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Robert Flemyng

Robert Flemyng

Actor · Born 1912-01-03 · Liverpool, England, UK

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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. T…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Funny Face (1957) — Paul Duval
  2. Battle of Britain (1969) — Wing Cmdr. Willoughby
  3. Shadowlands (1993) — Claude Bird
  4. The Medusa Touch (1978) — Judge McKinley
  5. Kafka (1991) — The Keeper of the Files
  6. The Avengers (1961) — Lord Maxted
  7. The Persuaders! (1971) — Sir George
  8. The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991) — Aegeus
  9. The Deadly Affair (1967) — Samuel Fennan
  10. The Man Who Never Was (1956) — Lt. George Acres
  11. The Quiller Memorandum (1966) — Rushington
  12. The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) — Prof. Bernard Hichcock
  13. The Blue Lamp (1950) — Police Sgt. Roberts
  14. The Blood Beast Terror (1968) — Dr. Carl Mallinger
  15. Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) — Phillip Mortimer
  16. Young Winston (1972) — Dr. Buzzard
  17. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) — Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
  18. The New Avengers (1976) — Minister Quaintance
  19. The Professionals (1977) — Sir John Terringham
  20. The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) — Magistrate
  21. Travels with My Aunt (1972) — Crowder
  22. The Holly and the Ivy (1952) — Major
  23. Blind Date (1959) — Sir Brian Lewis
  24. The Magic Box (1952) — Doctor
  25. Danger Man (1960) — Logan
  26. Conspirator (1949) — Captain Hugh Ladholme
  27. The Body Stealers (1969) — W.C. Baldwin
  28. A Touch of Larceny (1960) — Cmdr. John Larkin
  29. The Guinea Pig (1948) — Nigel Lorraine
  30. Paris by Night (1989) — Jack Sidmouth
  31. Golden Rendezvous (1977) — Capt. Bullen
  32. The Four Feathers (1978) — The Old Colonel
  33. Windom's Way (1957) — Col. George Hasbrook
  34. Play for Today (1970) — Sir Charles
  35. Spider's Web (1982) — Sir Rowland Delahaye
  36. Suspicion (1957) — Nigel Crossley
  37. BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Gen. Canynge
  38. The Firechasers (1971) — Carlton
  39. Memento Mori (1992) — Ronald Sidebottome
  40. Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978) — Sir Donald Somervell