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William Squire
Actor
Died May 3, 1989 (73 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2007 | A Matter of Time · as The Shadow |
| 1987 | Testimony · as Khatchaturyan |
| 1984 | Puccini · as Giacchi, The Doctor |
| 1982 | Marco Polo (TV Series) · as Locandiere |
| 1982 | The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV Series) · as Frankland |
| 1981 | The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (TV Series) · as Dr. Clifford |
| 1978 | Les Miserables · as Magistrate |
| 1978 | The Lord of the Rings · as Gandalf (voice) |
| 1978 | The Thirty Nine Steps · as Harkness |
| 1978 | Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) |
| 1978 | All Creatures Great and Small (TV Series) · as Roderick Perowne |
| 1978 | Blake's 7 (TV Series) · as Kommissar |
| 1977 | Midnight Is a Place (TV Series) · as Sir Randolph Grimsby |
| 1976 | The XYY Man (TV Series) |
| 1976 | The Twelve Tasks of Asterix · as Getafix |
| 1976 | When the Boat Comes In (TV Series) · as John Hartley |
| 1972 | The Black Arrow (TV Series) · as Sir Daniel Brackley |
| 1971 | Jason King (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Arnold |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days · as Thomas More |
| 1969 | Paul Temple (TV Series) · as Howard Hawthorn |
| 1969 | Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969) (TV Series) · as Sam Seymour |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Alec Kooning |
| 1968 | Where Eagles Dare · as Thomas |
| 1968 | The Champions (TV Series) · as Duncan |
| 1967 | A Challenge for Robin Hood · as Sir John |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Max |
| 1967 | Callan (TV Series) · as Hunter |
| 1967 | Look and Read (TV Series) · as Sam North |
| 1966 | Softly Softly (TV Series) · as Dr. Kelper |
| 1965 | The Wars of the Roses (TV Series) · as Buckingham |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Reverend Elwyn Wilderness |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as The Shadow |
| 1960 | An Age of Kings (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Edmund |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Dr. Terry |
| 1958 | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man (TV Series) · as Waring |
| 1958 | Dunkirk · as Captain (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Innocent Sinners · as Father Lambert |
| 1956 | Pursuit of the Graf Spee · as Ray Martin |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Paolo Bracchiana |
| 1956 | Alexander the Great · as Aeschenes |
| 1956 | The Man Who Never Was · as Lt. Jewell |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Colin |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series) · as Vef |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Doctor Jeffreys |
| 1951 | The Long Dark Hall · as Sergeant Cochcran |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Hector |