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Acting

Robert Harris

Career

Active from 1931 to 1975, with a break from 1954 to 1969, busiest in 1970 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for The True Glory
The True Glory
GoodWatch score65/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Harris Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.0, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.7, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Gritty Realism 2
  • World War II 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title
Q.E.D.
Q.E.D. (1982)

TV show · as Judge

1970s

16 titles · average score 57
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Speaker of the House of Commons

Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales (1978)
GoodWatch score 42

as Dr. Ears

Don't Forget to Write!
Don't Forget to Write! (1977)

TV show · as Sir William Parson

Love Among the Ruins
Love Among the Ruins (1976)
GoodWatch score 75

as The Judge

Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Judge

The Poisoning of Charles Bravo
The Poisoning of Charles Bravo (1975)

TV show · as Dr. Gully

Ransom
Ransom (1974)
GoodWatch score 51

as Ambassador Palmer

Massacre in Rome
Massacre in Rome (1973)
GoodWatch score 56

as Father Pancrazio

The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice (1972)

as Duke of Venice

Young Winston
Young Winston (1972)
GoodWatch score 57

as Speaker Gully

Lady Caroline Lamb
Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
GoodWatch score 29

as Apothecary

Separate Tables
Separate Tables (1970)

as Mr. Fowler

1960s

8 titles · average score 65
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher (1968)

as Prendergast

The Jazz Age
The Jazz Age (1968)

TV show · as Sir David Carter

The Spies
The Spies (1966)

TV show · as Edward Manner

BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Mr. Fowler

The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play (1964)

TV show · as The Archbishop

Girl in the Headlines
Girl in the Headlines (1963)
GoodWatch score 63

as William Lamotte

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Sir Rodney

Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde (1960)
GoodWatch score 52

as Justice Henn Collins

1950s

4 titles · average score 64
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Frayne

That Lady
That Lady (1955)
GoodWatch score 59

as Cardenal

The Lady from the Sea
The Lady from the Sea (1953)

as Dr. Paul Wangel

Laughing Anne
Laughing Anne (1953)

as Joseph Conrad

1940s

4 titles · average score 70
The Bad Lord Byron
The Bad Lord Byron (1949)

as Dallas

The True Glory
The True Glory (1945)
GoodWatch score 65

as Commentator

Undercover
Undercover (1943)
GoodWatch score 60

as Col. Von Brock

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
GoodWatch score 87

as Embassy Secretary

1930s

1 title
How He Lied to Her Husband
How He Lied to Her Husband (1931)

as He (Henry Apjohn)