Robert Ayres (11 December 1914 – 5 November 1968) was an American

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and

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/ref> He worked mainly in Britain. His stage work included

Edward Albee Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ''The Zoo Story'' (1958), '' The Sandbox'' (1959), ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), '' A Delicate Balance'' (1966) ...

's '' The American Dream'' and ''

The Death of Bessie Smith ''The Death of Bessie Smith'' is a one-act play by American playwright Edward Albee, written in 1959 and premiered in West Berlin the following year. The play consists of a series of conversations between Bernie and his friend Jack, Jack and an of ...

'' at London's

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in 1961.

Selected filmography

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They Were Not Divided ''They Were Not Divided'' is a 1950 British war film, which depicted the Guards Armoured Division in Second World War Europe. It was written and directed by Terence Young, a former Guards officer who served in the campaigns depicted in the fi ...

'' (1950) - American Brigadier * '' State Secret'' (1950) - Arthur J. Buckman * '' To Have and to Hold'' (1951) - Max * ''

Night Without Stars ''Night Without Stars'' is a 1951 British black-and-white dramatic thriller film, starring David Farrar, Nadia Gray and Maurice Teynac. The screenplay was written by Winston Graham based upon his eponymous 1950 novel. The film was directe ...

'' (1951) - Walter * '' The Black Widow'' (1951) - Mark Sherwin (The Amnesiac) * '' 13 East Street'' (1952) - Larry Conn * '' 24 Hours of a Woman's Life'' (1952) - Frank Brown * ''

Cosh Boy ''Cosh Boy'' (released in the United States as ''The Slasher'') is a 1953 British film noir directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring James Kenney and Joan Collins. It was made at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. Plot Based on an original play ...

'' (1953) - Bob Stevens * ''

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene ''The Wedding of Lilli Marlene'' is a 1953 British drama film directed by Arthur Crabtree and starring Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott and Sid James. It was made at Southall Studios with sets designed by the art director Ray Simm. It was produc ...

'' (1953) - Andrew Jackson * ''

River Beat ''River Beat'' is a 1954 British noir crime film directed by Guy Green and starring John Bentley, Phyllis Kirk and Leonard White. The screenplay concerns a river police inspector who faces a moral dilemma when a woman he knows gets caught u ...

'' (1954) - Captain Watford * ''

Delayed Action ''Delayed Action'' is a 1954 British film noir mystery film directed by John Harlow and starring Robert Ayres, June Thorburn and Alan Wheatley. It was produced as a second feature for release by General Film Distributors. It was shot at Twick ...

'' (1954) - Ned Ellison * ''

A Prize of Gold ''A Prize of Gold'' is a 1955 Technicolor film noir crime film directed by Mark Robson partly filmed in West Berlin. The film stars Richard Widmark as a United States Air Force Air Police Master Sergeant motivated by love and compassion to ...

'' (1955) - Tex * ''

Contraband Spain ''Contraband Spain'' is a 1955 crime film written and directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Richard Greene, Anouk Aimée and Michael Denison. Its Spanish title is ''Contrabando''. Plot A United States Department of the Treasury agent w ...

'' (1955) - Mr. Dean, American Embassy superior * '' It's Never Too Late'' (1956) - Leroy Crane * ''

The Baby and the Battleship ''The Baby and the Battleship'' is a colour 1956 British comedy film directed by Jay Lewis and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough and André Morell. It is based on the 1956 novel by Anthony Thorne with a screenplay by Richard De Roy, ...

'' (1956) - American Captain (uncredited) * ''

Operation Murder ''Operation Murder'' is a 1957 British crime film. It was described by Allmovie as "another of the multitude of inexpensive Danzinger Brothers productions, released throughout the English-speaking world by United Artists." Premise A scheme by t ...

'' (1957) - Larry Winton * ''

The Story of Esther Costello ''The Story of Esther Costello'' is a 1957 British drama film starring Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi, and Heather Sears. The film is an exposé of large-scale fundraising. ''The Story of Esther Costello'' was produced by David Miller and Ja ...

'' (1957) - Mr. Wilson * ''

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'' (1957) - Insp. Andrews * ''

Cat Girl ''Cat Girl'' is a 1957 British-American horror film, produced by Herbert Smith and Lou Rusoff, directed by Alfred Shaughnessy, that stars Barbara Shelley, Robert Ayres, and Kay Callard. It was an unofficial remake of Val Lewton's '' Cat People'' ...

'' (1957) - Dr. Brian Marlowe * '' The Depraved'' (1957) - Colonel-in-chief * '' A Night to Remember'' (1958) - Maj. Arthur Peuchen * ''

First Man into Space ''First Man into Space'' (working title: ''Satellite of Blood'') is a 1959 independently made British-American black-and-white science fiction- horror film. It was produced by John Croydon, Charles F. Vetter, and Richard Gordon for Amalgamat ...

'' (1959) - Capt. Ben Richards * ''

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'' (1959) - John Adams * '' A Woman's Temptation'' (1959) - Mike * '' Date at Midnight'' (1959) - Gordon Baines * ''

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'' (1960) - Hotchkiss * ''

The Road to Hong Kong ''The Road to Hong Kong'' is a 1962 British semi-musical comedy film directed by Norman Panama and starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, as well as Joan Collins, with an extended cameo featuring Dorothy Lamour in the setting of Hong Kong under Br ...

'' (1962) - American Official * ''

Two and Two Make Six ''Two and Two Make Six'', also known as ''A Change of Heart'' and ''The Girl Swappers'', is a 1962 black and white British romantic comedy film directed by Freddie Francis and starring George Chakiris and Janette Scott. Unusually, the two women ...

'' (1962) - Col. Robert Thompson * ''The Sicilians'' (1963) - Angelo Di Marco * ''

The Heroes of Telemark ''The Heroes of Telemark'' is a 1965 British war film directed by Anthony Mann based on the true story of the Norwegian heavy water sabotage during the Second World War from ''Skis Against the Atom'', the memoirs of Norwegian resistance soldi ...

'' (1965) - General Courts * ''

Woman's Temptation ''A Woman's Temptation'' is a low budget 1959 British crime film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Patricia Driscoll and Robert Ayres. Premise A young widow struggling as a single mother is tempted by stolen money she finds, which she hi ...

'' (1966) - Mike * ''

The 25th Hour ''The 25th Hour'' is the 2001 debut novel by David Benioff. A film adaptation, for which Benioff wrote the screenplay, was directed by Spike Lee and released in 2002. Background The idea for the book came when Benioff returned home to New York ...

'' (1967) * ''

Battle Beneath the Earth ''Battle Beneath the Earth'' is a 1967 British sci-fi thriller film starring Kerwin Mathews. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film also features character actor Ed Bishop. Plot Scientist Arnold Kramer believes that rogue elements o ...

'' (1967) - Adm. Felix Hillebrand * ''

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'' (1968) - (uncredited) (final film role)

Death

Ayres died at age 53 on 5 November 1968 in

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