Robert Stephens
Born: 1931-07-14 in Bristol, England, UK
Died: 1995-11-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
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. Description above partly from the Wikipedia article Robert Stephens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
2024
- Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage)
1995
- England, My England as John Dryden
1994
- 99-1 as Oakwood
- Dandelion Dead as Henry Vaughan
1993
- Searching for Bobby Fischer as Poe's Teacher
- Century as Mr. Reisner
- The Secret Rapture as Max Lopert
1991
- The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Hades
- The Pope Must Die as The Camarlengo
- Afraid of the Dark as Dan Burns
- 30 Door Key as Prof. Pimco
1990
- The Bonfire of the Vanities as Sir Gerald Moore
- Wings of Fame as Merrick
- Lorna Doone as Sir Ensor Doone
- The Children as Azariah Dobree
1989
- Henry V as Auncient Pistol
1988
- War and Remembrance as Karl Rahm
- The Fruit Machine as Vincent
- American Roulette
- Testimony as Vsevolod Meyerhold
- Ada in the Jungle as Lord Gordon
1987
- Inspector Morse as Sir Wilfred Mulryne
- Empire of the Sun as Mr. Lockwood
- Fortunes of War as Bill Castlebar
- Lizzie's Pictures
- Comrades as James Frampton
- High Season as Konstantinis
1986
- Unnatural Causes as Vince
- Hell's Bells as Bishop Godfrey Hethercote
1985
- The Mysteries as Pontius Pilate / Herod
1984
- The Box of Delights as Abner Brown
- Puccini as Giacomo Puccini
1983
- Tales Out of School as Vic Griffiths
- Birth of a Nation as Vic Griffiths
- Ill Fares the Land
1982
- Anyone for Denis?
- The Year of the French as George Moore
- Anyone for Denis as Schubert
1981
- The Games of Countess Dolingen as Le professeur
- The Winter's Tale as Polixenes
- The Search for Alexander the Great as Darius of Persia
1980
- Lady Killers as Sir Edward Marshall Hall, K.C.
- Hesther for Example as Warburton
- The Executioner as Beust
1979
- Minder as Percy
- One Fine Day as Welby
1977
- The Duellists as Brigadier-General Treillard
- At Night All Cats Are Crazy as Charles Watson
1973
1972
- Travels with My Aunt as Ercole Visconti
- The Asphyx as Sir Hugo Cunningham
1971
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Max Carrados
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Oberon
1970
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
1969
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Teddy Lloyd
- Julius Caesar as Mark Antony
1968
- Romeo and Juliet as the Prince
- Horizontal Hold as James Woodley
1967
- ITV Playhouse as The Duke of Bristol
- Much Ado About Nothing as Benedick
- Ten Days That Shook the World as Lenin
1966
- Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment as Charles Napier
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Mark Antony
1964
- Theatre 625 as Stephen
1963
- Cleopatra as Germanicus
- Channing as Paddy Riordan
- The Small World of Sammy Lee as Gerry Sullivan
1962
- The Inspector as Dickens
- Lunch Hour as Man
1961
- A Taste of Honey as Peter Smith
- Pirates of Tortuga as Henri Morgan
- The Queen's Guards
1960
- Circle of Deception as Capt. Stein
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter