Personal Info
Birth date
1944-06-01 (81 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Salford, Manchester, England, UK
Also known as
Robert Thomas Powell
Robert Powell
Biography
Robert Powell was born on June 1, 1944 in Salford, Manchester, England. In 1964, he started his acting career while attending Manchester University. In 1967, he made his film debut, and later landed his first starring role in The Italian Job (1969). Some of his well known movies include Franco Ziefirelli's "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977), Ken Russell's Tommy (1975) and Mahler (1974), the remake of The Thirty Nine Steps (1978), and the popular TV series "Doomwatch" (1970). Robert married on 29th August, 1975 to Barbara 'Babs' Lord. They now have a son and a daughter. In 1982, Robert won the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival for his performance in Imperative (1982). He won the best actor award at the Paris Film Festival for Harlequin (1980). For his portrayal of Jesus in Jesus of Nazareth he received best actor awards from TV Times and Italian TV Times, the international arts prize at the Fiuggi Film Festival, grand prize at the Saint-Vincent Film Festival, and a nomination as best actor from The Irish Academy of Film and Television arts. In reference to his role as Jesus in Jesus of Nazareth, Robert said, "I hope Jesus Christ will be the last in my line of sensitive young men for quite a while."
Filmography
Holby City
5.7
Overview:
Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.BBC Play of the Month
5
Overview:
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
5
Overview:
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auctionCrown Court
5.4
Overview:
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.Keeping Up Appearances
7.6
Overview:
Hyacinth Bucket (whose name, she insists, is pronounced "Bouquet") is a suburban housewife in the West Midlands. She would be the first to tell you that she is a gracious hostess, a respected citizen, and a well-connected member of high society. If you don't believe that, just ask her best friend Elizabeth, held captive in Hyacinth's kitchen; or the postmen and neighbours who bristle at the sound of her voice; or Richard, her weary and compliant husband. In fact, Hyacinth's reputation could be as perfect as her new lounge set, if not for her senile father's love of running wild in the nip. Oh, and she would prefer it if her brother-in-law was a sharper dresser. And that her husband was more ambitious. And that her sisters were more presentable. And do take your shoes off before you come in the house, dear. Mind that you don't brush against the wallpaper.Pebble Mill
3.1
Overview:
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October 14, 1991. The show was a mixture of celebrity guests and music. Alan Titchmarsh was a presenter on the show throughout it's complete run. Other presenters included Judi Spiers, Gloria Hunniford and Ross King.Agatha Christie's Marple
7.694
Overview:
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.Natural World
7.1
Overview:
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.An Audience with...
5.3
Overview:
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.Dalziel & Pascoe
6.44
Overview:
British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-china-shop-copper Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick Detective Sargent, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining a down to earth wit and humour.The Legends of Treasure Island
7.4
Overview:
The Legends Of Treasure Island is an animated cartoon from the UK that ran from 1993-1995. It had two series of 13 episodes each and each episode runs for 22–25 minutes. The series was loosely based on Robert Louis Stevenson's original story "Treasure Island". Featuring a mysterious and dark storyline, it incorporates magic and many new characters. Unlike the book and most adaptations Long John Silver is not an anti-hero with dubious morality but rather a straight villain. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom and in other countries throughout Europe and Latin America and was also aired in Australia. The programme was a FilmFair production for Central Independent Television, The Legends of Treasure Island, is owned by ITV PLC.Jesus of Nazareth
7.8
Overview:
Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels.Thriller
6.6
Overview:
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.The Detectives
6.7
Overview:
The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.Hitler's bodyguard
6.2
Overview:
