Robert Douglas
Highest Rated: 100% The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
Lowest Rated: 29% Around the Bend (2004)
Birthday: Nov 9, 1909
Birthplace: Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
For someone whose specialty was playing genteel Brits, it's hard to imagine that Robert Douglas counted Hollywood playboy Errol Flynn as one of his closest friends. The Englishman managed to balance his pursuit of producing, acting, and directing plays, starting at the age of 23. Around the time Douglas was making his motion picture debut in the 1931 U.K. comedy "Dr. Josser, K.C.," he was also appearing in live theater alongside Jessica Tandy on Broadway and working with Laurence Olivier in London's West End. While serving as a World War II Royal Air Force pilot up through 1946, the proper Brit went Hollywood after getting signed to a Warner Brothers contract. Douglas's usual fate was that of a scowling villain, going up against a number of heroic types including Flynn ("The Adventures of Don Juan"), Burt Lancaster ("The Flame and the Arrow," and Stewart Granger ("The Prisoner of Zenda"). His favorite role during this time was as Ellsworth M. Toohey in the dense 1949 adaptation of Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead." Through the 1950s, Douglas continued acting in notable features including "Ivanhoe," "Saskatchewan," and "The Young Philadelphians." With the onset of the 1960s, his focus was primarily on directing numerous crime and medical dramas that included "Adam-12," "Baretta," "Trapper John, M.D.," and "The Streets of San Francisco."
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Robert Douglas
Filmography
Movies
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Ooga Booga | Original Music | - | 2013 |
29% |
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Around the Bend | College Student (Character) | $193.6K | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Questor Tapes | Dr. Michaels (Character) | - | 1973 |
64% |
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Secret Ceremony | Sir Alex Gordon (Character) | - | 1968 |
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Night Train to Paris | Director | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lawbreakers | Unknown (Character) | - | 1960 |
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Tarzan, the Ape Man | Col. James Parker (Character) | - | 1959 |
71% |
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The Young Philadelphians | Uncle Morton Stearnes (Character) | - | 1959 |
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Good Morning, Miss Dove | Mr. John Porter (Character) | - | 1955 |
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The Virgin Queen | Sir Christopher Hatton (Character) | - | 1955 |
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Helen of Troy | Agamemnon (Character) | - | 1955 |
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The Scarlet Coat | Gen. Benedict Arnold (Character) | - | 1955 |
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Saskatchewan | Benton (Character) | - | 1954 |
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King Richard and the Crusaders | Sir Giles Amaury (Character) | - | 1954 |
100% |
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The Desert Rats | General (Character) | - | 1953 |
79% |
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Ivanhoe | Sir Hugh De Bracy (Character) | - | 1952 |
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The Prisoner of Zenda | Michael (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fair Wind to Java |
Saint Ebenezer/ |
- | 1952 |
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At Sword's Point | Duc de Lavalle (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Target Unknown | Col. von Broeck (Character) | - | 1951 |
83% |
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Thunder on the Hill | Dr. Edward Jeffreys (Character) | - | 1951 |
100% |
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The Flame and the Arrow | Marchese Alessandro de Granazia (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barricade | Aubrey Milburn (Character) | - | 1950 |
78% |
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Kim | Colonel Creighton (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Buccaneer's Girl | Narbonne (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mystery Submarine | Cmdr. Eric von Molter (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Side of the Law | Philip Cagle (Character) | - | 1950 |
83% |
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The Fountainhead | Ellsworth Toohey (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lady Takes a Sailor | John Tyson (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Homicide | Police Lt. Michael Landers (Character) | - | 1949 |
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Adventures of Don Juan | Duke de Lorca (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Decision of Christopher Blake | Blake (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The End of the River | Jones (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chinese Bungalow | Richard Marquess (Character) | - | 1940 |
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Over the Moon | John Flight (Character) | - | 1940 |
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The Lion Has Wings | Briefing Officer (Character) | - | 1940 |
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The Challenge | Edward Whymper (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | London Melody | Nigel Taplow (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death Drives Through | Kit Woods (Character) | - | 1935 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fame | Director | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Director | 1979-1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Quincy, M.E. | Director | 1978 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Columbo |
Dr. Frank Pierce (Guest Star), Director |
1975-1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Director | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shazam! | Director | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Immortal | Director | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dan August | Director | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adam-12 | Director | 1969-1970 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Lost in Space | Director | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Director | 1965-1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Director | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Director | 1963-1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Director | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thriller | Unknown (Character) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surfside 6 | Director | 1960-1962 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Inspector Ben Liebenberg (Character) | 1958-1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Step Beyond | Unknown (Character) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Dr. Emory Williams (Guest Star) | 1959 |