Actor
William Squire
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 ...

Known For
Acting
2016 -- Callan: This Man Alone | Himself (archive)
1988 -- Testimony | Khatchaturyan
1988 -- In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton | Self
1984 -- Puccini | Giacchi, the Doctor
1982 -- The Ghost Downstairs | Narrator
1981 -- The Life and Times of David Lloyd George | Dr Clifford
1979 -- Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor | The Shadow
1978 -- Les Misérables | Magistrate
1978 -- The Lord of the Rings | Gandalf (voice)
1978 -- The Thirty Nine Steps | Harkness
1977 -- The Portable Phonograph | The Actor
1976 -- Buffet | Arnold
1975 -- Snooker | Humphrey
1969 -- Anne of the Thousand Days | Thomas More
1968 -- Where Eagles Dare | Thomas
1967 -- A Challenge for Robin Hood | Sir John
1965 -- The Wars of the Roses | Duke of Suffolk
1958 -- Innocent Sinners | Father Lambert
1958 -- Dunkirk | Captain (uncredited)
1957 -- The Film That Never Was |
1956 -- The Battle of the River Plate | Ray Martin
1956 -- The Man Who Never Was | Lt. Jewell
1956 -- Alexander the Great | Aeschenes
1951 -- The Long Dark Hall | Sergeant Cochcran
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