William Squire
Actor
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
Where Eagles Dare
as Thomas 1968
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Thomas More 1969
Alexander the Great
as Aeschenes 1956
The Man Who Never Was
as Lt. Jewell 1956
Dunkirk
as Captain (uncredited) 1958
The Battle of the River Plate
as Ray Martin 1956
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Harkness 1978
Les Misérables
as Magistrate 1978
A Challenge for Robin Hood
as Sir John 1967
The Long Dark Hall
as Sergeant Cochcran 1951
Testimony
as Khatchaturyan 1988
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
as The Shadow 1979
Innocent Sinners
as Father Lambert 1958
Puccini
as Giacchi, the Doctor 1984
The Wars of the Roses
as Duke of Suffolk 1965
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self 1988