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.​

Most Known For

The Avengers

as Lord Maxted

Play for Today

as Sir Charles

BBC Play of the Month

as Gen. Canynge

The Professionals

as Sir John Terringham

The Persuaders!

as Sir George

The New Avengers

as Minister Quaintance

Public Eye

as Maj-Gen. Felcourt

Compact

Suspicion

as Nigel Crossley

Enemy at the Door

as Sir James Prideaux

Funny Face

as Paul Duval

Zero One

Conspirator

as Captain Hugh Ladholme

Lady Killers

as Mr. Justice Havers

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

as Aegeus

Man of the World

as O'Connor

Battle of Britain

as Wing Cmdr. Willoughby

Wuthering Heights

as Dr. Kenneth

Edward and Mrs Simpson

as Sir Donald Somervell

Shadowlands

as Claude Bird