Robert Flemyng
Known for Acting · 68 credits
- Born
- 1912-01-03
- Died
- 1995-05-22
- Place of birth
- Liverpool, England, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Robert Flemyng OBE, MC (3 January 1912 – 22 May 1995) was a British film and stage actor.
Flemyng was born in Liverpool, the son of a doctor, and was educated at Haileybury. He began his career as a medical student before abandoning medicine to become an actor. Flemyng made his stage debut in the early 1930s, and worked steadily in both London and Broadway. His first film appearance was in 1937, but he didn't appear steadily in films until after he served in World War II. During the war he was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with great distinction, reaching the rank of full colonel at the age of 33. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1941, mentioned in despatches, and was appointed OBE in 1944.
He played the idealistic schoolmaster in the 1948 Roy Boulting film, The Guinea Pig, starring Richard Attenborough, and the key role of Detective Sergeant Roberts in the 1950 film The Blue Lamp.
One memorable role was as a necrophiliac in the film The Horrible Dr. Hichcock in 1962. He ably played a sardonic British Secret Intelligence Service chief (his boss being George Sanders) in the 1966 film The Quiller Memorandum. The character actor worked in films and television until his death in 1995. Some of his later films include Kafka (1991) and Shadowlands (1993).
Known For
TV Shows (24)
Play for Today
1970
as Sir Charles
The Avengers
1961
as Lord Maxted
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Gen. Canynge
The Professionals
1977
as Sir John Terringham
The Persuaders!
1971
as Sir George
Compact
1962
Suspicion
1957
as Nigel Crossley
Danger Man
1960
as Logan
Public Eye
1965
as Maj-Gen. Felcourt
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Major Lavender
The New Avengers
1976
as Minister Quaintance
Enemy at the Door
1978
as Sir James Prideaux
Lady Killers
1980
as Mr. Justice Havers
Man of the World
1962
as O'Connor
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Julian Anson
Half Hour Story
1967
as Martin
Zero One
1962
Late Night Theatre
1972
as Rivers
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Aegeus
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960
as Sir Percival Glyde / Lawrence
Rebecca
1979
as Colonel Julyan
Fame Is the Spur
1982
as Lord Lostwithiel
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
as Sir Donald Somervell
Family Solicitor
1961
as Anthony Freeman
Movies (44)
Battle of Britain
1969
as Wing Cmdr. Willoughby
Funny Face
1957
as Paul Duval
The Deadly Affair
1967
as Samuel Fennan
Shadowlands
1993
as Claude Bird
Young Winston
1972
as Dr. Buzzard
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
as Magistrate
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Conspirator
1949
as Captain Hugh Ladholme
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
as Rushington
The Man Who Never Was
1956
as Lt. George Acres
Paris by Night
1989
as Jack Sidmouth
A Touch of Larceny
1960
as Cmdr. John Larkin
Travels with My Aunt
1972
as Crowder
Let's Be Happy
1957
as Lord James MacNairn
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Judge McKinley
Wuthering Heights
1958
as Dr. Kenneth
Memento Mori
1992
as Ronald Sidebottome
Cast a Dark Shadow
1955
as Phillip Mortimer
The Blood Beast Terror
1968
as Dr. Carl Mallinger
The Magic Box
1952
as Doctor
The Holly and the Ivy
1952
as Major
The King's Breakfast
1963
as The Lord Chamberlain
Kafka
1991
as The Keeper of the Files
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
as Sir Donald Somervell
The Guinea Pig
1948
as Nigel Lorraine
The Four Feathers
1978
as The Old Colonel
Golden Rendezvous
1977
as Capt. Bullen
Bond Street
1948
as Frank Moody
Blackmailed
1951
as Dr. Giles Freeman
A Cotswold Death
1982
as Sir Charles
The Darwin Adventure
1972
as Prof. Henslow
The Blue Lamp
1950
as Police Sgt. Roberts
Spider's Web
1982
as Sir Rowland Delahaye
Blind Date
1959
as Sir Brian Lewis
The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966
as M.I.5 Director
The Firechasers
1971
as Carlton
Sting of Death
1955
The Body Stealers
1969
as W.C. Baldwin
Loyalties
1976
as Gen Canynge
Miss Nightingale
1974
as W.E. Nightingale
Windom's Way
1957
as Col. George Hasbrook
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
1995
as Patient 2
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962
as Prof. Bernard Hichcock
Head Over Heels
1937
as Pierre
About Robert Flemyng
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Flemyng OBE, MC (3 January 1912 – 22 May 1995) was a British film and stage actor. Flemyng was born in Liverpool, the son of a doctor, and was educated at Haileybury. He began his career as a medical student before abandoning medicine to become an actor. Flemyng made his stage debut in the early 1930s, and worked steadily in both London and Broadway. His first film appearance was in 1937, but he didn't appear steadily in films until after he served in World War II. During the war he was commissione… With 68 credits spanning from 1937 to 1995, Robert Flemyng has appeared in 44 films and 24 TV shows.
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- Battle of Britain (1969) — as Wing Cmdr. Willoughby
- Funny Face (1957) — as Paul Duval
- The Deadly Affair (1967) — as Samuel Fennan
- Shadowlands (1993) — as Claude Bird
- Young Winston (1972) — as Dr. Buzzard
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