Adolf Hitler caused the deaths of fifty million people. An entire nation followed him to ruin. Over a tumultuous 12 years Adolf Hitler went from being a minor rabble-rousing politician, to supreme leader of Nazi Germany. He was hated by those he persecuted, and even by some of his own commanders - yet in twenty-five years no one managed to kill him. This program shows how Hitler's bodyguards helped him cheat death on many occasions. They expanded from a handful of thugs recruited to protect political meetings and fight opponents on the streets, to many thousands - including some of the most fearsome secret police and paramilitary forces the world has ever known.Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
Overview:
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.The Edwardians
5.7
Overview:
It was a time when England was a nation on the cusp of change, an evolving landscape tht lay between Victorian England and the First World War. 'The Edwardians' explores the lives of and events in the lives of many who helped define the era, the "Belle Epoque".World War II in Colour
7.6
Overview:
World War II In Colour is a 13-episode television documentary miniseries recounting the events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell. The show covers the Western Front, Eastern Front, and the Pacific War. It is on syndication in America on the Military Channel. This series is in full color, combining both original and colorized footage.Countdown
5.8
Overview:
The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.Shaka Zulu
7
Overview:
South Africa, 1823. The Zulu Empire, headed by King Shaka, a brilliant but ruthless military strategist, begin to encroach on the British colony of Cape Town. A volunteer cadre of explorers, mercenaries and professional soldiers are sent to Zululand to try to make contact with Shaka and assess the real threat of his army.The Real Jesus of Nazareth
7
Overview:
Take a pilgrimage across the Holy Land as we explore the life of Jesus of Nazareth, separating history from legend.Doomwatch
6
Overview:
Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist, responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers. The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999.The Hunchback of Notre Dame
NYR
Overview:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1966 television series and an adaptation of the novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo.Jude the Obscure
5.25
Overview:
Based on the novel by Thomas Hardy, Jude, born to poverty, he dreams are big, but are shattered one by one, as his life descends into tragedy.Fantomcat
4
Overview:
Fantomcat was an animated series produced by Cosgrove Hall Films. It was first broadcast in 1995 and was animated after Avenger Penguins in 1994 by Alfonso Productions, a Spanish animation studio. It aired largely on Children's ITV. The series also had a brief run on Pop and on Network Ten in Australia. It was produced and directed by Ben Turner. Fantomcat centres on the character Phillipe Lentheric Guerlain de Givenchy, the Duke of Fantom, a masked swashbuckling hero who thrived in 1699, in mortal combat with his archnemesis Baron Von Skeltar. De Fantom was treacherously cast into a painting within the halls of his house, Castle De Fantom, and became trapped for centuries. As time passed, the area around Castle De Fantom became a bustling metropolis called Metro City, a city submerged in crime rings led by the fiendish arachnid Marmagora.The Century of Warfare
NYR
Overview:
The Century of Warfare is a 26 part British TV documentary first released in 1993 and shown on A&E Television Networks. It was narrated by Robert Powell, and produced by Nugus/Martin Productions Ltd, and coincided with another Powell/Nugus-Martin project called Great Crimes and Trials.Great Crimes and Trials
10
Overview:
Great Crimes and Trials is an early 1990s BBC documentary television series. The program consists of archival material combined with never before seen interviews to reconstruct a renowned crime, examining the felon's motives, details of the crime, the investigations and the trial. Each episode is narrated by actor Robert Powell. In the United Kingdom the program is shown on weekdays on the Crime & Investigation Network. The first series was released on DVD by Columbia Tristar in 2005, and the third series was released on DVD by Network DVD in 2011. The first and second series were released on video by Columbia Tristar in 1997.Classic Ghost Stories
NYR
Overview:
Five partially-dramatized readings of classic M.R. James ghost stories by actor Robert Powell. Including "The Mezzotint", "The Ash-Tree", "The Rose Garden", "Wailing Well" and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad".Hannay
5
Overview:
