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.
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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Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Minder
Percy
Inspector Morse
Sir Wilfred Mulryne
BBC Play of the Month
Mark Antony
BBC Play of the Month
Trigorin
BBC Play of the Month
Oberon
BBC Play of the Month
Grigory Rasputin
BBC Play of the Month
Prince of Wales
Playhouse
Warburton
Theatre 625
Stephen
Theatre 625
Boris Trigorin
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Poe's Teacher
The Secret Rapture
Max Lopert
Chaplin
Ted the Drunk
One Fine Day
Welby
Century
Mr. Reisner
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Max Carrados
Pirates of Tortuga
Henri Morgan
The Fruit Machine
Vincent
A Taste of Honey
Peter Smith
The Search for Alexander the Great
Darius of Persia
Testimony
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Cleopatra
Germanicus
Lunch Hour
Man
Holocaust
Uncle Kurt Dorf
Wings of Fame
Merrick
Lady Killers
Sir Edward Marshall Hall, K.C.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Oberon
Adam Bede
Reverend Irwine
Empire of the Sun
Mr. Lockwood
Nothing Like a Dame
Self (archive footage)
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Hades
Channing
Paddy Riordan
Romeo and Juliet
the Prince
Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Comrades
James Frampton
Lorna Doone
Sir Ensor Doone
Henry V
Auncient Pistol
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Sir Gerald Moore
Unnatural Causes
Vince
Fortunes of War
Bill Castlebar
Luther
Johann von Eck
Anyone for Denis
Schubert
Ada in the Jungle
Lord Gordon
The Duellists
Brigadier-General Treillard
The Games of Countess Dolingen
Le professeur
Tales Out of School
Vic Griffiths
The Box of Delights
Abner Brown
High Season
Konstantinis
QB VII
Robert Highsmith
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Charles Napier
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
99-1
Oakwood
The Shout
Chief Medical Officer
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Teddy Lloyd
Travels with My Aunt
Ercole Visconti
The Mysteries
Pontius Pilate / Herod
30 Door Key
Prof. Pimco
Hell's Bells
Bishop Godfrey Hethercote
Dandelion Dead
Henry Vaughan
The Children
Azariah Dobree
Vienna 1900
The Year of the French
George Moore
Anyone for Denis?
Anyone for Denis?
Schubert
Afraid of the Dark
Dan Burns
The Inspector
Dickens
The Pope Must Die
The Camarlengo
The Asphyx
Sir Hugo Cunningham
Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick
The Small World of Sammy Lee
Gerry Sullivan
American Roulette
Birth of a Nation
Vic Griffiths
Circle of Deception
Capt. Stein
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Lizzie's Pictures
The Queen's Guards
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Self (archive footage)
Horizontal Hold
James Woodley
The Winter's Tale
Polixenes
Ten Days That Shook the World
Lenin
Ill Fares the Land
The Executioner
Beust
At Night All Cats Are Crazy
Charles Watson
England, My England
John Dryden
Hesther for Example
Warburton