Portrait of Robert Stephens

Robert Stephens

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

Born: July 14, 1931

Place of Birth: Bristol, England, UK

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
Dandelion Dead

as Henry Vaughan

1994
99-1

as Oakwood

1993
Century

as Mr. Reisner

1993
1992
Chaplin

as Ted the Drunk

1992
Adam Bede

as Reverend Irwine

1991
Afraid of the Dark

as Dan Burns

1991
30 Door Key

as Prof. Pimco

1991
The Pope Must Die

as The Camarlengo

1990
Lorna Doone

as Sir Ensor Doone

1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities

as Sir Gerald Moore

1990
The Children

as Azariah Dobree

1990
Wings of Fame

as Merrick

1989
Henry V

as Auncient Pistol

1988
1988
Testimony

as Vsevolod Meyerhold

1988
Ada in the Jungle

as Lord Gordon

1987
Empire of the Sun

as Mr. Lockwood

1987
Fortunes of War

as Bill Castlebar

1987
High Season

as Konstantinis

1987
Comrades

as James Frampton

1987
Inspector Morse

as Sir Wilfred Mulryne

1985
The Mysteries

as Pontius Pilate / Herod

1984
The Box of Delights

as Abner Brown

1984
Puccini

as Giacomo Puccini

1983
Birth of a Nation

as Vic Griffiths

1983
Tales Out of School

as Vic Griffiths

1982
Anyone for Denis

as Schubert

1982
1981
1981
1981
The Winter's Tale

as Polixenes

1980
Lady Killers

as Sir Edward Marshall Hall, K.C.

1980
1980
1979
Minder

as Percy

1979
One Fine Day

as Welby

1978
The Shout

as Chief Medical Officer

1978
Holocaust

as Uncle Kurt Dorf

1977
1977
The Duellists

as Brigadier-General Treillard

1974
QB VII

as Robert Highsmith

1974
Playhouse

as Warburton

1974
Luther

as Johann von Eck

1972
Travels with My Aunt

as Ercole Visconti

1972
The Asphyx

as Sir Hugo Cunningham

1969
Julius Caesar

as Mark Antony

1968
Romeo and Juliet

as the Prince

1967
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Mark Antony

1965
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Grigory Rasputin

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Prince of Wales

1964
Theatre 625

as Stephen

1964
Theatre 625

as Boris Trigorin

1963
Channing

as Paddy Riordan

1963
Cleopatra

as Germanicus

1963
1962
The Inspector

as Dickens

1962
1961
A Taste of Honey

as Peter Smith

1961
Pirates of Tortuga

as Henri Morgan

1960
Circle of Deception

as Capt. Stein

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter