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Robert Stephens

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.

English

Empire of the Sun

1987
as Mr. Lockwood

The Fruit Machine

1988
as Vincent

Pirates of Tortuga

1961
as Henri Morgan

Comrades

1987
as James Frampton

High Season

1987
as Konstantinis

A Circle of Deception

1960
as Captain Stein

Afraid of the Dark

1991
as Dan Burns

The Children

1990
as Azariah Dobree

The Asphyx

1972
as Sir Hugo Cunningham

Fortunes of War

1987
as Castlebar

Holocaust

1978
as Uncle Kurt Dorff

The Inspector

1962
as Dickens

Wings of Fame

1990
as Merrick

The Box of Delights

1984
as Abner Brown

The Shout

1978
as Medical Man

Lunch Hour

1961
as Man

Travels with My Aunt

1972
as Ercole Visconti

Cleopatra

1963
as Germanicus

A Taste of Honey

1961
as Peter Smith

Ada dans la jungle

1988
as Lord Gordon

The Duellists

1977
as Gen. Treillard

England, My England

1995
as John Dryden

Julius Caesar

1969
as Mark Antony

Romeo and Juliet

1968
as the Prince

Adam Bede

1992
as Reverend Irwine

The Secret Rapture

1993
as Max Lopert

99-1

1994
as Commander Oakwood

Birth of a Nation

1983
as Vic Griffiths

Morgan!

1966
as Charles Napier

The Pope Must Die

1991
as The Camarlengo

30 Door Key

1991
as Prof. Pimco

Century

1993
as Mr. Reisner

The Winter's Tale

1981
as Polixenes

Lorna Doone

1990
as Sir Ensor Doone

The Queen's Guards

1961
as Henry Wynne-Walton

Director

Movie House of Fallen 2008

Writer

Movie House of Fallen 2008

Producer

Movie House of Fallen 2008
Movie EFC 2021
Movie Simple Superstar 2014

Guest Star

Episode Triangulation
Robert Stephens
2012
Episode Jim Henson's The Storyteller
Orpheus and Eurydice
1991
Episode ITV Playhouse
The Photographer
1968
Episode ITV Playhouse
Friends In Space
1980
Episode Celebrity Playhouse (1981)
Eden End
1981
Episode Late Night Drama
M + M
1974
Episode This Week in Google
No Google For You
2012
Episode Playhouse
Hesther For Example
1980