Robert Flemyng
Born
January 3, 1912
Died
May 22, 1995 (83 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
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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).
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The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
Patient 2
1995
Shadowlands
Claude Bird
1993
Memento Mori
Ronald Sidebottome
1992
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Aegeus · (1 episode)
1991
Kafka
The Keeper of the Files
1991
Paris by Night
Jack Sidmouth
1989
Spider's Web
Sir Rowland Delahaye
1982
A Cotswold Death
Sir Charles
1982
Lady Killers
Mr. Justice Havers · (1 episode)
1980
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Sir Donald Somervell · (2 episodes)
1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Sir Donald Somervell
1978
The Thirty Nine Steps
Magistrate
1978
The Medusa Touch
Judge McKinley
1978
Enemy at the Door
Sir James Prideaux · (1 episode)
1978
The Four Feathers
The Old Colonel
1978
The Professionals
Sir John Terringham · (1 episode)
1977
Golden Rendezvous
Capt. Bullen
1977
The New Avengers
Minister Quaintance · (1 episode)
1976
Loyalties
Gen Canynge
1976
The Venturers
(1 episode)
1975
Miss Nightingale
W.E. Nightingale
1974
Travels with My Aunt
Crowder
1972
The Darwin Adventure
Prof. Henslow
1972
Young Winston
Dr. Buzzard
1972
The Persuaders!
Sir George · (1 episode)
1971
The Firechasers
Carlton
1971
Play for Today
Sir Charles · (1 episode)
1970
Battle of Britain
Wing Cmdr. Willoughby
1969
The Body Stealers
W.C. Baldwin
1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
1969
The Blood Beast Terror
Dr. Carl Mallinger
1968
The Deadly Affair
Samuel Fennan
1967
The Spy with a Cold Nose
M.I.5 Director
1966
The Quiller Memorandum
Rushington
1966
BBC Play of the Month
Gen. Canynge · (1 episode)
1965
Public Eye
Maj-Gen. Felcourt · (1 episode)
1965
Thursday Theatre
Julian Anson · (23 episodes)
1964
The King's Breakfast
The Lord Chamberlain
1963
Zero One
(1 episode)
1962
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
Prof. Bernard Hichcock
1962
Compact
(372 episodes)
1962
The Avengers
Lord Maxted · (1 episode)
1961
A Touch of Larceny
Cmdr. John Larkin
1960
Blind Date
Sir Brian Lewis
1959
Wuthering Heights
Dr. Kenneth
1958
Windom's Way
Col. George Hasbrook
1957
Suspicion
Nigel Crossley · (1 episode)
1957
Let's Be Happy
Lord James MacNairn
1957
Funny Face
Paul Duval
1957
The Man Who Never Was
Lt. George Acres
1956
Cast a Dark Shadow
Phillip Mortimer
1955
Sting of Death
1955
The Holly and the Ivy
Major
1952
The Magic Box
Doctor
1952
Blackmailed
Dr. Giles Freeman
1951
The Blue Lamp
Police Sgt. Roberts
1950
Conspirator
Captain Hugh Ladholme
1949
The Guinea Pig
Nigel Lorraine
1948
Bond Street
Frank Moody
1948
Head Over Heels
Pierre
1937