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Robert Urquhart (16 October 1922 – 21 March 1995) was a Scottish character actor who mainly worked in British television during his career. He was born in Ullapool, Scotland and educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. Having initially entered the Merchant Navy, he won an ex-Serviceman's scholarship to train at RADA.〔 Urquhart made his stage debut in 1947, while his first film role was in ''You're Only Young Twice'' (1952). He appeared in many television shows of the detective/special-agent genre, such as ''Department S'', ''Callan'', ''The Professionals'', ''Man in a Suitcase'', ''The Avengers'', and opposite Patrick McGoohan in the episodes of ''Danger Man'' entitled "English Lady Takes Lodgers" and "It's Up To The Lady" (1965) and as the title character in "The Man with the Foot" (1966). He also played the lead role in ''Jango'', a short lived 1961 production by Associated Rediffusion. Urquhart also starred as Wing Commander MacPhearson in the 1970s series ''Pathfinders''. His wife was Jean Urquhart. He died in Edinburgh on 21 March 1995.〔 ==Selected filmography== * ''You're Only Young Twice'' (1952) * ''Paul Temple Returns'' (1952) * ''The House of the Arrow'' (1953) * ''Knights of the Round Table'' (1953) * ''Isn't Life Wonderful!'' (1953) * ''Happy Ever After'' (1954) * ''The Dark Avenger'' (1955) * ''You Can't Escape'' (1956) * ''Yangtse Incident'' (1957) * ''The Curse of Frankenstein'' (1957) * ''Dunkirk'' (1958) * ''Trouble with Eve'' (1960) * ''Danger Tomorrow'' (1960) * ''Foxhole in Cairo'' (1960) * ''The Bulldog Breed'' (1960) * ''55 Days at Peking'' (1963) * ''Murder at the Gallop'' (1963) * ''The Limbo Line'' (1968) * ''The Looking Glass War'' (1969) * ''Mosquito Squadron'' (1969) * ''Country Dance'' (1970) * ''A Tale of Two Cities'' (1980) * ''The Dollar Bottom'' (1980) * ''The Dogs of War'' (1980) * ''P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang'' (1982) * ''Bleak House (1985) * ''The Kitchen Toto'' (1987) * ''Testimony'' (1987) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Urquhart (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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