Robert Douglas (actor)


Robert Douglas Finlayson, 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 and Suzanne Weldon, fathering two children, Lucinda and Robert. He died from natural causes in Encinitas, California, aged 89. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

Career

As an actor

Theatre

Theatre