Robert Ayres (actor)

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Robert Ayres (11 December 1914 – 5 November 1968) was an American film, stage and television actor.^[2][3][4] He worked mainly in Britain.^[1][5]

Robert Ayres
Ayres in an episode of One Step Beyond (1961)
Born	(1914-12-11)11 December 1914 Michigan, US
Died	5 November 1968(1968-11-05) (aged 53) Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1922–1968
Spouse	Beryl Edwards[1]

His stage work included Edward Albee's The American Dream and The Death of Bessie Smith at London's Royal Court Theatre in 1961.^[6][7]

Selected filmography

• They Were Not Divided (1950) – American Brigadier
• State Secret (1950) – Arthur J. Buckman
• To Have and to Hold (1951) – Max
• Night Without Stars (1951) – Walter
• Black Widow (1951) – Mark Sherwin (The Amnesiac)
• 13 East Street (1952) – Larry Conn
• 24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952) – Frank Brown
• Cosh Boy (1953) – Bob Stevens
• The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (1953) – Andrew Jackson
• River Beat (1954) – Captain Watford
• Delayed Action (1954) – Ned Ellison
• A Prize of Gold (1955) – Tex
• Contraband Spain (1955) – Mr. Dean, American Embassy superior
• It's Never Too Late (1956) – Leroy Crane
• The Baby and the Battleship (1956) – American Captain (uncredited)
• Operation Murder (1957) – Larry Winton
• The Story of Esther Costello (1957) – Mr. Wilson
• Time Lock (1957) – Insp. Andrews
• Cat Girl (1957) – Dr. Brian Marlowe
• The Depraved (1957) – Colonel-in-chief
• A Night to Remember (1958) – Maj. Arthur Peuchen
• First Man into Space (1959) – Capt. Ben Richards
• John Paul Jones (1959) – John Adams
• A Woman's Temptation (1959) – Mike
• Date at Midnight (1959) – Gordon Baines
• Transatlantic (1960) – Hotchkiss
• The Road to Hong Kong (1962) – American Official
• Two and Two Make Six (1962) – Col. Robert Thompson
• The Sicilians (1963) – Angelo Di Marco
• The Heroes of Telemark (1965) – General Courts
• Woman's Temptation (1966) – Mike
• The 25th Hour (1967)
• Battle Beneath the Earth (1967) – Adm. Felix Hillebrand
• Isadora (1968) – (uncredited) (final film role)

Death

Ayres died of a heart attack, at age 53 on 5 November 1968 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England.^[2]