William Squire

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Neath - Glamorgan - Wales - UK, 1916-04-29

Died: 1989-05-03

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	The Long Dark Hall	Sergeant Cochcran	64
2	1956	Alexander the Great	Aeschenes	59
3	1956	The Man Who Never Was	Lt. Jewell	70
4	1956	The Battle of the River Plate	Ray Martin	62
5	1957	The Film That Never Was		0
6	1958	Dunkirk	Captain (uncredited)	67
7	1958	Innocent Sinners	Father Lambert	70
8	1965	The Wars of the Roses	Duke of Suffolk	85
9	1967	A Challenge for Robin Hood	Sir John	60
10	1967	Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?	Alex	0
11	1968	Where Eagles Dare	Thomas	75
12	1969	Anne of the Thousand Days	Thomas More	71
13	1975	Snooker	Humphrey	0
14	1976	Buffet	Arnold	0
15	1977	The Portable Phonograph	The Actor	0
16	1978	The Thirty Nine Steps	Harkness	67
17	1978	The Lord of the Rings	Gandalf (voice)	66
18	1978	Les Misérables	Magistrate	72
19	1979	Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor	The Shadow	50
20	1981	The Life and Times of David Lloyd George	Dr Clifford	0
21	1982	The Ghost Downstairs	Narrator	0
22	1984	Puccini	Giacchi, the Doctor	10
23	1988	In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton	Self	60
24	1988	Testimony	Khatchaturyan	57
25	2016	Callan: This Man Alone	Himself (archive)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Sunday Night Theatre	Hector	35
2	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Vef	61
3	1958	Pride and Prejudice	Mr. Bingley	0
4	1960	An Age of Kings		47
5	1963	Doctor Who	The Shadow	79
6	1967	Callan		70
7	1967	Callan	Hunter	70
8	1968	The Jazz Age		0
9	1968	The Champions	Duncan	61
10	1971	Great Performances	Self	54
11	1971	Jason King		73
12	1972	The Black Arrow	Sir Daniel Brackley	60
13	1972	The Black Arrow	The Stranger	60
14	1975	The Venturers		0
15	1975	The Venturers	Sir George Fielding	0
16	1975	Prometheus: The Life of Balzac		0
17	1975	Rumpole of the Bailey		71
18	1976	The XYY Man		60
19	1978	Blake's 7	Kommissar	72
20	1978	All Creatures Great and Small	Roderick Perowne	77
21	1982	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Frankland	62
22	1982	Marco Polo	Locandiere	68