Robert Harris (28 March 1900 – 18 May 1995) was a British actor. He graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1925, and his stage work included seasons at Stratford, the Old Vic, and on Broadway as Marchbanks in Bernard Shaw's Candida in 1937, opposite Katharine Cornell; He also appeared in more than sixty films from 1930 to 1982.

He was the castaway on Desert Island Discs on 10 February 1955.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1930The W PlanSubaltern
1943The Life and Death of Colonel BlimpEmbassy Secretary
1949The Bad Lord ByronDallas
1949For Them That TrespassDefense Counsel Sir Huntley
1951In Time of PestilenceNarratorVoice
1953Laughing AnneJoseph Conrad
1955That LadyCardinal
1957Seven Waves AwayArthur J. Middleton
1957The Fuzzy Pink NightgownBarney Baylies
1960Oscar WildeJustice Richard Henn Collins - First Trial
1963Girl in the HeadlinesWilliam Lamotte
1968Decline and Fall... of a BirdwatcherPrendergast
1972Young WinstonSpeaker Gully
1973Lady Caroline LambApothecary
1973Massacre in RomeFather Pancrazio
1974Ransom
1975Love Among the RuinsPalmer
1978Fairy TalesDr. Ears

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