William Squire
ActingAlso Known As
William Arthur Squire
Biography
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.
Movies
(25 total)
The Lord of the Rings
as Gandalf (voice)
Where Eagles Dare
as Thomas
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Thomas More
Alexander the Great
as Aeschenes
The Man Who Never Was
as Lt. Jewell
Dunkirk
as Captain (uncredited)
The Battle of the River Plate
as Ray Martin
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Harkness
Les Misérables
as Magistrate
A Challenge for Robin Hood
as Sir John
The Long Dark Hall
as Sergeant Cochcran
Testimony
as Khatchaturyan
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
as The Shadow
Innocent Sinners
as Father Lambert
Puccini
as Giacchi, the Doctor
The Wars of the Roses
as Duke of Suffolk
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Dr Clifford
The Ghost Downstairs
as Narrator
Callan: This Man Alone
as Himself (archive)
TV Shows
(28 total)
Doctor Who
as The Shadow
Blake's 7
as Kommissar
All Creatures Great and Small
as Roderick Perowne
Marco Polo
as Locandiere
Great Performances
as Self
The Champions
as Duncan
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Sir Daniel Derwent
Callan
as Hunter
Play for Today
as Arnold
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Frankland
An Age of Kings
as Shallow / Epilogue
An Age of Kings
as Owen Glendower
An Age of Kings
as Chorus
The XYY Man
as Laidlaw
The Black Arrow
as Sir Daniel Brackley
The Black Arrow
as The Stranger
Sunday Night Theatre
as Hector