Robert Stephens
Known for Acting · 87 credits
- Born
- 1931-07-14
- Died
- 1995-11-12
- Place of birth
- Bristol, England, UK
- Also known as
- Sir Robert Stephens
Biography
Sir Robert Stephens (14 July 1931 – 12 November 1995) was a leading English actor in the early years of England's Royal National Theatre. He was one of the most respected actors of his generation and was at one time regarded as the natural successor to Laurence Olivier. While very acting on stage his whole life, he also participated in more than 100 theatrical films and TV series episodes.
He was married to actress Maggie Smith between 1967 and 1974. They had two children together, who both have become actors: Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin.
Following years of ill health, he died on 12 November 1995 at the age of 64 due to complications during surgery, eleven months after having been knighted.
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Known For
TV Shows (31)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Minder
1979
as Percy
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mark Antony / Trigorin / Oberon / Grigory Rasputin / Prince of Wales
Playhouse
1974
as Warburton
Theatre 625
1964
as Stephen / Boris Trigorin
Inspector Morse
1987
as Sir Wilfred Mulryne
ITV Playhouse
1967
as The Duke of Bristol / Bryan Baker / James Woodley
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Max Carrados
NET Playhouse
1966
as Mark Anthony
War and Remembrance
1988
as Karl Rahm
Holocaust
1978
as Uncle Kurt Dorf
Lady Killers
1980
as Sir Edward Marshall Hall, K.C.
Channing
1963
as Paddy Riordan
Unnatural Causes
1986
as Vince
A Question of Guilt
1980
as Edward Clarke QC
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Hades
Fortunes of War
1987
as Bill Castlebar
Celebrity Playhouse
1981
as Charles Appleby
99-1
1994
as Commander Oakwood
By the Sword Divided
1983
as Sir Ralph Winter
The Mysteries
1985
as Pontius Pilate / Herod
QB VII
1974
as Robert Highsmith
Dandelion Dead
1994
as Henry Vaughan
Tales Out of School
1983
as Vic Griffiths
The Box of Delights
1984
as Abner Brown
Anyone for Denis?
1982
as Schubert
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Darius of Persia
Vienna 1900
1973
Hell's Bells
1986
as Bishop Godfrey Hethercote
The Year of the French
1982
as George Moore
Lizzie's Pictures
1987
Movies (56)
Cleopatra
1963
as Germanicus
Empire of the Sun
1987
as Mr. Lockwood
Romeo and Juliet
1968
as the Prince
Chaplin
1992
as Ted the Drunk
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Sir Gerald Moore
Julius Caesar
1969
as Mark Antony
The Duellists
1977
as Brigadier-General Treillard
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
as Poe's Teacher
30 Door Key
1991
as Prof. Pimco
A Taste of Honey
1961
as Peter Smith
Henry V
1989
as Auncient Pistol
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
as Sherlock Holmes
Wings of Fame
1990
as Merrick
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969
as Teddy Lloyd
The Pope Must Die
1991
as The Camarlengo
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1971
as Oberon
Travels with My Aunt
1972
as Ercole Visconti
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Benedick
The Fruit Machine
1988
as Vincent
Afraid of the Dark
1991
as Dan Burns
Pirates of Tortuga
1961
as Henri Morgan
The Shout
1978
as Chief Medical Officer
Hesther for Example
1980
as Warburton
England, My England
1995
as John Dryden
American Roulette
1988
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Children
1990
as Azariah Dobree
The Inspector
1962
as Dickens
Birth of a Nation
1983
as Vic Griffiths
Lorna Doone
1990
as Sir Ensor Doone
The Secret Rapture
1993
as Max Lopert
High Season
1987
as Konstantinis
One Fine Day
1979
as Welby
Luther
1974
as Johann von Eck
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
1966
as Charles Napier
The Winter's Tale
1981
as Polixenes
Adam Bede
1992
as Reverend Irwine
The Small World of Sammy Lee
1963
as Gerry Sullivan
The Queen's Guards
1961
At Night All Cats Are Crazy
1977
as Charles Watson
Lunch Hour
1962
as Man
Comrades
1987
as James Frampton
Ada in the Jungle
1988
as Lord Gordon
The Asphyx
1972
as Sir Hugo Cunningham
Century
1993
as Mr. Reisner
The Games of Countess Dolingen
1981
as Le professeur
Ten Days That Shook the World
1967
as Lenin
Circle of Deception
1960
as Capt. Stein
Ill Fares the Land
1983
Testimony
1988
as Vsevolod Meyerhold
Horizontal Hold
1968
as James Woodley
Puccini
1984
as Giacomo Puccini
The Executioner
1980
as Beust
Anyone for Denis
1982
as Schubert
The Tractor Factor
1982
About Robert Stephens
Sir Robert Stephens (14 July 1931 – 12 November 1995) was a leading English actor in the early years of England's Royal National Theatre. He was one of the most respected actors of his generation and was at one time regarded as the natural successor to Laurence Olivier. While very acting on stage his whole life, he also participated in more than 100 theatrical films and TV series episodes. He was married to actress Maggie Smith between 1967 and 1974. They had two children together, who both have become actors: Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin. F… With 87 credits spanning from 1956 to 2024, Robert Stephens has appeared in 56 films and 31 TV shows.
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- Cleopatra (1963) — as Germanicus
- Empire of the Sun (1987) — as Mr. Lockwood
- Romeo and Juliet (1968) — as the Prince
- Chaplin (1992) — as Ted the Drunk
- The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) — as Sir Gerald Moore
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