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Robert Douglas

Nov 09, 1909 - Jan 11, 1999 (89 years old) in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. [now Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK]

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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 voice, who delivered his lines in clipped fashion. He could portray the sinister, conniving rogue as easily as the forthright military officer.

He was married twice, including the actress Dorothy Hyson (1914–1996) and Suzanne Weldon (1921–1995), fathering two children, Lucinda and Robert (Giles). He died from natural causes in Leucadia, Encinitas, California, aged 89. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

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Known For

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Columbo
Frank Pierce
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Maverick
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Adventures in Paradise
Albert Othery
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77 Sunset Strip
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The Wonderful World of Disney
Gen. Cornwallis
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Lux Video Theatre
Frank Hunter
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Thriller
Antony Hugh Swinburne
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Medical Center
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One Step Beyond
Harrison Ackroyd
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Inspector Charles Tarrant

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