Robin W. J. Langford (12 September 1953 – 22 November 2014) was an English actor, writer and director.
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His acting work included with the ]Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company
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in Stratford-upon-Avon
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; at the Moscow Arts Theatre
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in Russia
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at the age of 12; and in his first film, '' The Comedians'', at the age of 12, as Elizabeth Taylor
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’s son (with Richard Burton
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, Sir Alec Guinness
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and Sir Peter Ustinov
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). He subsequently played many film and television roles, as well as directed in the theatre.
Notable TV credits include the leading role in a BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson
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's ''The Black Arrow
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''; as well as appearances in ''The Duchess of Duke Street
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'', ''Smiley's People
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'', ''The Tripods
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Synopsis
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'' and ''War and Peace
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''.
Filmography
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1953 births
2014 deaths
English male television actors
English male child actors
English male stage actors
20th-century English male actors
People from Cheltenham
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