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 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 spy series Callan in the early 1970s; Squire took 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.
Known For
Doctor Who
1963
Great Performances
1971
Play for Today
1970
ITV Playhouse
1967
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
The Champions
1968
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Blake's 7
1978
Centre Play
1973
Where Eagles Dare
1968
Filmography
Doctor Who
as The Shadow · 1963
Great Performances
as Self · 1971
Play for Today
as Arnold · 1970
ITV Playhouse
as Max · 1967
All Creatures Great and Small
as Roderick Perowne · 1978
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Vef · 1955
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Sir Daniel Derwent · 1975
The Champions
as Duncan · 1968
Sunday Night Theatre
as Hector · 1950
Blake's 7
as Kommissar · 1978
Centre Play
as Humphrey · 1973
Where Eagles Dare
as Thomas · 1968
Callan
· 1967
Callan
as Hunter · 1967
The Lord of the Rings
as Gandalf (voice) · 1978
Festival
as The Rev Melvyn Thomas · 1963
An Age of Kings
as Shallow / Epilogue · 1960
An Age of Kings
as Owen Glendower · 1960
An Age of Kings
as Chorus · 1960
Jason King
· 1971
Marco Polo
as Locandiere · 1982
Half Hour Story
as Alex · 1967
The Verdict Is Yours
as Counsel for Defence · 1958
The Jazz Age
as Mr. Urquhart · 1968
W. Somerset Maugham
as Owen Griffiths · 1969
The XYY Man
as Laidlaw · 1976
The Black Arrow
as Sir Daniel Brackley · 1972
The Black Arrow
as The Stranger · 1972
Alexander the Great
as Aeschenes · 1956
The Wars of the Roses
as Suffolk / Buckingham · 1965
Armchair Theatre
as Paolo Bracchiana · 1956
The Battle of the River Plate
as Ray Martin · 1956
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Frankland · 1982
The Man Who Never Was
as Lt. Jewell · 1956
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Harkness · 1978
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Thomas More · 1969
The Venturers
as Sir George Fielding · 1975
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr Bingley · 1958
The Wars of the Roses
as Duke of Suffolk · 1965
Canterbury Tales
as Chaucer · 1969
Dunkirk
as Captain (uncredited) · 1958
Les Misérables
as Magistrate · 1978
A Challenge for Robin Hood
as Sir John · 1967
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
· 1975
The Long Dark Hall
as Sergeant Cochcran · 1951
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
as The Shadow · 1979
Innocent Sinners
as Father Lambert · 1958
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Dr Clifford · 1981
Callan: This Man Alone
as Himself (archive) · 2016
Puccini
as Giacchi, the Doctor · 1984
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self · 1988
The Film That Never Was
· 1957
Testimony
as Khatchaturyan · 1988
Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?
as Alex · 1967
Snooker
as Humphrey · 1975
The Ghost Downstairs
as Narrator · 1982
Buffet
as Arnold · 1976
The Portable Phonograph
as The Actor · 1977