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William Squire
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Acting
Birthday
1916-04-29,Neath - Glamorgan - Wales - UK
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

The Lord of the Rings

6.585

The Lord of the Rings
1978-11-15

Where Eagles Dare

7.529

Where Eagles Dare
1968-12-04

Anne of the Thousand Days

7

Anne of the Thousand Days
1969-12-18

7.2

Les Misérables
1978-12-27

The Battle of the River Plate

6.2

The Battle of the River Plate
1956-10-30

1

Puccini
1984-01-01

5.7

Testimony
1988-11-01

A Challenge for Robin Hood

6

A Challenge for Robin Hood
1967-07-01

Innocent Sinners

7

Innocent Sinners
1958-03-25

0

Snooker
1975-01-13

6.7

Dunkirk
1958-03-20

Alexander the Great

5.894

Alexander the Great
1956-03-28

The Portable Phonograph

0

The Portable Phonograph
1977-05-01

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

0

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981-03-04

The Ghost Downstairs

0

The Ghost Downstairs
1982-12-26

The Thirty Nine Steps

6.7

The Thirty Nine Steps
1978-11-04

Callan: This Man Alone

0

Callan: This Man Alone
2016-02-01

The Long Dark Hall

6.4

The Long Dark Hall
1951-02-06

The Wars of the Roses

8.5

The Wars of the Roses
1965-04-08

The Man Who Never Was

7

The Man Who Never Was
1956-04-03

The Film That Never Was

0

The Film That Never Was
1957-01-02

0

Buffet
1976-11-02

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

6

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988-09-20

Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor

4.5

Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
1979-02-24

6

The XYY Man
1976-07-03

7.2

Blake's 7
1978-01-02

7.3

Jason King
1971-09-15

Rumpole of the Bailey

7.067

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975-12-17

7

Callan
1967-07-08

6

The Champions
1968-09-25

0

The Venturers
1975-01-07

The Adventures of Robin Hood

6.4

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955-09-26

An Age of Kings

4.7

An Age of Kings
1960-04-28

Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

0

Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
1975-10-20

0

The Jazz Age
1968-09-10

7.864

Doctor Who
1963-11-23

The Hound of the Baskervilles

6

The Hound of the Baskervilles
1982-10-03

The Black Arrow

6

The Black Arrow
1972-04-12

The Black Arrow

6

The Black Arrow
1972-04-12

All Creatures Great and Small

7.6

All Creatures Great and Small
1978-01-08

7

Callan
1967-07-08

6.8

Marco Polo
1982-12-05

0

The Venturers
1975-01-07

Pride and Prejudice

0

Pride and Prejudice
1958-01-24