Robert Eddison
Film actor (1908-1991) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 83
Robert Leadam Eddison, OBE was a British actor, who despite his lengthy career as a classical stage actor, is probably most widely remembered in the role of the Grail Knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
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Something wrong?A life in dates
1991Died14 December 1991
American FriendsFilm, 1991Rushden - The President1990
A TV DanteFilm, Charon1989
CampionSeries, Robert Skinn1988
The StorytellerSeries, Ferryman
The Storyteller: The Luck ChildFilm, 1988Ferryman1987
ScoopFilm, Troutbeck1979
The Legend of King ArthurSeries, Merlin
An Affinity with Dr. StillFilm, 1979Dr. Still1977The Velvet GloveSeries, Father Andrew1975
SkySeries, GoodchildKnotsFilm1974
PlayhouseSeries, Dr. Still1973
The Adventures Of Don QuixoteFilm, Duke1970
Edward IIFilm, Lightborn/Archbishop of Canterbury1968
Uncle SilasFilm, Silas Ruthyn1966
Mystery and ImaginationSeries, Karswell
I Was Happy HereFilm, 19661965
BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Prince Andronikov1964
The Wednesday PlaySeries, Arch-Vicar
Selkirk of Red RiverFilm, 1964Lord Selkirk1957
Ordeal by FireFilm, King Charles VII1956
Armchair TheatreSeries1948
Vice VersaFilm, Mr. Blinkhorn1938
Sixty Glorious YearsFilm, Lanternist Professor1908Born10 June 1908
American FriendsFilm, 1991Rushden - The President1990A TV DanteFilm, Charon1989CampionSeries, Robert Skinn1988The StorytellerSeries, FerrymanThe Storyteller: The Luck ChildFilm, 1988Ferryman1987ScoopFilm, Troutbeck1979The Legend of King ArthurSeries, MerlinAn Affinity with Dr. StillFilm, 1979Dr. Still1977The Velvet GloveSeries, Father Andrew1975SkySeries, GoodchildKnotsFilm1974PlayhouseSeries, Dr. Still1973The Adventures Of Don QuixoteFilm, Duke1970Edward IIFilm, Lightborn/Archbishop of Canterbury1968Uncle SilasFilm, Silas Ruthyn1966Mystery and ImaginationSeries, KarswellI Was Happy HereFilm, 19661965BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Prince Andronikov1964The Wednesday PlaySeries, Arch-VicarSelkirk of Red RiverFilm, 1964Lord Selkirk1957Ordeal by FireFilm, King Charles VII1956Armchair TheatreSeries1948Vice VersaFilm, Mr. Blinkhorn1938Sixty Glorious YearsFilm, Lanternist Professor1908Born10 June 1908People around Robert
Close ties
David Calder Also in Edward II (1970)
Lucy Fleming Also in Uncle Silas and Edward II
Steven Spielberg Directed Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
George Lucas Produced Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Michael Powell Directed The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)- Emeric Pressburger Produced The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)
Herbert Wilcox Directed Sixty Glorious Years (1938)- Bernard Hepton Also in The Adventures Of Don Quixote (1973)
Stephen Greif Also in Edward II (1970)
Robert Watts Produced Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)- Rodney Bennett Directed The Legend of King Arthur
James Laurenson Also in Edward II (1970)
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 23
39 credits on file
Television 12
Awards
About this person
He also played Merlin in the BBC television series The Legend of King Arthur, and the tragic ferryman in The Storyteller episode "The Luck Child".
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1991 · aged 83
