Robert Flemyng, OBE, MC (né Benjamin Arthur Flemyng, 3 January 1912
â€" 22 May 1995) was a British actor. The son of a doctor, and
originally intended for a medical career, Flemyng learned his
stagecraft in provincial repertory theatre. In 1935 he appeared in a
leading role in the West End, and the following year had his first
major success, in Terence Rattigan's comedy French Without Tears.
Between then and the Second World War he appeared in London and New
York in a succession of comedies.On the outbreak of war in 1939
Flemyng volunteered for the Royal Army Medical Corps, and served with
distinction, winning the Military Cross. After the war he continued to
appear in light comedies, but also took on more serious roles in plays
by T. S. Eliot, Graham Greene, John Whiting and others. He toured
Australia, Britain, Canada, India, South Africa and the US in a wide
range of parts, from comedy to classic drama.Flemyng's broadcasting
was principally in two television series in the 1960s, in the second
of which, Compact, he appeared in more than 100 episodes. He made more
than 30 cinema films, including The Guinea Pig (1948), The Blue Lamp
(1950), The Man Who Never Was (1956), Blind Date (1959) and The
Quiller Memorandum (1966).
â€" 22 May 1995) was a British actor. The son of a doctor, and
originally intended for a medical career, Flemyng learned his
stagecraft in provincial repertory theatre. In 1935 he appeared in a
leading role in the West End, and the following year had his first
major success, in Terence Rattigan's comedy French Without Tears.
Between then and the Second World War he appeared in London and New
York in a succession of comedies.On the outbreak of war in 1939
Flemyng volunteered for the Royal Army Medical Corps, and served with
distinction, winning the Military Cross. After the war he continued to
appear in light comedies, but also took on more serious roles in plays
by T. S. Eliot, Graham Greene, John Whiting and others. He toured
Australia, Britain, Canada, India, South Africa and the US in a wide
range of parts, from comedy to classic drama.Flemyng's broadcasting
was principally in two television series in the 1960s, in the second
of which, Compact, he appeared in more than 100 episodes. He made more
than 30 cinema films, including The Guinea Pig (1948), The Blue Lamp
(1950), The Man Who Never Was (1956), Blind Date (1959) and The
Quiller Memorandum (1966).
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