Robert Stephens
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 h...
Known For
Filmography
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)
England, My England
1995
as John Dryden
Dandelion Dead
1994
as Henry Vaughan
99-1
1994
as Commander Oakwood
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
as Poe's Teacher
The Secret Rapture
1993
as Max Lopert
Century
1993
as Mr. Reisner
Chaplin
1992
as Ted the Drunk
Adam Bede
1992
as Reverend Irwine
Afraid of the Dark
1992
as Dan Burns
30 Door Key
1991
as Prof. Pimco
The Pope Must Die
1991
as Camarlengo
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Orpheus & Eurydice
1991
as Hades
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Hades
In My Defence
1991
as Sir Roger Casement
Lorna Doone
1990
as Sir Ensor Doone
Wings of Fame
1990
as Merrick
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Sir Gerald Moore
The Children
1990
as Azariah Dobree
Henry V
1989
as Auncient Pistol
Ada in the Jungle
1988
as Lord Gordon
American Roulette
1988
The Fruit Machine
1988
as Vincent
Testimony
1988
as Vsevolod Meyerhold
War and Remembrance
1988
as Karl Rahm
High Season
1987
as Konstantinis
Empire of the Sun
1987
as Mr. Lockwood
Comrades
1987
as James Frampton
Inspector Morse
1987
as Sir Wilfred Mulryne
Lizzie's Pictures
1987
Fortunes of War
1987
as Bill Castlebar
Hell's Bells
1986
as Bishop Godfrey Hethercote
Unnatural Causes
1986
as Vince
The Mysteries
1985
as Pontius Pilate / Herod
Puccini
1984
as Giacomo Puccini
The Box of Delights
1984
as Abner Brown
Birth of a Nation
1983
as Vic Griffiths
Ill Fares the Land
1983
Tales Out of School
1983
as Vic Griffiths
By the Sword Divided
1983
as Sir Ralph Winter
Anyone for Denis
1982
as Schubert
The Tractor Factor
1982
The Year of the French
1982
as George Moore
Anyone for Denis?
1982
Anyone for Denis?
1982
as Schubert
The Games of Countess Dolingen
1981
as Le professeur
The Winter's Tale
1981
as Polixenes
Celebrity Playhouse
1981
as Charles Appleby
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Darius of Persia
The Executioner
1980
as Beust
Hesther for Example
1980
as Warburton
Lady Killers
1980
as Sir Edward Marshall Hall, K.C.
A Question of Guilt
1980
as Edward Clarke QC
One Fine Day
1979
as Welby
Minder
1979
as Percy
The Shout
1978
as Chief Medical Officer
Holocaust
1978
as Uncle Kurt Dorf
At Night All Cats Are Crazy
1977
as Charles Watson
The Duellists
1977
as Brigadier-General Treillard
Luther
1974
as Johann von Eck
QB VII
1974
as Robert Highsmith
Playhouse
1974
as Warburton
Vienna 1900
1973
Travels with My Aunt
1972
as Ercole Visconti
The Asphyx
1972
as Sir Hugo Cunningham
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1971
as Oberon
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Max Carrados
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
as Sherlock Holmes
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969
as Teddy Lloyd
Julius Caesar
1969
as Mark Antony
Romeo and Juliet
1968
as the Prince
Horizontal Hold
1968
as James Woodley
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Benedick
Ten Days That Shook the World
1967
as Lenin
ITV Playhouse
1967
as The Duke of Bristol
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Bryan Baker
ITV Playhouse
1967
as James Woodley
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
1966
as Charles Napier
NET Playhouse
1966
as Mark Anthony
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mark Antony
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Trigorin
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Oberon
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Grigory Rasputin
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Prince of Wales
Theatre 625
1964
as Stephen
Theatre 625
1964
as Boris Trigorin
The Small World of Sammy Lee
1963
as Gerry Sullivan
Cleopatra
1963
as Germanicus
Channing
1963
as Paddy Riordan
Lunch Hour
1962
as Man
The Inspector
1962
as Dickens
A Taste of Honey
1961
as Peter Smith
Pirates of Tortuga
1961
as Henri Morgan
The Queen's Guards
1961
Circle of Deception
1960
as Capt. Stein
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter