Robert Douglas (actor)

Robert Douglas
Douglas in Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
Born	Robert Douglas Finlayson 9 November 1909 Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England
Died	11 January 1999 (aged 89) Encinitas, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, director, producer
Years active	1927–1982
Spouses	Dorothy Hyson ​ ​ (m. 1935; div. 1945)​ Suzanne Weldon ​ ​ (m. 1946; died 1995)​
Children	2

Robert Douglas Finlayson (9 November 1909 – 11 January 1999), known professionally as Robert Douglas, was an English stage and film actor, a television director and producer.

Early career and personal life

Douglas was born in Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire. He studied at RADA and made his stage debut at the Theatre Royal, Bournemouth in 1927. A year later he made his first London appearance in Many Waters at the Ambassadors Theatre and went into films the following year.

Personal life and death

He was married twice, to actresses Dorothy Hyson (1914–1996) and Suzanne Weldon (1921–1995), fathering two children, Lucinda and Robert (Giles). He died from natural causes in Encinitas, California, aged 89.

Career

As an actor

Theatre

• 1927: The Best People (Theatre Royal Bournemouth + tour)
• 1928: Crime (Grand Theatre Croydon + tour)
• 1928: Many Waters (Ambassadors Theatre London)
• 1928: Mrs.Moonlight (Kingsway Theatre London)
• 1929: Black St. Anthony (Strand Theatre London)
• 1929: A Bill of Divorcement (St.Martin's Theatre London)
• 1929: Barbara's Wedding (Apollo Theatre London)
• 1929: Many Waters (in UK, in Canada / Maxine Elliott's Theatre, Broadway + Times Square Theater Broadway)
• 1930: The Last Enemy (Fortune Theatre London)
• 1930: Suspense (Duke of York's Theatre London)
• 1930: Badger's Green (Prince of Wales Theatre London)
• 1930: The Last Enemy (Hartford / New Haven + Shubert Theatre Broadway)
• 1931: After All (Criterion Theatre London + The New Theatre London)
• 1931: The Arch-Duchess (Phoenix-Theatre London)
• 1931: Vile Bodies (Arts Theatre London)
• 1931: Brief Moment (Detroit / Washington + Belasco Theatre Broadway + Cort Theatre Broadway)
• 1932: Vile Bodies (Vaudeville Theatre London)
• 1932: As it was in the Beginning (Arts Theatre London)
• 1933: Ten Minute Alibi (Embassy Theatre London + Haymarket Theatre London)
• 1933: These Two (Arts Theatre London)
• 1934: Men in White (Lyric Theatre London + tour)
• 1934: Overture 1920 (Phoenix Theatre London)
• 1934: Inside the Room (Queens Theatre London)
• 1935: Theatre Royal / The Royal Family (Lyric Theatre London + tour)
• 1935: Most of the Game (Cort Theatre Broadway)
• 1936: No Exit (Embassy Theatre London + St.Martin's Theatre London)
• 1936: Stubble before Swords (Globe Theatre London)
• 1936: Kind Lady (The King's Theatre Edinburgh + Lyric Theatre London)
• 1938: Official Secret (Tour + New Theatre London)
• 1938: Night Arrival (Globe Theatre London)
• 1939: The Spring Time of Others (Gate Theatre London)
• 1946: Lighten our Darkness (New Theatre Hull + tour)
• 1946: He Lived in Two Worlds (Wimbledon Theatre London + tour)
• 1946: But for the Grace of God (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh + tour + St.James Theatre London)

Film

Television

As a director

Theatre

Film

• 1964: Night Train to Paris

Television

As a producer