Robert Flemyng
Born January 03, 1912 (Age: 114)
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Flemyng, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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).
Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Flemyng, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Shadowlands
1993
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as Claude Bird
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Age: 81
Memento Mori
1992
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as Ronald Sidebottome
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Age: 80
Kafka
1991
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as The Keeper of the Files
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Age: 79
Paris by Night
1989
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as Jack Sidmouth
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Age: 77
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
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as Sir Donald Somervell
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Age: 66
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
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as Magistrate
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Age: 66
The Medusa Touch
1978
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as Judge McKinley
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Age: 66
The Four Feathers
1978
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as The Old Colonel
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Age: 65
No Image
Loyalties
1976
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as Gen Canynge
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Age: 64
No Image
Miss Nightingale
1974
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as W.E. Nightingale
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Age: 61
The Darwin Adventure
1972
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as Prof. Henslow
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Age: 60
Young Winston
1972
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as Dr. Buzzard
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Age: 60
Battle of Britain
1969
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as Wing Cmdr. Willoughby
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Age: 57
The Body Stealers
1969
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as W.C. Baldwin
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Age: 57
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
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as Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
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Age: 57
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
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as Rushington
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Age: 54
The King's Breakfast
1963
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as The Lord Chamberlain
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Age: 50
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962
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as Prof. Bernard Hichcock
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Age: 50
A Touch of Larceny
1960
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as Cmdr. John Larkin
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Age: 48
Blind Date
1959
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as Sir Brian Lewis
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Age: 47
Wuthering Heights
1958
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as Dr. Kenneth
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Age: 46
The Man Who Never Was
1956
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as Lt. George Acres
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Age: 44
Cast a Dark Shadow
1955
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as Phillip Mortimer
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Age: 43
Sting of Death
1955
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as
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Age: 43
The Blue Lamp
1950
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as Police Sgt. Roberts
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Age: 38