Robert Urquhart
- Category : Actor
- Type : GP
- Profile : 2/4 - Hermit / Opportunist
- Definition : Split - Large
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Maya 3
Biography
Robert Urquhart (16 October 1921 – 21 March 1995) was a Scottish character actor who mainly worked in British television during his career.
He was born in Ullapool, Scotland and educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. Urquhart made his stage debut in 1947, while his first film role was in You're Only Young Twice (1952).[1] He appeared in many television shows of the detective/special-agent genre, such as Department S, Callan, The Professionals, Man in a Suitcase, The Avengers, and opposite Patrick McGoohan in the episode of Danger Man titled "English Lady Takes Lodgers" (1965). He also played the lead role in Jango, a short lived 1961 production by Associated Rediffusion. Urquhart also starred as Wing Commander MacPhearson in the 1970s series Pathfinders.
He died in Edinburgh on 21 March 1995.