Robert Harris

Robert Harris

Born: March 28, 1900
Died: May 18, 1995
in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK

Movies for Robert Harris...

Henry V
Title: Henry V
Character: Duke of Burgundy
Released: December 23, 1979
Type: Movie
The life of King Henry the Fifth.
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Title: Edward and Mrs Simpson
Character: Speaker of the House of Commons
Released: November 8, 1978
Type: TV
While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King Edward announces his intention to marry her.
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Fairy Tales
Title: Fairy Tales
Character: Dr. Ears
Released: August 1, 1978
Type: Movie
On his twenty-first birthday, the Prince goes on a quest that takes him across the land searching for the one woman that gets him sexually excited, Princess Sleeping Beauty.
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Love Among the Ruins
Title: Love Among the Ruins
Character: The Judge
Released: March 6, 1975
Type: Movie
An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.
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Ransom
Title: Ransom
Character: Ambassador Palmer
Released: December 6, 1974
Type: Movie
Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...
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Massacre in Rome
Title: Massacre in Rome
Character: Father Pancrazio
Released: October 4, 1973
Type: Movie
In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. "Massacre in Rome" is the true story of how this partisan attack led to the mass execution of Italian nationals under the orders of SS-Lieutenant Colonel Kappler.
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Lady Caroline Lamb
Title: Lady Caroline Lamb
Character: Apothecary
Released: November 22, 1972
Type: Movie
Lady Caroline Lamb, dissatisfied in her marriage, has an affair with the dashing Romantic poet Lord Byron.
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The Merchant of Venice
Title: The Merchant of Venice
Character: Duke of Venice
Released: April 16, 1972
Type: Movie
Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay and Charles Gray star in the adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic play. The Venice Titian and the Belmont of Botticelli serve as the visual inspiration behind this lavish production.
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The End of the Line
Title: The End of the Line
Character: Frayne
Released: June 29, 1970
Type: Movie
On the Edinburgh to London night train, two strangers meet in an otherwise empty carriage. They start to reveal some shocking facts about themselves and a tale of espionage develops, as both men are not what they first seem to be, which turns the journey into a nightmare for one of them.
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Separate Tables
Title: Separate Tables
Character: Mr. Fowler
Released: March 15, 1970
Type: Movie
A play by Terence Rattigan about the stories of several people staying at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."
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Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
Title: Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
Character: Prendergast
Released: October 30, 1968
Type: Movie
A young man's attempts at seduction and social climbing lead to mayhem.
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Girl in the Headlines
Title: Girl in the Headlines
Character: William Lamotte
Released: November 15, 1963
Type: Movie
Called in to investigate the murder of a model, Chief Inspector Birkett and Sergeant Saunders soon discover that the victim had been leading somewhat of an immoral life.
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Title: The Avengers
Character: Sir Rodney
Released: January 7, 1961
Type: TV
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.
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Oscar Wilde
Title: Oscar Wilde
Character: Justice Henn Collins
Released: May 29, 1960
Type: Movie
England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in such a harsh way that Wilde, instigated by Alfred, decides to sue Queensberry in 1895, accusing him of defamation.
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That Lady
Title: That Lady
Character: Cardinal
Released: May 11, 1955
Type: Movie
In 1570, widowed Princess Ana de Mendoza becomes the love object of a deadly rivalry between her cousin Don Inigo, King Philip II of Spain and his secretary of state Antonio Perez.
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Laughing Anne
Title: Laughing Anne
Character: Joseph Conrad
Released: September 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Story of love affair of captain who runs ship in Java Seas and a French saloon singer. From a story "Because of the dollars" by Joseph Conrad.
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The Bad Lord Byron
Title: The Bad Lord Byron
Character: Dallas
Released: April 18, 1949
Type: Movie
Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.
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The True Glory
Title: The True Glory
Character: Commentator
Released: October 4, 1945
Type: Movie
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the assembled allied forces plan and train for the D-Day invasion at bases in Great Britain and covers all the major events of the war in Europe from the Normandy landings to the fall of Berlin.
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Title: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Character: Embassy Secretary
Released: July 26, 1943
Type: Movie
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
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Undercover
Title: Undercover
Character: Col. Von Brock
Released: July 26, 1943
Type: Movie
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people. But quislings and infiltrators are everywhere – and trusting the wrong person could easily get you killed...
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How He Lied to Her Husband
Title: How He Lied to Her Husband
Character: He (Henry Apjohn)
Released: January 12, 1931
Type: Movie
'Rich man suspects wife loves poet.' (British Film Catalogue)