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William Squire
Neath - Glamorgan - Wales - UK
William Squire (29 April 1917 – 3 May 1989) was a Welsh actor of stage, film and television. Squire was born in Neath, South Wales, the son of William Squire and his wife Martha…
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William Squire (29 April 1917 – 3 May 1989) was a Welsh actor of stage, film and television. Squire was born in Neath, South Wales, the son of William Squire and his wife Martha (née Bridgeman). As a stage actor, Squire performed at Stratford-upon-Avon and at the Old Vic, and notably replaced his fellow-countryman Richard Burton as King Arthur in Camelot at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. One of his first film appearances was in the 1956 film Alexander the Great, which starred Burton in the title role. His varied screen roles included Thomas More in the 1969 film version of Maxwell Anderson's play Anne of the Thousand Days, Sir Daniel Brackley in the 1972 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow, the voice of Gandalf in the 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings and the Shadow in the 1979 Doctor Whoserial The Armageddon Factor. Perhaps his best-known role was as Hunter, the superior of secret agent David Callan in the spy series Callan in the early 1970s; Squire took over the role from Derek Bond. In a set of Encyclopædia Britannica-produced educational films about William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Squire played the role of Macbeth. This was in keeping with his long career as a Shakespearean actor, which included roles in the classic 1960s TV series, An Age of Kings.
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2016
Callan: This Man Alone
Movie Himself (archive)
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1988
Testimony
Movie Khatchaturyan
- 1988
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1984
Puccini
Movie Giacchi, the Doctor
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1982
The Ghost Downstairs
Movie Narrator
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1982
Marco Polo
TV show Locandiere
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1982
The Hound of the Baskervilles
TV show Frankland
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1981
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Movie Dr Clifford
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1979
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Movie The Shadow
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1978
Les Misérables
Movie Magistrate
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1978
The Lord of the Rings
Movie Gandalf (voice)
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1978
The Thirty Nine Steps
Movie Harkness
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1978
All Creatures Great and Small
TV show Roderick Perowne
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1978
Blake's 7
TV show Kommissar
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1977
The Portable Phonograph
Movie The Actor
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1976
Buffet
Movie Arnold
More credits
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1976
The XYY Man
TV show Laidlaw
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1975
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV show Sir Daniel Derwent
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1975
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
TV show
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1975
Snooker
Movie Humphrey
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1975
The Venturers
TV show Sir George Fielding
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1973
Centre Play
TV show Humphrey
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1972
The Black Arrow
TV show Sir Daniel Brackley
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1971
Jason King
TV show
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1971
Great Performances
TV show Self
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1970
Play for Today
TV show Arnold
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1969
Anne of the Thousand Days
Movie Thomas More
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1969
Canterbury Tales
TV show Chaucer
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1969
W. Somerset Maugham
TV show Owen Griffiths
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1968
Where Eagles Dare
Movie Thomas
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1968
The Champions
TV show Duncan
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1968
The Jazz Age
TV show Mr. Urquhart
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1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show Max
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1967
Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?
Movie Alex
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1967
A Challenge for Robin Hood
Movie Sir John
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1967
Half Hour Story
TV show Alex
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1967
Callan
TV show
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1965
The Wars of the Roses
TV show Suffolk / Buckingham
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1965
The Wars of the Roses
Movie Duke of Suffolk
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1963
Doctor Who
TV show The Shadow
