Robert Desmond

Birthday: 1922-12-16
Deathday: 2002-01-01
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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).

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Credits

Year Title Character
1963-07-03 The Great Escape Griffith 'Tailor'
1962-04-02 Gaolbreak Page
1961-10-26 The Best of Enemies Pvt. Singer
1960-03-08 Too Young to Love 1st Sailor
1960-02-11 Sink the Bismarck! Dexter (uncredited)
1959-09-09 The Ugly Duckling Dizzy
1959-02-03 The Lady is a Square Wally (uncredited)
1958-12-04 The Square Peg Sentry (uncredited)
1958-07-16 Indiscreet Young Man (uncredited)
1957-07-03 These Dangerous Years Cream O'Casey
1955-11-16 The Cockleshell Heroes Marine Todd
1949-12-01 Boys in Brown Spud
1949-07-19 Don't Ever Leave Me Mechanic (uncredited)
1948-10-26 The Guinea Pig (Uncredited)