William Squire
Acting • Born 1916-04-29 – Died 1989-05-03
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.
Filmography
53 credits
The Lord of the Rings
Movie • 1978
Gandalf (voice)
Where Eagles Dare
Movie • 1968
Thomas
Anne of the Thousand Days
Movie • 1969
Thomas More
Les Misérables
Movie • 1978
Magistrate
The Battle of the River Plate
Movie • 1956
Ray Martin
Puccini
Movie • 1984
Giacchi, the Doctor
Testimony
Movie • 1988
Khatchaturyan
A Challenge for Robin Hood
Movie • 1967
Sir John
Innocent Sinners
Movie • 1958
Father Lambert
Snooker
Movie • 1975
Humphrey
Dunkirk
Movie • 1958
Captain (uncredited)
Alexander the Great
Movie • 1956
Aeschenes
The Portable Phonograph
Movie • 1977
The Actor
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Movie • 1981
Dr Clifford
The Ghost Downstairs
Movie • 1982
Narrator
The Thirty Nine Steps
Movie • 1978
Harkness
Callan: This Man Alone
Movie • 2016
Himself (archive)
The Long Dark Hall
Movie • 1951
Sergeant Cochcran
The Wars of the Roses
Movie • 1965
Duke of Suffolk
The Man Who Never Was
Movie • 1956
Lt. Jewell
The Film That Never Was
Movie • 1957
Buffet
Movie • 1976
Arnold
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Movie • 1988
Self
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Movie • 1979
The Shadow
Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?
Movie • 1967
Alex
Blake's 7
TV • 1978
Kommissar
Jason King
TV • 1971
Callan
TV • 1967
The Champions
TV • 1968
Duncan
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Vef
An Age of Kings
TV • 1960
Shallow / Epilogue
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
TV • 1975
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
The Shadow
The Black Arrow
TV • 1972
Sir Daniel Brackley
The Black Arrow
TV • 1972
The Stranger
All Creatures Great and Small
TV • 1978
Roderick Perowne
Callan
TV • 1967
Hunter
Marco Polo
TV • 1982
Locandiere
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Hector
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
An Age of Kings
TV • 1960
Owen Glendower
An Age of Kings
TV • 1960
Chorus
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Arnold
The Jazz Age
TV • 1968
Mr. Urquhart
The Verdict Is Yours
TV • 1958
Counsel for Defence
Festival
TV • 1963
The Rev Melvyn Thomas
Pride and Prejudice
TV • 1958
Mr Bingley
The Hound of the Baskervilles
TV • 1982
Frankland
The Wars of the Roses
TV • 1965
Buckingham / Suffolk
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV • 1975
Sir Daniel Derwent
The Venturers
TV • 1975
Sir George Fielding
Centre Play
TV • 1973
Humphrey
The XYY Man
TV • 1976
Laidlaw