About

Known credits:
45
Birthday:
1912-01-03
Place of birth:
Liverpool, England, UK
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Robert Flemyng

Overview

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).

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Known for

Acting
1995 The Vacillations of Poppy Carew Actor Patient 2 59
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1993 Shadowlands Actor Claude Bird 62
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1992 Memento Mori Actor Ronald Sidebottome 58
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1991 Kafka Actor The Keeper of the Files 60
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1989 Paris by Night Actor Jack Sidmouth 58
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1982 Spider's Web Actor Sir Rowland Delahaye 59
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1982 A Cotswold Death Actor Sir Charles 58
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1978 Edward & Mrs. Simpson Actor Sir Donald Somervell 59
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1978 The Thirty Nine Steps Actor Magistrate 59
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1978 The Medusa Touch Actor Judge McKinley 61
Fair
1978 The Four Feathers Actor The Old Colonel 59
Average
1977 Golden Rendezvous Actor Capt. Bullen 58
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1976 Loyalties Actor Gen Canynge N/A
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1974 Miss Nightingale Actor W.E. Nightingale N/A
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1972 Travels with My Aunt Actor Crowder 58
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1972 The Darwin Adventure Actor Prof. Henslow N/A
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1972 Young Winston Actor Dr. Buzzard 59
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1971 The Firechasers Actor Carlton 59
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1969 Battle of Britain Actor Wing Cmdr. Willoughby 62
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1969 The Body Stealers Actor W.C. Baldwin 58
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1969 Oh! What a Lovely War Actor Staff Officer in Gassed Trench 59
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1968 The Blood Beast Terror Actor Dr. Carl Mallinger 58
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1967 The Deadly Affair Actor Samuel Fennan 59
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1966 The Spy with a Cold Nose Actor M.I.5 Director 58
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1966 The Quiller Memorandum Actor Rushington 58
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1963 The King's Breakfast Actor The Lord Chamberlain N/A
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1962 The Horrible Dr. Hichcock Actor Prof. Bernard Hichcock 58
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1962 Compact Actor 68
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1960 A Touch of Larceny Actor Cmdr. John Larkin 59
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1959 Blind Date Actor Sir Brian Lewis 58
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1958 Wuthering Heights Actor Dr. Kenneth N/A
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1957 Windom's Way Actor Col. George Hasbrook 58
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1957 Let's Be Happy Actor Lord James MacNairn 58
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1957 Funny Face Actor Paul Duval 65
Fair
1956 The Man Who Never Was Actor Lt. George Acres 60
Fair
1955 Cast a Dark Shadow Actor Phillip Mortimer 59
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1955 The Sting of Death Actor N/A
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1952 The Holly and the Ivy Actor Major 59
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1952 The Magic Box Actor Doctor 59
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1951 Blackmailed Actor Dr. Giles Freeman 58
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1950 The Blue Lamp Actor Police Sgt. Roberts 59
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1949 Conspirator Actor Captain Hugh Ladholme 59
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1948 The Guinea Pig Actor Nigel Lorraine 59
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1948 Bond Street Actor Frank Moody 59
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1937 Head Over Heels Actor Pierre 59
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