1963Winner
Best Performance
The Great Escape
Robert Desmond
Actor
London, England, UK
December 16, 1922
Biography
Robert Desmond (16 December 1922 – 2002) was a British film and television actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He started out in juvenile roles, making his film debut in 1948's The Guinea Pig opposite Richard Attenborough. He appeared in a number of early television films such Boys in Brown, recreating the role of Spud Parker in the theatrical film version of 1949, again with Attenborough. He would appear opposite Attenborough one more time in The Great Escape (1963), as Griffith the Tailor. Other films include The Cockleshell Heroes (1955), Indiscreet (1958), The Ugly Duckling (1959), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), The Bulldog Breed (1960) and The Best of Enemies (1961).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1960Nominee
Best Performance
Sink the Bismarck!
1958Nominee
Best Performance
Indiscreet
Career Highlights
1955Highlight
Best Performance
The Cockleshell Heroes
1961Highlight
Best Performance
The Best of Enemies
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The Great Escape
Sink the Bismarck!
Indiscreet