William Squire
Acting
Born 1916-04-29
Died 1989-05-03
Neath - Glamorgan - Wales - UK
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
51 credits
Doctor Who
Play for Today
Great Performances
An Age of Kings
ITV Playhouse
The Adventures of Robin Hood
All Creatures Great and Small
Sunday Night Theatre
Rumpole of the Bailey
Blake's 7
The Champions
Where Eagles Dare
Festival
Centre Play
Callan
The Lord of the Rings
Marco Polo
W. Somerset Maugham
Half Hour Story
The Jazz Age
Anne of the Thousand Days
The Battle of the River Plate
The Verdict Is Yours
Alexander the Great
The Black Arrow
The XYY Man
The Wars of the Roses
Les Misérables
Dunkirk
The Thirty Nine Steps
The Man Who Never Was
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Innocent Sinners
The Venturers
Pride and Prejudice
Snooker
Armchair Theatre
Canterbury Tales
The Wars of the Roses
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
A Challenge for Robin Hood
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Puccini
Testimony
Buffet
The Long Dark Hall
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Callan: This Man Alone
The Ghost Downstairs
The Portable Phonograph
Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?
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