William Squire
23 movies · 27 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 29, 1916
- Died
- May 3, 1989 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Neath - Glamorgan - Wales - UK
- Also known as
- William Arthur Squire
Biography
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
William Squire: movies and TV shows
Acting (50)
- 1988 Testimony
as Khatchaturyan
- 1984 Puccini
as Giacchi, the Doctor
- 1982 The Ghost Downstairs
as Narrator
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981 The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Dr Clifford
- 1979 Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
as The Shadow
- 1978 Les Misérables
as Magistrate
- 1978 The Lord of the Rings
as Gandalf (voice)
- 1978 The Thirty Nine Steps
as Harkness
- 1978
- 1978
- 1977 The Portable Phonograph
as The Actor
- 1976 Buffet
as Arnold
- 1976
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975 Snooker
as Humphrey
- 1975
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
- 1969 Anne of the Thousand Days
as Thomas More
- 1969
- 1969
- 1968 Where Eagles Dare
as Thomas
- 1968
- 1968
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967 A Challenge for Robin Hood
as Sir John
- 1967
- 1967
- 1965 The Wars of the Roses
as Duke of Suffolk
- 1965
- 1963
- 1963
- 1960
- 1958 Innocent Sinners
as Father Lambert
- 1958 Dunkirk
as Captain (uncredited)
- 1958
- 1957
- 1956 The Battle of the River Plate
as Ray Martin
- 1956
- 1956 The Man Who Never Was
as Lt. Jewell
- 1956 Alexander the Great
as Aeschenes
- 1955
- 1951 The Long Dark Hall
as Sergeant Cochcran
- 1950
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2016
- 1988
- 1971 Great Performances
1 episode
- 1958 The Verdict Is Yours
48 episodes