Actor
Robert Lankesheer
April 28, 1914 · Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Robert Lankesheer (1914–1993) was a British stage, radio and television actor, best known for playing the character Leamington Sparr in the radio soap The Dales between 1963 and 1966 and Chamberlain in the television series Doctor Who in 1965.
He was born on 28 April 1914 in Southampton, England. Whilst working for the local government in the land registry department he took evening classes and qualified in law. He served in the army during World War II as an officer in the Royal Artillery. After the war he decided to take up acting professionally.
Notable work
Often works with
Garfield Morgan
3 titles together
The Avengers, Out of This World, The Scales of Justice
William Hartnell
2 titles together
Doctor Who, Doctor Who: The Crusade
William Russell
2 titles together
Doctor Who, Doctor Who: The Crusade
Jacqueline Hill
2 titles together
Doctor Who, Doctor Who: The Crusade
Robert James
2 titles together
The Avengers, The Professionals
John Castle
2 titles together
The Professionals, Reilly: Ace of Spies
Full filmography · 15
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Attendant
19837
The Professionals
as Vicar
19777.6
Fawlty Towers
as Mr. Thurston
19758.3
Justice
as Mr. Jack
1971
Dad's Army
as Medical Officer
19687.5Rogues' Gallery
as Booth proprietor
1968
Doctor Who
as Chamberlain
19637.9
Out of This World
as Mr Daventry
1962
The Scales of Justice
as Judge
1962
The Avengers
as Holiday Camp Official
19617.8
Lilli Palmer Theatre
as Snodgrass
1955