William Squire
Biography
William Squire (29 April 1917 â 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 (nĂ©e 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 sp...
Known For
Top 25 Movies
Where Eagles Dare
1968
The Lord of the Rings
1978
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
Les Misérables
1978
Alexander the Great
1956
Dunkirk
1958
The Man Who Never Was
1956
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
Testimony
1988
The Wars of the Roses
1965
The Long Dark Hall
1951
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
A Challenge for Robin Hood
1967
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
1979
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
Callan: This Man Alone
2016
Puccini
1984
Buffet
1976
The Ghost Downstairs
1982
Innocent Sinners
1958