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William Squire

William Squire

Birthday: 1916-04-29 | Place of Birth: Neath - Glamorgan - Wales - UK

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 Anderson's play Anne of the Thousand Days, Sir Daniel Brackley in the 1972 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow, the voice of Gandalf in the 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings and the Shadow in the 1979 Doctor Whoserial The Armageddon Factor. Perhaps his best-known role was as Hunter, the superior of secret agent David Callan in the spy series Callan in the early 1970s; Squire took over the role from Derek Bond. In a set of Encyclopædia Britannica-produced educational films about William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Squire played the role of Macbeth. This was in keeping with his long career as a Shakespearean actor, which included roles in the classic 1960s TV series, An Age of Kings.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1988
Testimony

as    Khatchaturyan

1984
Puccini

as    Giacchi, the Doctor

1982
The Hound of the Baskervilles

as    Frankland

1982
The Ghost Downstairs

as    Narrator

1978
The Lord of the Rings

as    Gandalf (voice)

1976
Buffet

as    Arnold

1975
Snooker

as    Humphrey

1969
Where Eagles Dare

as    Thomas

1969
Anne of the Thousand Days

as    Thomas More

1967
Callan

as    Hunter

1965
The Wars of the Roses

as    Duke of Suffolk

1958
Pride and Prejudice

as    Mr. Bingley