
Robert Stephens
Known for Acting · 82 credits
- Born
- 1931-07-14
- Died
- 1995-11-12
- Place of birth
- Bristol, England, UK
- Also known as
- Sir Robert Stephens
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 have become actors: Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin.
Following years of ill health, he died on 12 November 1995 at the age of 64 due to complications during surgery, eleven months after having been knighted.
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Known For
TV Shows (26)

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter

Minder
1979
as Percy

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mark Antony / Trigorin / Oberon / Grigory Rasputin / Prince of Wales

Inspector Morse
1987
as Sir Wilfred Mulryne

Playhouse
1974
as Warburton

Theatre 625
1964
as Stephen / Boris Trigorin

ITV Playhouse
1967
as The Duke of Bristol / Bryan Baker / James Woodley

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Max Carrados

War and Remembrance
1988
as Karl Rahm

Holocaust
1978
as Uncle Kurt Dorf

Channing
1963
as Paddy Riordan

Lady Killers
1980
as Sir Edward Marshall Hall, K.C.

Fortunes of War
1987
as Bill Castlebar

Unnatural Causes
1986
as Vince

Tales Out of School
1983
as Vic Griffiths

The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Hades

99-1
1994
as Oakwood

The Box of Delights
1984
as Abner Brown

QB VII
1974
as Robert Highsmith

Dandelion Dead
1994
as Henry Vaughan

Anyone for Denis?
1982
as Schubert
Hell's Bells
1986
as Bishop Godfrey Hethercote
Vienna 1900
1973

The Mysteries
1985
as Pontius Pilate / Herod
Lizzie's Pictures
1987
The Year of the French
1982
as George Moore
Movies (56)

Cleopatra
1963
as Germanicus

Empire of the Sun
1987
as Mr. Lockwood

Romeo and Juliet
1968
as the Prince

The Duellists
1977
as Brigadier-General Treillard

Chaplin
1992
as Ted the Drunk

Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
as Poe's Teacher

The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Sir Gerald Moore

Henry V
1989
as Auncient Pistol

The Shout
1978
as Chief Medical Officer

The Children
1990
as Azariah Dobree

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969
as Teddy Lloyd

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
as Sherlock Holmes

Comrades
1987
as James Frampton

The Pope Must Die
1991
as The Camarlengo

Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1971
as Oberon

A Taste of Honey
1961
as Peter Smith

The Fruit Machine
1988
as Vincent

Pirates of Tortuga
1961
as Henri Morgan

Century
1993
as Mr. Reisner

30 Door Key
1991
as Prof. Pimco

Travels with My Aunt
1972
as Ercole Visconti

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
1966
as Charles Napier

Wings of Fame
1990
as Merrick

The Asphyx
1972
as Sir Hugo Cunningham

The Games of Countess Dolingen
1981
as Le professeur

Afraid of the Dark
1991
as Dan Burns

Lorna Doone
1990
as Sir Ensor Doone

High Season
1987
as Konstantinis

Puccini
1984
as Giacomo Puccini

Adam Bede
1992
as Reverend Irwine

At Night All Cats Are Crazy
1977
as Charles Watson

The Inspector
1962
as Dickens

Luther
1974
as Johann von Eck

The Small World of Sammy Lee
1963
as Gerry Sullivan

Birth of a Nation
1983
as Vic Griffiths

Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Benedick

Anyone for Denis
1982
as Schubert

The Queen's Guards
1961

Testimony
1988
as Vsevolod Meyerhold

Circle of Deception
1960
as Capt. Stein

One Fine Day
1979
as Welby

England, My England
1995
as John Dryden

The Executioner
1980
as Beust

The Winter's Tale
1981
as Polixenes

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Self (archive footage)

Lunch Hour
1962
as Man

American Roulette
1988

The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Darius of Persia

Ada in the Jungle
1988
as Lord Gordon

Ill Fares the Land
1983
The Secret Rapture
1993
as Max Lopert

Ten Days That Shook the World
1967
as Lenin

Julius Caesar
1969
as Mark Antony

Hesther for Example
1980
as Warburton
Horizontal Hold
1968
as James Woodley
About Robert Stephens
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 have become actors: Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin. F… With 82 credits spanning from 1956 to 2024, Robert Stephens has appeared in 56 films and 26 TV shows.
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- Cleopatra (1963) — as Germanicus
- Empire of the Sun (1987) — as Mr. Lockwood
- Romeo and Juliet (1968) — as the Prince
- The Duellists (1977) — as Brigadier-General Treillard
- Chaplin (1992) — as Ted the Drunk
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