Robert Ayres (11 December 1914 – 5 November 1968) was an American film, stage and television actor.BFI.org He worked mainly in Britain.
His stage work included Edward Albee's The American Dream and The Death of Bessie Smith at London's Royal Court Theatre in 1961.
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.
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