William Squire (29 April 1917 – 3 May 1989) was a Welsh actor of stage, film and television. Squire was born in Neath, South Wales, the son of William Squire and his wife Martha (née Bridgeman). As a stage actor, Squire performed at Stratford-upon-Avon and at the Old Vic, and notably replaced his fellow-countryman Richard Burton as King Arthur in Camelot at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. One of his first film appearances was in the 1956 film Alexander the Great, which starred Burton in the title role. His varied screen roles included Thomas More in the 1969 film version of Maxwell Anderson's play Anne of the Thousand Days, Sir Daniel Brackley in the 1972 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow, the voice of Gandalf in the 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings and the Shadow in the 1979 Doctor Whoserial The Armageddon Factor. Perhaps his best-known role was as Hunter, the superior of secret agent David Callan in the spy series Callan in the early 1970s; Squire took over the role from Derek Bond. In a set of Encyclopædia Britannica-produced educational films about William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Squire played the role of Macbeth. This was in keeping with his long career as a Shakespearean actor, which included roles in the classic 1960s TV series, An Age of Kings.
2016
as Himself (archive)
1988
as Khatchaturyan
1988
as Self
1984
as Giacchi, the Doctor
1982
as Narrator
1982
as Locandiere
1982
as Frankland
1981
as Dr Clifford
1979
as The Shadow
1978
as Magistrate
1978
as Gandalf (voice)
1978
as Harkness
1978
as Roderick Perowne
1978
as Kommissar
1977
as The Actor
1976
as Arnold
1976
1975
1975
1975
as Humphrey
1975
1975
as Sir George Fielding
1972
as Sir Daniel Brackley
1972
as The Stranger
1971
1969
as Thomas More
1968
as Thomas
1968
as Duncan
1968
1967
as Alex
1967
1967
as Hunter
1967
as Sir John
1965
as Duke of Suffolk
1963
as The Shadow
1960
1958
as Father Lambert
1958
as Captain (uncredited)
1958
as Mr. Bingley
1957
1956
as Ray Martin
1956
as Lt. Jewell
1956
as Aeschenes
1955
as Vef
1951
as Sergeant Cochcran
1950
as Hector