VETERAN Scottish actor Robert Urquhart, who appeared in films with
some of Hollywood's biggest stars, died yesterday. He was 72.
Born in Ullapool, he went to school in Edinburgh and trained at RADA,
before beginning his acting career in Glasgow.
He appeared in many Scottish stage roles and in a number of TV roles,
but his film breakthrough came in 1957, in Hammer's The Curse of
Frankenstein, with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
A year later, he starred alongside John Mills and Richard Attenborough
in Dunkirk, and then, in 1963, he appeared with Charlton Heston, David
Niven, Ava Gardner, and Dame Flora Robson in 55 Days at Peking.
Mr Urquhart's most recent major role was in the 1985 cult Scottish
comedy, Restless Natives, while his best- known TV series were
Pathfinders and The Amazing Mr Goodhall.
For the last two decades, he ran a hotel and arts centre in Ullapool,
with his second wife Jean.
Mr Urquhart, who had recently had a second heart bypass operation,
died in an Edinburgh hospital. He is survived by his wife, and two
teenage children.
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