Robert Powell
Robert Powell was born on June 1, 1944 in Salford, Manchester, England. In 1964, he started his acting career while attending Manchester University. In 1967, he made his film debut, and later landed his first starring role in The Italian Job (1969). Some of his well known movies include Franco Ziefirelli's "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977), Ken Russell's Tommy (1975) and Mahler (1974), the remake of The Thirty Nine Steps (1978), and the popular TV series "Doomwatch" (1970). Robert married on 29th August, 1975 to Barbara 'Babs' Lord. They now have a son and a daughter. In 1982, Robert won the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival for his performance in Imperative (1982). He won the best actor award at the Paris Film Festival for Harlequin (1980). For his portrayal of Jesus in Jesus of Nazareth he received best actor awards from TV Times and Italian TV Times, the international arts prize at the Fiuggi Film Festival, grand prize at the Saint-Vincent Film Festival, and a nomination as best actor from The Irish Academy of Film and Television arts. In reference to his role as Jesus in Jesus of Nazareth, Robert said, "I hope Jesus Christ will be the last in my line of sensitive young men for quite a while."
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 26.347 |
| Birthday | 1944-06-01 |
| Place of Birth | Salford, Manchester, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Robert Thomas Powell, |
1984
Frankenstein
4.9/8
A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results.
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Frankenstein
1975
Tommy
6.451/305
A psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.
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Tommy
1983
The Jigsaw Man
4.7/32
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to...
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The Jigsaw Man
1972
Asylum
6.022/156
A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum, and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patient...
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Asylum
1984
What Waits Below
3.8/13
The US military is running a test for a special type of radio transmitter, to be used to communicate with submarines, in a deep system of underground...
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What Waits Below
1978
The Thirty Nine Steps
6.7/33
The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of...
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The Thirty Nine Steps
2003
The Queen's Lost Uncle
0/0
Biography of Prince George, Duke of Kent, the controversial uncle of the Queen, who became the source of scandals during the 1930s involving The Germa...
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The Queen's Lost Uncle
1972
The Asphyx
6.016/62
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly b...
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The Asphyx
1977
Beyond Good and Evil
5.773/22
The life and ideas of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. A love triangle unfolds as Nietzsche and his best friend decides to live with a Jewi...
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Beyond Good and Evil
1981
The Survivor
5.3/30
When a 747 crashes shortly after take-off, the sole survivor is the pilot. Virtually unhurt, he and the investigators look for the answers to the disa...
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The Survivor
1974
Mahler
6.7/34
Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while traveling by train.
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Mahler
1972
Running Scared
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When an undergraduate commits suicide, his best friend is sent down from university because he did nothing to prevent the death, which he felt was a c...
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Running Scared
1992
Chunuk Bair
8/2
The tragedy of Gallipoli is exposed
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Chunuk Bair
1980
Jane Austen in Manhattan
6.4/8
Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old.
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Jane Austen in Manhattan
1978
The Four Feathers
6.7/10
The fifth filming of the adventure classic about a British soldier in the 1880s who fights to regain his honor after being given four white feathers,...
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The Four Feathers
1971
Secrets
4.8/10
A woman's unfulfilling marriage leads her into a passionate affair with a wealthy extramarital lover.
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Secrets
1981
Pygmalion
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Adaptation of the play by Bernard Shaw.
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Pygmalion
1992
The Golden Years
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The ancient Aztec world inadvertantly welcomes its doom in the form of the Conquistadors.
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The Golden Years
1992
Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel
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Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel
1992
Il segno del comando
5/2
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Il segno del comando
1992
The First Circle
4.8/6
In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a spec...
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The First Circle
1982
Imperative
5.5/4
Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi once more explores the dilemma of intellectualism at the expense of humanity in 1982's Imperative. The story concern...
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Imperative
2012
Tales of Television Centre
8/1
Various actors, presenters, directors and other staff who have worked at the iconic BBC Television Centre at Shepherd's Bush in London reminisce about...
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Tales of Television Centre
1967
Robbery
6.419/43
In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying...
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Robbery
1969
The Italian Job
6.987/701
Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose...
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The Italian Job
1969
Tower of London: The Innocent
6/1
The story of the Earl of Warwick and Perkin Warbeck, during the reign of King Henry VII.
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Tower of London: The Innocent
1984
The Wandering Company
0/0
Documentary about Merchant Ivory Productions, including interviews with the principals of the film production company and actors which have appeared i...
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The Wandering Company
1987
Love Sins
2/1
A biographical feature on the Italian literary giant, Gabriele D'Annunzio. Set in late 19th century Italy and France when the artistic style, Decadent...
