Robert Raglan (7 April 1909 – 18 July 1985) was a British actor best known for his semi-regular role in ''

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'' as Colonel Pritchard. He also starred in a number of other television series and films such as ''

Fabian of the Yard ''Fabian of the Yard'' is a British police procedural television series based on the real-life memoirs of Scotland Yard detective Robert Fabian, made by the BBC and broadcast between November 1954 and February 1956. It is considered the earlies ...

'' (1954–56) and ''

The Haunted House of Horror ''The Haunted House of Horror'', also titled ''Horror House'' and ''The Dark'', is a 1969 British horror film directed by Michael Armstrong and starring Frankie Avalon and Jill Haworth as young adults looking for a thrill by spending the nigh ...

'' (1969). He also appeared in ''

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'' with

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Partial filmography

* ''

The Courtneys of Curzon Street ''The Courtneys of Curzon Street'' (also titled ''The Courtney Affair'' or Kathy's Love Affair, in the U.S.) is a 1947 British drama film starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding. It is a study of class division and snobbery in Britain in the la ...

'' (1947) - (uncredited) * ''Circus Boy'' (1947) - Trevor * '' Night Beat'' (1947) - Det. Sgt (uncredited) * '' The Ringer'' (1952) - (uncredited) * '' The Broken Horseshoe'' (1953) - (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1953) - Sgt Perkins * ''

The Good Beginning ''The Good Beginning'' is a 1953 British drama film directed by Gilbert Gunn and written by Janet Green and starring John Fraser, Eileen Moore and Peter Reynolds. Cast * John Fraser - Johnny Lipson * Eileen Moore - Kit Lipson * Peter Reyn ...

'' (1953) - Shelley (uncredited) * ''Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder'' (1953) - Inspector McKay (uncredited) * '' Child's Play'' (1954) - Police Superintendent * ''

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'' (1955) - Superintendent Beckman * ''

Portrait of Alison ''Portrait of Alison'' is a 1956 British atmospheric crime film directed by Guy Green. It was based on a BBC television series '' Portrait of Alison'' which aired the same year. In the United States the film was released as ''Postmark for Dang ...

'' (1955) - (uncredited) * ''Handcuffs, London'' (1955) - Det. Sgt Wyatt * ''

Private's Progress ''Private's Progress'' is a 1956 British comedy film based on the novel by Alan Hackney. It was directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting, from a script by John Boulting and Frank Harvey. Plot During the Second World War, young undergrad ...

'' (1956) - General Tomlinson * '' 23 Paces to Baker Street'' (1956) - Police Inspector (uncredited) * '' Morning Call'' (1957) - Plainclothesman * '' Brothers in Law'' (1957) - Cleaver * ''

There's Always a Thursday ''There's Always a Thursday'' is a 1957 British crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Charles Victor, Jill Ireland, Lloyd Lamble and Robert Raglan. Much of the film was shot at Southall Studios. Premise Comedy about a down-trod ...

'' (1957) - Crosby * ''

The Crooked Sky ''The Crooked Sky'' is a low budget 1957 black and white British melodrama/crime film, directed by Henry Cass from a story by Maclean Rogers and Charles F. Vetter.Weaver 2011, p. 18. The film stars Wayne Morris (American actor), Wayne Morris, Anton ...

'' (1957) - Senior Civil Servant * ''

Five Clues to Fortune ''Five Clues to Fortune'' is a 1957 British crime film directed by Joe Mendoza and starring David Hemmings, John Rogers (actor), John Rogers and Roberta Paterson. Its plot involves two children who try to prevent an aristocrat's secretary from sec ...

'' (1957) - Mr Robson * '' The Big Chance'' (1957) - Police Inspector * '' The One That Got Away'' (1957) - Bystander (uncredited) * ''

Man from Tangier ''Man from Tangier'' (released in the United States as ''Thunder over Tangier'') is a 1957 British crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Robert Hutton (actor), Robert Hutton, Lisa Gastoni and Martin Benson (actor), Martin Benson. Pl ...

'' (1957) - Inspector Meredith * ''Zoo Baby'' (1957) - Plumber * '' Count Five and Die'' (1957) - Lt Miller * ''

Undercover Girl ''Undercover Girl'' is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Alexis Smith and Scott Brady. This was the second movie for Joseph Pevney as a director. Plot A young woman joins the police, and tries to track ...

'' (1958) - Det. Insp. Willingdon * ''

Violent Playground ''Violent Playground'' is a black and white 1958 British film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Stanley Baker, Peter Cushing, and David McCallum. The film, which deals with the genre of juvenile delinquent, has an explicit social agenda. It ...

