Robert Desmond

Biography

Robert Desmond was a British film and television actor active in the 1950s and 1960s, making his debut in 1948's The Guinea Pig opposite Richard Attenborough. He appeared alongside Attenborough again in The Great Escape (1963) and in notable roles in films such as Indiscreet (1958), The Cockleshell Heroes (1955), and The Ugly Duckling (1959). On television, Desmond starred in the UK's first daily soap opera Sixpenny Corner and the popular sixties sitcom The Army Game.