Robert Desmond

Born: 1922-12-16

Robert Desmond (16 December 1922 – 2002) was a British film and television actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He started out in juvenile roles, making his film debut in 1948's The Guinea Pig opposite Richard Attenborough. He appeared in a number of early television films such Boys in Brown, recreating the role of Spud Parker in the theatrical film version of 1949, again with Attenborough. He would appear opposite Attenborough one more time in The Great Escape (1963), as Griffith the Tailor. Other films include The Cockleshell Heroes (1955), Indiscreet (1958), The Ugly Duckling (1959), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), The Bulldog Breed (1960) and The Best of Enemies (1961). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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as Griffith 'Tailor'
Released: 1963-07-03

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small...

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Indiscreet

as Young Man (uncredited)
Released: 1958-07-16

Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams....

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Sink the Bismarck!

as Dexter (uncredited)
Released: 1960-02-11

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser...

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The Best of Enemies

as Pvt. Singer
Released: 1961-10-26

During World War II, a plane full of RAF fighter crashes in the Ethiopian desert and they are...

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The Cockleshell Heroes

as Marine Todd
Released: 1955-11-16

During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of...

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The Square Peg

as Sentry (uncredited)
Released: 1958-12-04

Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when...

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The Guinea Pig

as (Uncredited)
Released: 1948-10-26

A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two...

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Boys in Brown

as Spud
Released: 1949-12-01

Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in...

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Don't Ever Leave Me

as Mechanic (uncredited)
Released: 1949-07-19

Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap...

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The Lady is a Square

as Wally (uncredited)
Released: 1959-02-03

Neagle stars as Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony...

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These Dangerous Years

as Cream O'Casey
Released: 1957-07-03

A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he...

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Too Young to Love

as 1st Sailor
Released: 1960-03-08

A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he...

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Gaolbreak

as Page
Released: 1962-04-02

An honest news agent realizes that his 2 sons are corrupt. When one criminal son is in jail, the...

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The Ugly Duckling

as Dizzy
Released: 1959-09-09

Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for...

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