Hannay was a 1988 spin-off from the 1978 film version of John Buchan's novel The Thirty-Nine Steps which had starred Robert Powell as Richard Hannay. In the series, Powell reprised the role of Hannay, an Edwardian mining engineer from Rhodesia of Scottish origin. It features his adventures in pre-World War I Great Britain. These stories had little in common with John Buchan's novels about the character, although some character names are taken from his other novels. There were two series, the first with six episodes, the second with seven. The combined 13 episodes ran for a total of 652 minutes. One episode, A Point of Honour, was based on a story of the same name by Dornford Yates that appeared in his 1914 book The Brother of Daphne, although Yates was not credited. Another episode used a plot device from the Leslie Charteris Saint story The Unblemished Bootlegger, from the 1933 book The Brighter Buccaneer, again uncredited.Acting
2026The Queen of Heaven as Jesus / Nikodemus
2023Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs as Self
2018Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life as Himself
2017The Real Jesus of Nazareth (4 Episodes) as Host
2012Tales of Television Centre as Self
2011Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (1 Episode) as Self - Participant
2009World War II in Colour (13 Episodes) as Narrator
2009International Terrorism Since 1945 (1 Episode) as Narrator (voice)
2005Colour Me Kubrick as Robert
2005Napoleon 1812 - The Road to Moscow as Narrator
2004Agatha Christie's Marple (1 Episode) as Dr. Haydock
2004Great SAS Missions (7 Episodes) as Narrator
2003The Queen's Lost Uncle as Narrator
2002Seven Games From Glory as Narrator
1999Holby City as Mark Williams
1999The Second World War in Color as Narrator (voice)
1997Treasure Island as Dr. Livesey
1997Pride of Africa as David Webb
1996Dalziel & Pascoe (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Barry Jemmerson
1995Fantomcat (26 Episodes) as Fantomcat
1993Great Crimes and Trials (26 Episodes) as Unknown
1993The Century of Warfare (28 Episodes) as Unknown
1993The Legends of Treasure Island as Dr Livesey (voice)
1993The Legends of Treasure Island (26 Episodes) as Dr. Livesey (voice)
1993The Battle of Trafalgar: Nelson's Victory as Narrator
1993The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Unknown
1993The Detectives (29 Episodes) as Dave Briggs
1993Titanic - The Story as Narrator (voice)
1992Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel as John Barth
1992The Boer War: 1899-1902 as Narrator
1992The English Civil Wars as Narrator
1992Chunuk Bair as Sgt. Maj. Frank Smith
1992Il segno del comando as Prof. Edward Foster
1992The First Circle as Gleb Nershin
1992The Golden Years as Unknown
1991Merlin of the Crystal Cave (6 Episodes) as Ambrosius
1991Pebble Mill (1 Episode) as Self
1990Keeping Up Appearances (1 Episode) as Cabbie
1990Canned Carrott (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1990Romeo.Juliet as Romeo (voice)
1988Down There in the Jungle as Kruger
1988Hannay (13 Episodes) as Richard Hannay
1987Love Sins as Gabriele D'Annunzio
1986Classic Ghost Stories as Professor
1986Classic Ghost Stories (5 Episodes) as Professor
1986Shaka Zulu (10 Episodes) as Dr. Henry Fynn
1984What Waits Below as Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen
1984Frankenstein as Victor Frankenstein
1984The Wandering Company as Narrator (voice)
1983The Jigsaw Man as Jamie Fraser
1983Natural World (1 Episode) as Narrator
1982Countdown (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1982Imperative as Augustin
1982The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Phoebus
1981Pygmalion as Higgins
1981The Survivor as Keller
1980Jane Austen in Manhattan as Pierre
1980Harlequin as Gregory Wolfe
1980Walkabout to Hollywood as Narrator (voice)
1978The Thirty Nine Steps as Richard Hannay
1978An Audience with... (2 Episodes) as Self
1978The Four Feathers as Jack Durrance
1977Beyond Good and Evil as Paul Rée
1977Jesus of Nazareth (4 Episodes) as Jesus
1975Looking for Clancy (5 Episodes) as Frank Clancy
1975Tommy as Captain Walker
1974Death to Sister Mary as Rook
1974Mahler as Gustav Mahler
1973Thriller (1, 1 Episode) as Paul Tanner, Rook
1973Lady Killer as Paul Tanner
1973All Systems Go: Alan Garner as Himself
1972The Asphyx as Giles Cunningham
1972The Edwardians (1 Episode) as Unknown
1972Asylum as Dr. Martin
1972Crown Court (1 Episode) as Lance Porter
1972Mrs. Warren's Profession as Frank Gardner
1972Shelley as Percy Bysshe Shelley
1972Running Scared as Tom Betancourt
1971Secrets as Allan Wood
1971Jude the Obscure (6 Episodes) as Jude Fawley
1970Doomwatch (13 Episodes) as Tobias Wren
1970The Hunting of Lionel Crane as Lionel Crane
1970Season of the Witch as Shaun
1969Walk a Crooked Path as Unknown
1969Tower of London: The Innocent as Earl of Warwick
1969The Italian Job as Yellow
1969Bam! Pow! Zap! as Arkie
1967Robbery as Deltic Train Guard (uncredited)
1966The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965BBC Play of the Month (1, 1 Episode) as Valentine, Unknown
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 Episode) as Phoebus
Creator
2010Hitler's bodyguard ... Creator
Crew
1996Bulletproof ... Stunt Double