Douglas Wilmer (born 8 January 1920) is an English actor.
Wilmer was born in London and educated at King's School, Canterbury. He trained at the RADA but was called up to the Army in World War II. Posted to an antitank battery in the Royal West African Frontier Force, he was invalided out after he acquired tuberculosis. He made his 1945 stage debut in repertory at Rugby. He appeared frequently on the London stage, mainly in classical and Shakespe...
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Douglas Wilmer (born 8 January 1920) is an English actor.
Wilmer was born in London and educated at King's School, Canterbury. He trained at the RADA but was called up to the Army in World War II. Posted to an antitank battery in the Royal West African Frontier Force, he was invalided out after he acquired tuberculosis. He made his 1945 stage debut in repertory at Rugby. He appeared frequently on the London stage, mainly in classical and Shakespearean roles.
He made his first major film appearance in Laurence Olivier's Richard III (1955) and since then, has appeared in a large number of films, mostly in supporting roles. They include several epic films: The Battle of the River Plate (1959), El Cid (1961), Cleopatra (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire(1964), Khartoum (1966), Patton (1970), Cromwell (1970), and Antony and Cleopatra (1972). Other appearances include Jason and the Argonauts, the Pink Panther films, A Shot in the Dark (1964) and Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), The...
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