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Robert Douglas

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."

Highest rated movies

100% 71% The Desert Rats
100% 59% The Flame and the Arrow
83% 65% Thunder on the Hill
83% 74% The Fountainhead
79% 64% Ivanhoe
78% 57% Kim
71% 81% The Young Philadelphians
64% 54% Secret Ceremony

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 18% Ooga Booga Original Music - 2013
29% 60% Around the Bend College Student (Character) $193.6K 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Questor Tapes Dr. Michaels (Character) - 1973
64% 54% Secret Ceremony Sir Alex Gordon (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 10% Night Train to Paris Director - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lawbreakers Unknown (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 20% Tarzan, the Ape Man Col. James Parker (Character) - 1959
71% 81% The Young Philadelphians Uncle Morton Stearnes (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 59% Good Morning, Miss Dove Mr. John Porter (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 65% The Virgin Queen Sir Christopher Hatton (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 59% Helen of Troy Agamemnon (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 40% The Scarlet Coat Gen. Benedict Arnold (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 75% Saskatchewan Benton (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 18% King Richard and the Crusaders Sir Giles Amaury (Character) - 1954
100% 71% The Desert Rats General (Character) - 1953
79% 64% Ivanhoe Sir Hugh De Bracy (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 63% The Prisoner of Zenda Michael (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fair Wind to Java Saint Ebenezer/Pulo Besar (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 60% At Sword's Point Duc de Lavalle (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Target Unknown Col. von Broeck (Character) - 1951
83% 65% Thunder on the Hill Dr. Edward Jeffreys (Character) - 1951
100% 59% The Flame and the Arrow Marchese Alessandro de Granazia (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barricade Aubrey Milburn (Character) - 1950
78% 57% 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% 74% 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
No Score Yet 67% 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
No Score Yet 33% Over the Moon John Flight (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 15% The Lion Has Wings Briefing Officer (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 100% 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

Credit
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