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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Minder
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Playhouse
Warburton
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
Inspector Morse
Sir Wilfred Mulryne
Theatre 625
Stephen
Theatre 625
Boris Trigorin
Lady Killers
Sir Edward Marshall Hall, K.C.
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The Camarlengo
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Max Carrados
Holocaust
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Unnatural Causes
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Cleopatra
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Paddy Riordan
Empire of the Sun
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Ted the Drunk
Romeo and Juliet
the Prince
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Sir Gerald Moore
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Bill Castlebar
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Hades
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Brigadier-General Treillard
Henry V
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Tales Out of School
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QB VII
Robert Highsmith
99-1
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Abner Brown
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High Season
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The Shout
Chief Medical Officer
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Poe's Teacher
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Teddy Lloyd
Dandelion Dead
Henry Vaughan
Vienna 1900
The Asphyx
Sir Hugo Cunningham
Travels with My Aunt
Ercole Visconti
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Charles Napier
Afraid of the Dark
Dan Burns
Anyone for Denis?
Anyone for Denis?
Schubert
Hell's Bells
Bishop Godfrey Hethercote
Nothing Like a Dame
Self (archive footage)
The Executioner
Beust
Birth of a Nation
Vic Griffiths
The Queen's Guards
30 Door Key
Prof. Pimco
England, My England
John Dryden
Wings of Fame
Merrick
The Year of the French
George Moore
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Vsevolod Meyerhold
Lizzie's Pictures
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The Fruit Machine
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The Inspector
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Giacomo Puccini
Lunch Hour
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The Small World of Sammy Lee
Gerry Sullivan
Century
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Luther
Johann von Eck
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Self (archive footage)
Ada in the Jungle
Lord Gordon
One Fine Day
Welby
Much Ado About Nothing
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Mark Antony
Circle of Deception
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At Night All Cats Are Crazy
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Oberon
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Max Lopert
Ill Fares the Land
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Henri Morgan
American Roulette
Anyone for Denis
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Hesther for Example
Warburton
The Search for Alexander the Great
Darius of Persia
Horizontal Hold
James Woodley
Ten Days That Shook the World
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