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 Andersons play Anne of the Thousand Days, Sir Daniel Brackley in the 1972 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevensons 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 Shakespeares 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.
Thomas
Film 1968
Giacchi, the Doctor
Film 1984
Sir John
Film 1967
Father Lambert
Film 1958
Humphrey
Film 1975
Captain (uncredited)
Film 1958
The Actor
Film 1977
Dr Clifford
Film 1981
Narrator
Film 1982
Himself (archive)
Film 2016
Sergeant Cochcran
Film 1951
Duke of Suffolk
Film 1965
Lt. Jewell
Film 1956
Film 1957
Arnold
Film 1976
Self
Film 1988
The Shadow
Film 1979
Tv 1976
Tv 1971
Tv 1975
Tv 1967
Duncan
Tv 1968
Tv 1975
Vef
Tv 1955
Tv 1960
Tv 1975
Tv 1968
The Shadow
Tv 1963
Frankland
Tv 1982
Sir Daniel Brackley
Tv 1972
The Stranger
Tv 1972
Roderick Perowne
Tv 1978
Hunter
Tv 1967
Locandiere
Tv 1982
Sir George Fielding
Tv 1975
Mr. Bingley
Tv 1958