Theatre'' (episode ''Kill me on July 20th'') *1964-1965: ''

Court Martial A court-martial (plural ''courts-martial'' or ''courts martial'', as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of members of the mili ...

'' (3 episodes) *1965-1967: '' 12 O'Clock High'' (16 episodes) *1966: '' The Fugitive'' (episode ''Second Sight'') *1966: ''

Daniel Boone Daniel Boone (, 1734September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyo ...

'' (episode ''The Matchmaker'') *1967: ''

Lost in Space ''Lost in Space'' is an American science fiction television series created and produced by Irwin Allen, which originally aired between 1965 and 1968 on CBS. Lightly dramatic, sometimes comedic in tone, the series was inspired by the 1812 J ...

'' (episode ''The Toymaker'') *1967: '' Mission: Impossible'' (episode ''The Diamond'') *1967: '' The Monroes'' (2 episodes) *1967-1974: '' The FBI'' (13 episodes) *1967-1968: '' The Invaders'' (episodes ''The Prophet'' and ''Counterattack'') *1969-1970: ''

Adam-12 ''Adam-12'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Robert A. Cinader and Jack Webb and produced by Mark VII Limited and Universal Television. The series follows Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers Pe ...

'' (6 episodes) *1970: '' The Immortal'' (2 episodes) *1970: '' Dan August'' (episode ''Invitation to Murder'') *1972-1975: ''

The Streets of San Francisco ''The Streets of San Francisco'' is an American television crime drama filmed on location in San Francisco and produced by Quinn Martin, with the first season produced in association with Warner Bros. Television (QM produced the show on its ow ...

'' (4 episodes) *1972-1973: ''

'' (5 episodes) *1974: ''

Barnaby Jones ''Barnaby Jones'' is an American detective fiction, detective television series starring Buddy Ebsen as a formerly retired investigator and Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law. They run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, Califor ...

'' (2 episodes) *1974: '' Shazam!'' (4 episodes) *1974-1975: '' Medical Center'' (6 episodes) *1975: '' Swiss Family Robinson'' (episode ''The Pit'') *1975-1978: ''

Baretta ''Baretta'' is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a revised and milder version of a 1973–1974 ABC series, '' Toma'', starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police ...

'' (9 episodes) *1976: '' City of Angels'' (2 episodes) *1976: ''

'' (episode ''Old Fashioned Murder'') *1976-1977: '' Big Hawaii'' (episode ''Tightrope'') *1977: '' Future Cop'' (2 episodes) *1977: ''

Hunter Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to obtain the animal's body for meat and useful animal products ( fur/ hide, bone/tusks, ...

'' (episode ''Yesterday, Upon the Stair'') *1977: '' The Man from Atlantis'' (episode ''The Naked Montague'') *1978: '' Quincy, M.E.'' (episode ''Double Death'') *1979-1981: '' Trapper John, M.D.'' (4 episodes) *1979: '' Nobody's Perfect'' (4 episodes) *1982: '' House Calls'' (2 episodes) *1982: '' Fame'' (episode ''A Big Finish'')

As a producer

*1963-1964: ''

'' (8 episodes) *1964-1965: ''

'' (10 episodes)

Personal life

Douglas was married twice, to actresses Dorothy Hyson (1914–1996) and Suzanne Weldon (1921–1995), fathering two children, Lucinda and Robert (Giles). He died from

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, aged 89.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, Robert 1909 births 1999 deaths English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors English television directors English television producers 20th-century English male actors Male actors from Buckinghamshire Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art English emigrants to the United States