Robert Flemyng
Known for

Acting

Credits

57

Gender

Man

Birthday

3 Jan 1912

Day of death

22 May 1995 (83)

Place of birth

Liverpool, England, UK

Also known as

Robert Flemyng

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. The character actor worked in films and television until his death in 1995. Some of his later films include Kafka (1991) and Shadowlands (1993). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Flemyng, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
1995The Vacillations of Poppy CarewPatient 2
1993ShadowlandsClaude Bird
1992Memento MoriRonald Sidebottome
1991KafkaThe Keeper of the Files
1989Paris by NightJack Sidmouth
1982Spider's WebSir Rowland Delahaye
1982A Cotswold DeathSir Charles
1980Lady KillersMr. Justice Havers
1978The Medusa TouchJudge McKinley
1978The Thirty Nine StepsMagistrate
1978The Four FeathersThe Old Colonel
1978Edward and Mrs SimpsonSir Donald Somervell
1978Enemy at the DoorSir James Prideaux
1978Edward & Mrs. SimpsonSir Donald Somervell
1977The ProfessionalsSir John Terringham
1977Golden RendezvousCapt. Bullen
1976The New AvengersMinister Quaintance
1976LoyaltiesGen Canynge
1975The Venturers
1974Miss NightingaleW.E. Nightingale
1972Young WinstonDr. Buzzard
1972Travels with My AuntCrowder
1972The Darwin AdventureProf. Henslow
1971The Persuaders!Sir George
1971The FirechasersCarlton
1970Play for TodaySir Charles
1969Battle of BritainWing Cmdr. Willoughby
1969Oh! What a Lovely WarStaff Officer in Gassed Trench
1969The Body StealersW.C. Baldwin
1968The Blood Beast TerrorDr. Carl Mallinger
1967The Deadly AffairSamuel Fennan
1966The Quiller MemorandumRushington
1966The Spy with a Cold NoseM.I.5 Director
1965Public EyeMaj-Gen. Felcourt
1963The King's BreakfastThe Lord Chamberlain
1962The Horrible Dr. HichcockProf. Bernard Hichcock
1962Compact
1962Zero One
1961The AvengersLord Maxted
1960A Touch of LarcenyCmdr. John Larkin
1959Blind DateSir Brian Lewis
1958Wuthering HeightsDr. Kenneth
1957Funny FacePaul Duval
1957Windom's WayCol. George Hasbrook
1957SuspicionNigel Crossley
1957Let's Be HappyLord James MacNairn
1956The Man Who Never WasLt. George Acres
1955Cast a Dark ShadowPhillip Mortimer
1955The Sting of Death
1952The Holly and the IvyMajor
1952The Magic BoxDoctor
1951BlackmailedDr. Giles Freeman
1950The Blue LampPolice Sgt. Roberts
1949ConspiratorCaptain Hugh Ladholme
1948The Guinea PigNigel Lorraine
1948Bond StreetFrank Moody
1937Head Over HeelsPierre