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Love Sins
2005
Colour Me Kubrick
5.651/76
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very littl...
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Colour Me Kubrick
1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
6/27
Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimod...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1986
Down There in the Jungle
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Down There in the Jungle
2002
Seven Games From Glory
8/3
A World Cup of shocks and surprises, making history from start to finish. It was the first World Cup in Asia and the first to be co-hosted by two coun...
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Seven Games From Glory
1990
Romeo.Juliet
0/0
The tale centers on an eccentric bag lady who rescues the stray cats of Venice and puts them on a boat to set sail for the new world. It has not been...
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Romeo.Juliet
1973
All Systems Go: Alan Garner
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An experimental, autobiographical documentary presented by Alan Garner
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All Systems Go: Alan Garner
1992
The Boer War: 1899-1902
5/1
Journey back in time to a different age, when the sun never set on the British Empire and her armies were great in number. The Boer War: 1899-1902 was...
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The Boer War: 1899-1902
1980
Harlequin
6.6/35
In this modern-day version of the Rasputin story, David Hemmings plays an up-and-coming senator, Nick Rast, whose young son is terminally ill with leu...
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Harlequin
1972
Mrs. Warren's Profession
0/0
Performed in 1902, after being banned by the censor for eight years, Shaw's indictment of the hypocrisy surrounding prostitution still shocked its aud...
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Mrs. Warren's Profession
1973
Lady Killer
6.7/3
A shy, lonely American girl marries a charming man she meets while on vacation in England, unaware that he has sinister plans for her.
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Lady Killer
2018
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
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Franco Zeffirelli passed away on 15th June 2019. Chris Hunt's biography explores how Zeffirelli's sense of drama was born out of his own experience an...
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Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
1980
Walkabout to Hollywood
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Produced and directed this documentary for BBC in the 1980’s, about David Gulpilil, acclaimed Australian Aboriginal actor, dancer and musician. The fi...
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Walkabout to Hollywood
1997
Pride of Africa
0/0
Safari tour guide David Webb (Robert Powell) takes a job as head of security on the luxury train Pride of Africa and discovers that the wealthy passen...
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Pride of Africa
1974
Death to Sister Mary
0/0
The cast of a British soap opera are attacked by a mad fan who confuses them with their TV roles.
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Death to Sister Mary
1986
Classic Ghost Stories
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Five partially-dramatized readings of classic M.R. James ghost stories by actor Robert Powell. Including "The Mezzotint", "The Ash-Tree", "The Rose Ga...
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Classic Ghost Stories
1972
Shelley
0/0
TV Movie directed by Alan Bridges
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Shelley
1992
The English Civil Wars
10/1
It was a time of bitterness and hatred, a war which pitched father against son, brother against brother in the bloody battle for the soul of the natio...
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The English Civil Wars
1993
The Battle of Trafalgar: Nelson's Victory
0/0
Robert Powell narrates this engrossing exploration of one of France and Britain's most thrilling and decisive conflicts: the Battle of Trafalgar. The...
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The Battle of Trafalgar: Nelson's Victory
2005
Napoleon 1812 - The Road to Moscow
0/0
It was to be Napoleon Bonaparte's greatest adventure; an invasion of Russia with an army of more than 650,000 men, the largest the world had yet seen....
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Napoleon 1812 - The Road to Moscow
1993
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
5.7/3
An opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1997
Treasure Island
0/0
Jim Hawkins races to beat Long John Silver to the riches awaiting on Treasure Island. An animated retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel,...
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Treasure Island
1970
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
0/0
An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.
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The Hunting of Lionel Crane
1969
Bam! Pow! Zap!
0/0
A young man bitterly regrets his part in an attack on a bank cashier.
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Bam! Pow! Zap!
1993
Titanic - The Story
0/0
Robert Powell takes a look at the story of the Titanic...
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Titanic - The Story
2023
Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs
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Documentary in which the late impressionist's daughters get to the truth about their father's rise to fame and record-breaking success, and his sudden...
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Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs
1993
The Legends of Treasure Island
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The Legends of Treasure Island
1970
Season of the Witch
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A young woman quits her dull job in the typing pool, and goes off on a search for personal freedom.
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Season of the Witch
2025
The Queen of Heaven
0/0
The life of the Virgin Mary from the Crucifixion (33AD) till her miraculous departure/death (44AD). It also describes the early years of the Christian...
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The Queen of Heaven
1969
Walk a Crooked Path
3.5/2
Set in an exclusive boy's school, about a man who plans to kill off his wealthy teacher wife by encouraging her to drink and pushing her into suicide....
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