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    2002-01-01

    1922-12-16103 years, 10 months, and 23 days old

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    Place of birth:

    London, England, UK

    Adult:

    No

    Gender:

    Male

    Biography

    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).

    Images Gallery

    Best Credits: 19

    Title
    The Great Escape
    Griffith 'Tailor'
    7.923
    1963-07-03
    6.5165
    The Cockleshell Heroes
    Marine Todd
    5.9
    1955-11-16
    1.2045
    Gaolbreak
    Page
    5.1
    1962-04-02
    0.3868
    Sink the Bismarck!
    Dexter (uncredited)
    6.87
    1960-02-11
    1.8596
    The Square Peg
    Sentry (uncredited)
    6.5
    1958-12-04
    0.9882
    Don't Ever Leave Me
    Mechanic (uncredited)
    7.7
    1949-07-19
    0.4893
    The Lady is a Square
    Wally (uncredited)
    6.2
    1959-02-03
    0.8275
    Indiscreet
    Young Man (uncredited)
    6.6
    1958-07-16
    1.6586
    These Dangerous Years
    Cream O'Casey
    7.3
    1957-07-03
    0.6658
    Too Young to Love
    1st Sailor
    7.1
    1960-03-08
    0.6497
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