REMEMBERING Robert Urquhart. 'Quiet, well-read
and a lover of classical music, Robert Urquhart was an actor who grew
frustrated with his career as he grew older. It was, he bemoaned, an
honorable profession but so much of the material he was offered did not deserve any respect...' Robert Urquhart Obituary. 'The Independent' newspaper, 24th March 1995.
In the early
1950's Urquhart was building himself quite a reputation for his theatre
work. A reputation that would eventually bring him to the attention of
studio casting agents and land him supporting roles on the big screen.
But it was in the medium of film, that Urquhart was not such a happy
chap...
That one film
was 'The Curse of Frankenstein' with Peter Cushing in 1957 for Hammer
film. He detested it. It is said he left the premier screening, refused
to make appearances to promote it and only in the last years of his
revived career on television, could he find the stomach to even mention
it, if it was brought up in interviews.
By 1980,
Urquhart had cooled off a little..and appeared in another Hammer
production, the Hammer House of Horror' television series, in an episode
entitled, - Children of the Full Moon. However, we remember him today
for his sterling performance in The Curse of Frankenstein'!