'' (1958) - (uncredited) * ''

Gideon's Day ''Gideon's Day'' is the first in a series of police procedural novels by John Creasey writing as J.J. Marric. Published in 1955, it features a day in the professional life of Detective Superintendent George Gideon of the C.I.D., Scotland ...

'' (1958) - Henry Dawson (uncredited) * '' A Night to Remember'' (1958) - Chief Engineer Johnston, SS Carpathia (uncredited) * ''

Corridors of Blood ''Corridors of Blood'' (aka ''Doctor from Seven Dials'')Tom Weaver, ''The Horror Hits of Richard Gordon'', Bear Manor Media 2011 p 80-95 is a 1958 British-American period drama film directed by Robert Day and starring Boris Karloff and Christo ...

'' (1958) - Wilkes * ''Hidden Homicide'' (1959) - Ashbury * '' The Great Van Robbery'' (1959) - Surgeon * ''The Child and the Killer'' (1959) - Inspector * ''

Innocent Meeting ''Innocent Meeting'' is a 1958 British crime film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Sean Lynch, Beth Rogan and Raymond Huntley. In the film, a teenager on probation for theft bonds with the daughter of middle-class parents after meeting ...

'' (1959) - Martin * ''

Web of Suspicion ''Web of Suspicion'' is a 1959 British crime film directed by Max Varnel and starring Philip Friend and Susan Beaumont. It was produced by the Danziger Brothers.No Safety Ahead ''No Safety Ahead'' is a 1959 British film.''No Safety Ahead''
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'' (1959) - Langton * ''

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'' (1959) - Inspector * ''

The Heart of a Man ''The Heart of a Man'' is a 1959 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Frankie Vaughan, Anne Heywood and Tony Britton. Its plot concerns a millionaire in disguise who gives a young man money to help him pursue his singing c ...

'' (1959) - Policeman (uncredited) * '' A Woman's Temptation'' (1959) - Police Constable * ''

Follow a Star ''Follow a Star'' is a 1959 British black and white comedy musical film directed by Robert Asher and starring Norman Wisdom. Plot Norman Truscott works as a dry cleaner, but dreams of being a stage performer. To this end, he takes elocution and ...

'' (1959) - Policeman (uncredited) * ''

Dead Lucky ''Dead Lucky'' is a 1960 British crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Vincent Ball, Betty McDowall, John Le Mesurier, Alfred Burke and Michael Ripper. A crime reporter teams up with a fashion journalist to investigate illegal go ...

'' (1960) - Assistant Commissioner (uncredited) * '' Beat Girl'' (1960) - FO Official * '' A Taste of Honey'' (1961) - Simpson * ''

Information Received ''Information Received'' is a 1961 British crime film directed by Robert Lynn and starring Sabine Sesselmann, William Sylvester and Hermione Baddeley. In the film, a police detective goes undercover to infiltrate a safe-breaking outfit. Cast ...

'' (1961) - Supt Jeffcote * ''

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) - Policeman (uncredited) * '' The Traitors'' (1962) * ''

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'' (1962) - Chief Constable (uncredited) * ''

Live Now, Pay Later ''Live Now, Pay Later'' is a 1962 British black-and-white film starring Ian Hendry, June Ritchie and John Gregson. Hendry plays a smooth-talking, conniving door-to-door salesman. Plot Unsavoury door-to-door salesman Albert Argyle's (Ian Hendry) te ...

'' (1962) * ''

The Comedy Man ''The Comedy Man'' is a 1964 British kitchen sink realism drama film directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring Kenneth More, Cecil Parker, Dennis Price and Billie Whitelaw. It depicts the life of a struggling actor in Swinging London. More later s ...

'' (1964) - (uncredited) * ''

Where the Spies Are ''Where the Spies Are'' is a 1966 British comedy adventure film directed by Val Guest and starring David Niven, Françoise Dorléac, John Le Mesurier, Cyril Cusack and Richard Marner. It was based on the 1964 James Leasor book '' Passport to Obl ...

'' (1966) - Sir Robert * '' Prehistoric Women'' (1967) - Colonel Hammond * '' Subterfuge'' (1968) - Fennimore * ''

'' (1969) - John Bradley * '' The Magic Christian'' (1969) - Maltravers * '' Loot'' (1970) - Doctor * '' Toomorrow'' (1970) - Principal (uncredited) * ''

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer ''The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer'' is a 1970 British satirical film starring Peter Cook, and co-written by Cook, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, and Kevin Billington, who directed the film. The film was devised and produced by David Frost u ...

