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William Arthur Squire (29 April 1917 – 3 May 1989) was a Welsh actor of stage, film and television.
Squire had many roles in television and movies over his career, including 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 Who serial The Armageddon Factor. According to the website Television Heaven, Squire's best-known role was the spy chief code-named Hunter in the British series Callan. Squire's Hunter was the fourth, and longest-lasting, in the main series, taking 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.
On 15 June 1967, the St. John's College choir at University of Cambridge recorded A Meditation on Christ's Nativity. Squire read several poems, including The Annunciation by John Donne and A Dialogue by George Herbert, and 1 John 1:1-10 from the New English Bible for the album.
In the late 1960s Squire narrated a series of radio advertisements for Findus Foods under the pseudonym Frobisher Collingwood. The advertisements were played on Radio Caroline. According to Squire's son Nick, the idea to use a pseudonym was a joke between Squire and his friend Hugh Bredin, who wrote the advertisements, with the name itself being a combination of two telephone exchanges in London at the time.
He was first married to the actress Betty Dixon. He later married the actress Juliet Harmer in 1967.
There is a park bench on Hampstead Heath dedicated to him.
Squire died on 3 May 1989 in London, England.
Filmography
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!Notes 1954-1958 BBC Sunday Night Theatre Various 5 episodes 1956 The Adventures of Robin Hood Vef Episode: "The Byzantine Treasure" 1956-1959 ITV Television Playhouse Various 4 episodes 1957-1963 ITV Play of the Week 1959 The Invisible Man Waring Episode: "The Big Plot" 1960 Boyd Q.C. Mr. Corby Episode: "Uncle George" 1961 The House Under the Water Griffith Tregaron Miniseries BBC Sunday-Night Play Dr. Terry Episode: "Scene of the Accident" 1967 Softly, Softly Dr. Kelper Episode: "Cash on Deliverance" Armchair Theatre Paolo Bracchina Episode: "Quite an Ordinary Knife" 1969 The Champions Duncan Episode: "Nutcracker" The Wednesday Play Reverend Elwyn Wilderness Episode: "Blowden, Home from Rachel's Marriage" ITV Playhouse Max Episode: "Like Puppies in a Basket" Paul Temple Howard Horton Episode: "Which One of Us Is Me?" 1969-1970 ITV Saturday Night Theatre Nick Slater/Alec Kooning 2 episodes 1970 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) Sam Seymour Episode: "A Sentimental Journey" 1970-1972 Callan Hunter Seasons 3-4 1972 Jason King Colonel Sardner Episode: "The Stones of Venice" 1973 Spy Trap Nigel Stewart Episode: "Sale of Work" 1975 The Venturers Sir George Fielding Miniseries 1976 Play for Today Arnold Episode: "Buffet" 1977 The XYY Man Laidlaw 4 episodes 1978 Off to Philadelphia in the Morning Daniel Parry 3 episodes All Creatures Great and Small Roderick Perowne Episode: "Attendant Problems" Les Misérables Magistrate TV film 1979 Blake's 7 Kommissar Episode: "Horizon" Doctor Who The Shadow Serial: "The Armageddon Factor" 1981 When the Boat Comes In John Hartley 2 episodes The Life and Times of David Lloyd George Dr. Clifford Episode: "He is Wise and Merciful" 1982 The Hound of the Baskervilles Mr. Frankland 1 episode Marco Polo Inn-Keeper 1984 Look and Read Sam North Serial: "Badger Girl" 1985 Late Starter Vice-Chancellor First episode 1988 Rumpole of the Bailey Sir Daniel Derwent Episode: "Rumpole and the Quality of Life"
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