Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 29, 1916
Died
May 03, 1989
Place of Birth
Neath - Glamorgan - Wales - UK
Credits
54 titles
William Squire
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 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.
Known For
Filmography
Callan: This Man Alone
Himself (archive)
Testimony
Khatchaturyan
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self
Puccini
Giacchi, the Doctor
The Ghost Downstairs
Narrator
Marco Polo
Locandiere
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Frankland
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Dr Clifford
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
The Shadow
Les Misérables
Magistrate
The Lord of the Rings
Gandalf (voice)
The Thirty Nine Steps
Harkness
All Creatures Great and Small
Roderick Perowne
Blake's 7
Kommissar
The Portable Phonograph
The Actor
Buffet
Arnold
The XYY Man
Laidlaw
Rumpole of the Bailey
Sir Daniel Derwent
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
Snooker
Humphrey
The Venturers
Sir George Fielding
Centre Play
Humphrey
The Black Arrow
Sir Daniel Brackley
Jason King
Great Performances
Self
Play for Today
Arnold
Anne of the Thousand Days
Thomas More
Canterbury Tales
Chaucer
W. Somerset Maugham
Owen Griffiths
Where Eagles Dare
Thomas
The Champions
Duncan
The Jazz Age
Mr. Urquhart
ITV Playhouse
Max
Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?
Alex
A Challenge for Robin Hood
Sir John
Half Hour Story
Alex
Callan
The Wars of the Roses
Suffolk / Buckingham
The Wars of the Roses
Duke of Suffolk
Doctor Who
The Shadow
Festival
The Rev Melvyn Thomas
An Age of Kings
Shallow / Epilogue
The Verdict Is Yours
Counsel for Defence
Innocent Sinners
Father Lambert
Dunkirk
Captain (uncredited)
Pride and Prejudice
Mr Bingley
The Film That Never Was
The Battle of the River Plate
Ray Martin
Armchair Theatre
Paolo Bracchiana
The Man Who Never Was
Lt. Jewell