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Robert Stephens
Known for: ActingSir 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. Description above partly from the Wikipedia article Robert Stephens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography 26
Romeo and Juliet
as the Prince 
Empire of the Sun
as Mr. Lockwood 
Cleopatra
as Germanicus 
Holocaust
as Uncle Kurt Dorf 
The Duellists
as Brigadier-General Treillard 
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes 
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Poe's Teacher 
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage) 
Dandelion Dead
as Henry Vaughan 
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
as Teddy Lloyd 
A Taste of Honey
as Peter Smith 
Travels with My Aunt
as Ercole Visconti 
Wings of Fame
as Merrick 
The Fruit Machine
as Vincent 
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
as Charles Napier 
The Shout
as Chief Medical Officer 
The Asphyx
as Sir Hugo Cunningham 
High Season
as Konstantinis 
Afraid of the Dark
as Dan Burns 
Lorna Doone
as Sir Ensor Doone 
Lunch Hour
as Man 
Pirates of Tortuga
as Henri Morgan 
The Small World of Sammy Lee
as Gerry Sullivan 
Luther
as Johann von Eck 
The Winter's Tale
as Polixenes 
Puccini
as Giacomo Puccini