Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/29/1916
Place of Birth
Neath - Glamorgan - Wales - UK
Also Known As
William Arthur Squire
William Squire
Biography
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 Anders...
Known For
Testimony
as Khatchaturyan
Les Misérables
as Magistrate
Dunkirk
as Captain (uncredited)
Puccini
as Giacchi, the Doctor
Where Eagles Dare
as Thomas
The Lord of the Rings
as Gandalf (voice)
Alexander the Great
as Aeschenes
The Man Who Never Was
as Lt. Jewell
The Battle of the River Plate
as Ray Martin
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Harkness
A Challenge for Robin Hood
as Sir John
Buffet
as Arnold
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Thomas More
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Dr Clifford
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
as The Shadow
The Ghost Downstairs
as Narrator
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self
Innocent Sinners
as Father Lambert
The Wars of the Roses
as Duke of Suffolk
The Long Dark Hall
as Sergeant Cochcran