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William Arthur Squire
William Squire
Acting
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 title role. His varied screen roles included Thomas More in the 1969 film version of Maxwell Anders…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Callan: This Man Alone
as Himself (archive)
Testimony
as Khatchaturyan
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self
Puccini
as Giacchi, the Doctor
The Ghost Downstairs
as Narrator
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Dr Clifford
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
as The Shadow
The Lord of the Rings
as Gandalf (voice)
Les Misérables
as Magistrate
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Harkness
TV Shows
Marco Polo
as Locandiere · 1 ep.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Frankland · 1 ep.
All Creatures Great and Small
as Roderick Perowne · 1 ep.
Blake's 7
as Kommissar · 1 ep.
The XYY Man
as Laidlaw · 4 ep.
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Sir Daniel Derwent · 1 ep.
The Venturers
as Sir George Fielding · 10 ep.
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
6 ep.
Centre Play
as Humphrey · 1 ep.
The Black Arrow
as The Stranger · 2 ep.
