Robert Urquhart was a Scottish character actor who mainly worked in British television during his career.
He was born in Ullapool, Scotland on 16 October 1921 and made his stage debut in 1947. He starred in many shows of the detective/special-agent type, such as Department S, Callan, The Professionals, Man in a Suitcase, The Avengers and Dangerman. He also played the lead role in Jango, a short lived 1961 production by Associated Rediffusion
He died in Edinburgh on 21 March 1995.
The character actor Robert Urquhart was born in 1921 in Ullapool, Scotland. His stage debut came in 1947 and his film debut 5 years later. He worked steadily until the late 1980s in both film and television, usually playing the stalwart, dependable type. He became particularly well known on television as a regular in a number of British series, including "Pathfinders, The" (1972) and "Aweful Mr. Goodall, The" (1974)_ . His one film made in the 1990s, Master of the Moor (1994) (TV), was his last before his death in 1995.
