Robert Lankesheer

Born: 1914-04-28

Robert Lankesheer (1914–1993) was a British stage, radio and television actor, best known for playing the character Leamington Sparr in the radio soap The Dales between 1963 and 1966 and Chamberlain in the television series Doctor Who in 1965. He was born on 28 April 1914 in Southampton, England. Whilst working for the local government in the land registry department he took evening classes and qualified in law. He served in the army during World War II as an officer in the Royal Artillery. After the war he decided to take up acting professionally. On stage, in addition to his repertory theatre work, Robert Lankesheer played Sir Henry Burke in Templeton at the Arts Theatre in 1958 and Mr Quelch between 1960 and 1963 in the Billy Bunter Christmas shows at the Victoria Palace Theatre and Queen's Theatre, London. He had a long association with The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, performing roles in Carmen (1973), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1974, 1976, 1984) and Die Zauberflöte (1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986,1987,1989, 1991). In films, Robert Lankesheer appeared in David Copperfield (1970) and Young Winston (1972). Robert Lankesheer died on 29 December 1993 in London, England of emphysema


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Young Winston

as Sympathetic MP (uncredited)
Released: 1972-07-20

This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill,...

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The Next Voice You See

as Foster
Released: 1975-05-17

An American jazz pianist, blinded in a London bank robbery ten years before, makes his first...

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Doctor Who: The Crusade

as Chamberlain
Released: 1965-04-17

In 12th century Palestine, the Doctor and his friends are drawn into the holy war between the...

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The Professionals

as Vicar
First aired: 1977-12-30

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...

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Fawlty Towers

as Mr. Thurston
First aired: 1975-09-19

Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to...

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Justice

as Mr. Jack
First aired: 1971-10-08

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long...

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Lilli Palmer Theatre

as Snodgrass
First aired: 1955-09-25

A half-hour anthology series.

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Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Attendant
First aired: 1983-09-05

Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a...

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The Scales of Justice

as Judge
First aired: 1962-01-11

Not strictly TV productions, "The Scales of Justice" were cinema second features produced for...

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