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Robert Lankesheer

Actor · 1914 – 1993 · Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK

Robert Lankesheer (1914–1993) was a British stage, radio and television actor, best known for playing the character Leamington Sparr in the radio soap The Dales between 1963 and 1966 and Chamberlain in the television series Doctor Who in 1965. He was born on 28 April 1914 in Southampton, England. Whilst working for the local government in the land registry department he took evening classes and qualified in law. He served in the army during World War II as an officer in the Royal Artillery. After the war he decided to take up acting professionally. On stage, in addition to his repertory theatre work, Robert Lankesheer played Sir Henry Burke in Templeton at the Arts Theatre in 1958 and Mr Quelch between 1960 and 1963 in the Billy Bunter Christmas shows at the Victoria Palace Theatre and Queen's Theatre, London. He had a long association with The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, performing roles in Carmen (1973), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1974, 1976, 1984) and Die Zauberflöte (1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986,1987,1989, 1991). In films, Robert Lankesheer appeared in David Copperfield (1970) and Young Winston (1972). Robert Lankesheer died on 29 December 1993 in London, England of emphysema

Series11

  • TV7.9

    Doctor Who

    1963 · 722 votes

  • TV7.8

    The Avengers

    1961 · 156 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Professionals

    1977 · 47 votes

  • TV7.5

    Dad's Army

    1968 · 82 votes

  • TV7.0

    Reilly: Ace of Spies

    1983 · 25 votes

  • TV7.3

    Justice

    1971 · 3 votes

  • TV8.3

    Fawlty Towers

    1975 · 847 votes

  • TV6.7

    The Scales of Justice

    1962 · 3 votes

  • TV5.8

    Out of This World

    1962 · 4 votes

  • TV8.0

    Lilli Palmer Theatre

    1955 · 1 votes

  • TV9.5

    Rogues' Gallery

    1968 · 2 votes

Movies4

  • Movie6.2

    Young Winston

    1972 · 54 votes

  • Movie6.6
  • Movie9.0

    The Next Voice You See

    1975 · 3 votes

  • Movie