Robert Helpmann

Personal Info

Birthday

April 9, 1909

Day of Death

1986-09-28

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia

Also Known As

Sir Robert Helpmann

Robert Murray Helpmann

Robert Helpmann

Biography

Sir Robert Helpmann CBE (9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian dancer, film actor, theatre director and choreographer. A protege of Pavlova and Fonteyn’s first partner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Helpmann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Wednesday Play

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The Tales of Hoffmann

The Red Shoes

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

55 Days at Peking

Patrick

Filmography

1990
The Tales of Helpmann
as Himself
1989
The Margot Fonteyn Story
as Robert Helpmann
1987
Don Quixote of La Mancha
as Don Quixote (voice)
1985
That's Dancing!
as From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
1984
Second Time Lucky
as The Devil
1978
Puzzle
as Shepherd
Patrick
as Dr. Roget
1977
The Mango Tree
as Professor
1973
Don Quixote
as Don Quixote
1972
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as The Mad Hatter
1970
Cinderella
as Ugly Stepsister
1968
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Child Catcher
1966
The Quiller Memorandum
as Weng
1963
55 Days at Peking
as Prince Tuan
1958
The Big Money
as The Reverend
1956
The Iron Petticoat
as Ivan Kropotkin
1951
The Tales of Hoffmann
as Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle
1948
The Red Shoes
as Ivan Boleslawsky
1946
Caravan
as Wycroft
1944
Henry V
as Bishop of Ely
1942
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
as De Jong