1. Robert Rutherford Beatty was a Canadian actor who worked in film, television and radio for most of his career and was especially known in the UK.
13 Facts About Robert Beatty
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Beatty was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the son of Charles Thompson Beatty and Blanch Sarah Rutherford.
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Robert Beatty attended Delta Collegiate School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto.
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Robert Beatty began his acting career in Britain in 1939.
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Robert Beatty joined the Players' Guild of Hamilton after graduation from the University of Toronto.
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Robert Beatty went to London, England, in 1936 and joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
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Robert Beatty played Bulldog Drummond in 1957 in the episode "The Ludlow Affair" of Douglas Fairbanks Presents.
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Robert Beatty appeared in Doctor Who, Blake's 7, The Gathering Storm, Thriller, The New Avengers, and Minder.
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Robert Beatty was in Franco Zeffirelli's TV mini-series Jesus of Nazareth and the American series of Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles.
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Robert Beatty portrayed Ronald Reagan in Breakthrough at Reykjavik.
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Robert Beatty reported descriptions of the Blitz from London to North America via the BBC during World War II.
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Robert Beatty played Philip Odell, a fictional Irish detective created by Lester Powell, between 1947 and 1961.
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Robert Beatty died 3 March 1992, in London and was cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium.