Robert Desmond

Robert Desmond

Robert Desmond (16 December 1922 – 2002) was a British film and television actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He started out in juvenile roles, making his film debut in 1948's The Guinea Pig opposite Richard Attenborough. He appeared in a number of early television films such Boys in Brown, recreating the role of Spud Parker in the theatrical film version of 1949, again with Attenborough. He would appear opposite Attenborough one more time in The Great Escape (1963), as Griffith the Tailor. Other films include The Cockleshell Heroes (1955), Indiscreet (1958), The Ugly Duckling (1959), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), The Bulldog Breed (1960) and The Best of Enemies (1961).

  • Title: Robert Desmond
  • Popularity: 0.534
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1922-12-16
  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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Robert Desmond Movies

  • 1963
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    The Great Escape

    The Great Escape

    7.944 1963 HD

    The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a...

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  • 1955
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    The Cockleshell Heroes

    The Cockleshell Heroes

    6 1955 HD

    During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

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  • 1962
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    Gaolbreak

    Gaolbreak

    4.6 1962 HD

    An honest news agent realizes that his 2 sons are corrupt. When one criminal son is in jail, the other breaks him out to help with a job.

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  • 1959
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    The Lady is a Square

    The Lady is a Square

    5.8 1959 HD

    Neagle stars as Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of...

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  • 1949
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    Don't Ever Leave Me

    Don't Ever Leave Me

    7.5 1949 HD

    Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous...

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  • 1958
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    Indiscreet

    Indiscreet

    6.6 1958 HD

    Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. She is in the middle of taking off her face cream,...

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  • 1958
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    The Square Peg

    The Square Peg

    6.37 1958 HD

    Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly...

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  • 1960
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    Sink the Bismarck!

    Sink the Bismarck!

    6.799 1960 HD

    The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World...

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  • 1957
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    These Dangerous Years

    These Dangerous Years

    6 1957 HD

    A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.

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  • 1960
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    Too Young to Love

    Too Young to Love

    7.083 1960 HD

    A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he never knew she was so young.

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  • 1948
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    The Guinea Pig

    The Guinea Pig

    7 1948 HD

    A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes...

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  • 1959
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    The Ugly Duckling

    The Ugly Duckling

    5.8 1959 HD

    Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never...

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  • 1949
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    Boys in Brown

    Boys in Brown

    6.5 1949 HD

    Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in...

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  • 1961
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    The Best of Enemies

    The Best of Enemies

    6.868 1961 HD

    During World War II, a plane full of RAF fighter crashes in the Ethiopian desert and they are met upon by an enemy Italian patrol that allows them to...

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  • 1962
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    Compact

    Compact

    3 1962 HD

    Compact was a British television soap opera shown by the BBC between 1962 and 1965. The series was created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, who...

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