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
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Movies 21
TV Shows 17
self 2
Narrator 1
Callan: This Man Alone (2016)
Testimony (1988)
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988)
Puccini (1984)
The Ghost Downstairs (1982)
Marco Polo (1982)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982)
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981)
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor (1979)
Les Misérables (1978)
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
Blake's 7 (1978)
Buffet (1976)
The XYY Man (1976)
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac (1975)
The Venturers (1975)
The Black Arrow (1972)
Jason King (1971)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
The Champions (1968)
The Jazz Age (1968)
Callan (1967)
A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)
The Wars of the Roses (1965)
Doctor Who (1963)
An Age of Kings (1960)
Innocent Sinners (1958)
Pride and Prejudice (1958)
The Film That Never Was (1957)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Alexander the Great (1956)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
The Long Dark Hall (1951)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1916-04-29
Deathday1989-05-03 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceNeath, United Kingdom
SpouseJuliet Harmer
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsWilliam Arthur Squire
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