'' (1970) - General Strike * ''

'' (1971) - Inspector Hardcastle * ''

To Catch a Spy ''To Catch a Spy'' is a 1971 comedy spy film directed by Dick Clement and starring Kirk Douglas, Marlène Jobert, Trevor Howard, Richard Pearson, Garfield Morgan, Angharad Rees and Robert Raglan. It was written by Clement and Ian La Frenai ...

'' (1971) - Ambassador * '' Tomorrow'' (1972) - (uncredited) * ''

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is a British romantic popular song written in 1939 and published in 1940, with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin. Setting Berkeley Square is a large leafy square in Mayfair, a part o ...

'' (1979) - Judge * ''

The Mirror Crack'd ''The Mirror Crack'd'' is a 1980 British mystery film directed by Guy Hamilton from a screenplay by Jonathan Hales and Barry Sandler, based on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novel ''The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side'' (1962). It stars Ange ...

'' (1980) - Villager (uncredited)

Television appearances

* '' Educated Evans'' (1957, 1 episode) as Sergeant * '' Charlesworth'' (1959, 1 episode) as Inspector Godfrey * ''

Francis Storm Investigates ''Francis Storm Investigates'' is a British television series which originally aired on ITV in 1960.Pitts p.316 A former SOE operative sets up as a private detective from his mews house in Kensington. Main cast * Brian Worth as Francis Storm ...

'' (1960, 1 episode) as Chief Inspector Bloom * ''

The Sullavan Brothers ''The Sullavan Brothers'' is a British television series which originally aired on ITV between 1964 and 1965.Vahimagi p.132 One episode, "Insufficient Evidence", is believed to be lost. Cast Main * Hugh Manning as Robert Sullavan * Anthony ...

'' (1965, 1 episode) as Jim Fenn * ''

'' (1970-1977, 38 episodes) as The Colonel / Captain Pritchard / HG Sergeant * ''

Steptoe and Son ''Steptoe and Son'' is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in 26a Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC in black and ...

'' (1970, 1 episode) as Mr Caldwell * ''

The Liver Birds ''The Liver Birds'' is a British sitcom, set in Liverpool, North West England, which aired on BBC1 from April 1969 to January 1979, and again in 1996. The show was created by Carla Lane and Myra Taylor. The two Liverpudlian housewives had met ...

'' (1971, 1 episode) as Manager * '' Bless This House'' (1972-1974, 1 episode) as George Humphries / Sir Maxwell * ''

Are You Being Served? ''Are You Being Served?'' is a British sitcom created and written by executive producer David Croft (Croft also directed some episodes) and Jeremy Lloyd, with contributions from Michael Knowles and John Chapman, for the BBC. Set in London ...

'' (1973-1974, 2 episodes) as The 40" Waist / Dr Wainwright * ''

My Name Is Harry Worth ''My Name Is Harry Worth'' is a British comedy television series which originally aired on ITV in a series of eight episodes in 1974. It starred Harry Worth and Lally Bowers as his landlady Mrs Maybury. Worth plays a mild-mannered, well meaning ...

'' (1974, 1 episode) as Magistrate * ''

Love Thy Neighbour Love Thy Neighbor or Love Thy Neighbour refers to the Biblical phrase "thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" from the Book of Leviticus 19:18 in the Old Testament about the ethic of reciprocity known as the Golden Rule or the Great Commandment. ...

'' (1975, 1 episode) as Doctor * ''

You're Only Young Twice ''You're Only Young Twice'' was a British TV sitcom made and broadcast on the ITV network by Yorkshire Television from 6 September 1977 to 4 August 1981. Plot Set in Paradise Lodge retirement home, ''You're Only Young Twice'' was created an ...

'' (1977) as Mr Whittaker * ''

Going Straight ''Going Straight'' is a BBC sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale. The programme was a direct spin-off to the sitcom '' Porridge'', which all four were involved in, wit ...

'' (1978, 1 episode) as Inspector * ''

George and Mildred ''George and Mildred'' is a British sitcom produced by Thames Television and first aired between 1976 and 1979. It is a spin-off from '' Man About the House'', and starred Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce as constantly-sparring married couple ...

'' (1978-1979, 3 episodes) as Mr Bowles / Brown / Reginald Clifton-White * Robin’s Nest (1979) as Carter * ''

Nancy Astor Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945. Astor's first husband was America ...

'' (1982, 2 episodes) as MP

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raglan, Robert English male film actors English male television actors 1909 births 1985 deaths People from Reigate 20th-century English male actors